pacific mexico

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:
:I shoot digital and never hit capacity, so I don't worry about bad shots.
:Any shot is better than no shot at all, especially if you can make out
:what's being shot.

I don't worry about bad shots either. I get rid of them.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "W.E. O'Neil" <we_o@anesthesiaop.net> wrote in message

>> What a bunch of monkeys we are to take shots, when no shot exists.
>
> I shoot digital and never hit capacity, so I don't worry about bad shots.

I shoot digital for most things, but since I shoot RAW, depending on the
card and my downloading laziness between dives I can, and sometimes do, hit
capacilty. But that isn't why I dislike taking what I know will be a bad
shot.

> Any shot is better than no shot at all, especially if you can make out
> what's being shot.

I would disagree with you, but I am not the disagreeable type.

> Mainly I like to shoot so I can ID the fish that otherwise fail my brain
> by the time I get to the fish ID book.

Absolutely. For those who enjoy fish ID it's a useful tool. My perspective,
right or wrong, is I only care about ID'ing the animals I have imaged well.

"W.E. O'Neil" <we_o@anesthesiaop.net> wrote in message
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> I shoot digital for most things, but since I shoot RAW, depending on the
> card and my downloading laziness between dives I can, and sometimes do,
> hit capacilty. But that isn't why I dislike taking what I know will be a
> bad shot.

My camera is pre-RAW

>> Any shot is better than no shot at all, especially if you can make out
>> what's being shot.
>
> I would disagree with you, but I am not the disagreeable type.

That's too bad, for I am very disagreeable and will disagree with everything
you say just to spite you.

> Absolutely. For those who enjoy fish ID it's a useful tool. My
> perspective, right or wrong, is I only care about ID'ing the animals I
> have imaged well.

I disagree. All the animals I want to ID have been imaged very well upon my
retinae. It's not my fault or the fish's fault that my camera can't keep
up.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "W.E. O'Neil" <we_o@anesthesiaop.net> wrote in message
> news:I%TYe.3507$c54.974@news.uswest.net...

> My camera is pre-RAW

No it's not. I just doesn't record to RAW-------not to be disagreeable or
anything.

>> I would disagree with you, but I am not the disagreeable type.
>
> That's too bad, for I am very disagreeable and will disagree with
> everything you say just to spite you.

It is very difficult to annoy or offend me. But I admit that your
carpet-bombing technique does seem to score a number of hits with other
posters/readers.

>> Absolutely. For those who enjoy fish ID it's a useful tool. My
>> perspective, right or wrong, is I only care about ID'ing the animals I
>> have imaged well.
>
> I disagree.

I know.

> All the animals I want to ID have been imaged very well upon
> my retinae.

....and considering the quality of your photographs, this is a good thing.
Because on that evidence only, one might identify a Balaenoptera musculus
as a Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis.

By the way, that's a fine use of inflected form. Most people would have
simply written "retinas". I can see you are a high achiever.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:
:That's too bad, for I am very disagreeable and will disagree with everything
:you say just to spite you.

No you wouldn't.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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Can anyone tell me about diving in Los Cabos or Ixtapa

"Mindy Ketchum" <minni@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me about diving in Los Cabos or Ixtapa

Los Cabos: 20-30' viz, chillier water on the Pacific side, sea lions, some
tropicals. Worth doing once to say you've done it once. Much better to go
up the gulf to Cabo Pulmo or La Paz or further.

Ixtapa (actually Zihuatenejo): better viz and a bit warmer than Los Cabos.
Tropicals, but only small stuff as it's overfished. Still, I'm not sure
it's even worth doing once and it's certainly no "diving destination".

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "Mindy Ketchum" <minni@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:uffXe.339769$_o.277753@attbi_s71...
> > Can anyone tell me about diving in Los Cabos or Ixtapa

My follow-up to that a couple of days ago somehow got lost in google.
Didn't bother to repost. This was basically what I said to the Q:

*> Yes, some "anyone" can. I even know who that "anyone" will
*> show in this thread. That prediction would have realized today.

>
> Los Cabos: 20-30' viz, chillier water on the Pacific side, sea lions, some
> tropicals. Worth doing once to say you've done it once. Much better to go
> up the gulf to Cabo Pulmo or La Paz or further.
>
> Ixtapa (actually Zihuatenejo): better viz and a bit warmer than Los Cabos.
> Tropicals, but only small stuff as it's overfished. Still, I'm not sure
> it's even worth doing once and it's certainly no "diving destination".

It's not worth even saying "Been there. Done that."

It would have been "Been there, many times. NOT done any diving" for
me.

My line was indirect:

*> I've been to each at least twice this year. Never got wet.
*> Never got wet there on previous occasions either.

-- Bob.

"Whistler" <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in message
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> Mindy Ketchum wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me about diving in Los Cabos or Ixtapa
>
> Do you do Pacific diving in general? If not, don't expect tropical.

Why wouldn't one expect tropical in Los Cabos or Ixtapa?

In article <11j1rsvd9l2pr3d@corp.supernews.com>, "Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> writes:
>"Whistler" <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in message
>news:9t4Ye.866$EA4.665@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>> Mindy Ketchum wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me about diving in Los Cabos or Ixtapa
>>
>> Do you do Pacific diving in general? If not, don't expect tropical.
>
>Why wouldn't one expect tropical in Los Cabos or Ixtapa?

The prevailing ocean currents are from the north, bringing considerably
colder water than you would find at the same lattitude in the Caribbean,
Gulf of Mexico, or US east coast. Inquire in advance regarding the
water temps and bring the correct exposure protection.

--
Charlie Hammond -- Hewlett-Packard Company -- Ft Lauderdale FL USA
(hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com -- remove "@not" when replying)
All opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily my employer's.