Had a fantastic first time trip to God's Pocket in the way north reaches of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The assortment of life was amazing, and especially impressed with sheer number of jellys, to include one of healthiest Lions Mane jellys I've seen. I was generally using my A7C/NA-A7C with the kit 28-60/WWL-1B/ CNC1, but used the Canon 8-15 fisheye on occasion. 

So Beautiful!! 

Looks awesome! And those macro photos with the CMC-1? I'm impressed.

First macro (Nudi, Nudi, and Warbonet) and last two were with CMC (Nudi, Nudi, and Warbonnet). Shots 25,28,30,35 were taken with a 90mm.

Edited October 15, 20241 yr by RVBldr

That makes me want to dive there!

6 hours ago, SwiftFF5 said:

That makes me want to dive there!

You should plan on it.  It is truly one of the best dive destinations in the world.  

20 hours ago, SwiftFF5 said:

That makes me want to dive there!

Bring your warm undies! 😉 Water in early October was consistently 47F/ 8.4C, so over a day of diving, it gets chilly. 

Beautiful pics! I'm eyeing that destination, but was wondering - with the cold water, was it ok with your gloves to burp the WWL-1? And is the choice of WWL-1 driven by flexibility of a zoom or was the water too full of particles to use a fisheye?

Wide angle seems definitely like a feature of the location, compared to other cold water areas i've dived in

I use the WWL-C and occasionally fisheye up there. I tend to shoot macro for the 3rd dive of the day when the light is fading. The visibility is what it is, sometimes excellent occasionally less so. You can control the particulate with careful lighting in an conditions.

Hey @RVBldr

Love these images, they're beautiful. Absolutely loved Gods Pocket and diving around Vancouver and Alaska, the colours are amazing!

Look forward to seeing more.

Maria

Diving cold water weekly, no issue with dry gloves and taking on/off lens. I use a WWL-1B with the bayonet mount so it's on and off frequently depending on the subjects out and about. As Dave mentioned, yea, sometimes a fisheye is great, and sometimes you go with the macro depending on the junk in the water. Summer in Seattle is macro season for sure. Last November, God's Pocket had some nice viz for sure.

I put a lite lanyard on my WWL-C. The original rubber grip got cut on rocks and fell off. I printed a replacement that has lanyard loops on it. Some knotted fishing fishing line and a micro clip to the handle ensure it does drop if i fumble the burb. 😧

https://makerworld.com/models/637896

Edited July 9Jul 9 by Dave_Hicks