baja happenin´s

so things are picking up and moving along nicely. i know í'm a bit late with pics because of my damn pc but i got it limping along enough to download pictures but not enough so i can have audio to listen to all the WAIT!WAIT! DON´T TELL ME podcasts i downloaded before i left.

anyway, adam is one of my volunteers that is staying all summer. after working with him for a month i've come to realize he's great! he's responsible, he's reliable, he's conscientious. all the things you need in a volunteer. but i was blown away when the dude walked on water! who knew!


here's a pic from the trip down. i took some stills with the canon video. it takes ok pics i guess. here's one of the few i liked of an ocotillo bloom in the desert.


it doesn´t matter how many are down there or how many i've already seen and photographed i just can't stop myself from taking pictures of scorpionfish. and of course when i do see them i'm shouting through my regulator underwater in a scottish brogue "HEAD! MOVE YER HEAD IF YA CAN!" hee. cuz look at em. they're all head!


another cool fish. a leeeeeezardfeeesh. yes you must say it that way


on one dive these angelfish just kept following me and they would get really close. but as soon as i'd lift my camera they would dart off. but one time i got them up close. at first looking through the viewfinder i was bummed it was a little blurry but when i pulled it up on the computer i was actually really happy with it, how it is framed how i still see movement. i like it a lot now.


as you know i think fish are the coolest things EVAH! but i figure if you can't be a fish then the next best coolest thing are nudibranchs. they seem like these gorgeous little benign things but they're actually voracious predators with amazing defense mechanisms.



ok that's all i have time for today. enjoy!