Moon jellies ...
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2007-11-24
Vancouver Aquarium
Nikon D70s 18-200mm @50mm 1/15s ƒ5.6 iso200
posted by olivia @ 10:07
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Sometimes I stop, stunned suddenly to discover dazzling things the existence of which I never suspected. {Monet}
2007-11-25
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Sometimes I stop, stunned suddenly to discover dazzling things the existence of which I never suspected. {Monet}
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30 Comments:
First? It's wonderful, Olivia. A cloud photo, underwater.
Morning Nancy the first. ;)
They did look like that -- clouds floating around. There were two other kinds that had colour to them - blues and yellows, and orange and red. Fascinating creatures.
This west coast time zone thing works really well for me in the mornings. I slept in 'til 9am my time and when I got up it was really only 6am ... ha!
You snuck in a Sunday post, Olivia! Sounds like you're in my part of the world (well, my normal part of the world). Will you be getting over to Victoria at all? Wave at the Rockies for me - and thanks for the water clouds! Have fun -
Wow!! How lovely!! Vancouver? You're out here? Are you on vacation? Vancouver is only about 3 hours from me. Tell me what I'm doing wrong that I miss out on these important news bites. Is there a new web meeting place? Sure not much going on at the B-Cafe anymore.
I hope you got some photos of the colored jellies.
WOW! Love that!
(I know I'm often terse and repetitive when I post here but your work just puts me in awe. Not a lot makes me lose my words, this is really a grand compliment, even if it doesn't come off that way.)
Hope you're having a grand trip!
Hi Beth!
Considered making it over to Victoria, but not enough time this trip. I'll definitely wave ... in between ooh-ing and aah-ing ... ;)
Hi P4!
LOL ... yeah, I came out here to visit my brother (he's been out here for years now). It's a quick trip - flying back tomorrow. And I didn't mention it in blogland anywhere, so you're not out of the loop ... :)
Oh, yeah ... I got some of the other jellies too. I had fun there ... :) LOL
Jen, that is a compliment, b/c you know how I love your words ... thank you ... :*
Aren't jelly fish fantastic ... :)
You can save it for next time - it'll be there. The Butchart Gardens are gorgeous. And the islands - lots of pretty spots. Have a wonderful trip!
Olivia,
Now that`s a wow shot. Jellies are very very fragile animals. Most of these tanks are round so the water flow is directed in a circular motion around the inner wall of the tank. It keeps the jellies away from the tank wall & there is no damaging current directly on them. What a beautiful shot of these amazing "underwater galaxies". Very impressive.
Say hi! to all the people in 'Gas Town' for me.
Meanwhile, I`m going to go see if you have more shots like this or of these.
Ethereal.
Are the highlights from an external source, or do they glow?
Wonderful shot olivia. Of course it's not a sleeping fury animal, but beautiful shot none the less. :)
Once you get home, you need to stay on West time.
Beth -- yes, and would be nicer to see those gardens in season. An online friend from Booman Tribune - Cali Scribe - went to the gardens a while back and her photos were fantastic.
Hi Head!
I was thinking of you while wandering around the aquarium! I took some full tank shots to show you -- haven't looked through them all yet, so not sure if they turned out. It was hard to photograph some things b/c it's dark and I didn't use a flash and the fish move quickly ... all the things you've talked about at your b ... :)
I was there (checking blog) July 2005 - there are some pictures in the link "Victoria, July 2005."
It was indeed gorgeous. I could have stayed all day. And would love to see it during different seasons.
Hi FAR.
They were translucent -- in some of my photos you can barely see the outline of the full body when they were pulsing/swimming. The only clearly defined areas are those four circles. The tank had the blue background and the lighting set up so you could see them easier.
The other two sets of jelly fish I mentioned above were very easy to see d/t their colour, but then the tank lighting wasn't as bright so it made it harder to take photos.
I was mesmerized by them. Could have stood watching them a lot longer than I did. :)
LOL FM!
Of course ... nothing as good as a sleeping furry animal. I'm going to have to post the photos I have of your namesake, even though it's only the hind-end (hairy sloth butts!)
:)
Hi Beth ... thanks for the link! I'm heading out now, but I'll definitely check that link out later this evening.
Okay, I'm totally confused. Some hairy sloth butt is named after Far? Or Far is named after a hairy sloth butt.....?
Sounds like SOMEONE had too much rum on that day!! :-)
Hey Beth.
The hairy sloth butts are for me. Awhile back I was given the moniker - Southern Sage of Slothful Slacking.
Ah, brain fart there. That makes more sense...in a strange way. :-)
Guess my cold is addling my brains...good thing I'm not doing anything more important than watching football!
Thanks fam!
Ha, for a moment there I thought you'd had a guest post from a reefermahn.
So, now that you've mastered macros, and landscapes, you've taken up aquarium photogging. Whoopppeee!!!
Great to hear you had a nice holiday to the Cdn West Coast.
And I'm very happy to be back in the city and on highspd now, so I'm caught up with all the lastest blog postings.
A few more days of dialup and I'd a been banging me little 'ead on da vall!
Wonderful photo, Olivia. It's amazing how many you got in this one shot.
WOW and more WOW! That is an amazing shot. What did you do to not get any reflection from the tank?
Great shot, O. But ... but ... but ... I want pictures of mountains!
LOL Beth and thanks for explaining that FM.
I tried to get pix of the whole sloth but b/c they were up in the trees sleeping I could only get the hind-end. But posting critter butts seems to be okay on my b ... lol
;)
Hi ND!
LOL -- only taken up temporarily. When I was a kid I used to watch a TV show called Danger Bay and I loved it. The dad was a marine veterinarian and he worked at the Vancouver Aquarium. He lived in this beautiful house on the Island. So that's been my idea of Vancouver my whole life. So, the first thing I wanted to see when I got here was where Dr. Roberts worked (the aquarium) ... lol :)
And as for the internet connection I can understand that -- esp when a few of us have photo blogs ... to make it that much harder for you ... :) I think the big trade-off of not having hispd is that you're out in country w/ all that land and the critters around.
Thanks b2!
It was easier to get many in the shot than it was to get one isolated. They tended to float together.
Hi Toni.
Good question ... b/c when I rode up Grouse Mountain many of the photos of the mountain have that reflection from the glass ... lol
I know what I didn't do though ... didn't use any filters (too dark), didn't use a flash (light bouncing off the glass), wasn't far from the glass (reduce space between lens and glass).
LOL Andi ... :)
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