Hershman Photography

Hershman Photography Photographing above and below the waters of Puget Sound and the greater Salish Sea

a screen grab from my GoPro of the Whale sharks near Dumaguete
19/10/2024

a screen grab from my GoPro of the Whale sharks near Dumaguete

Another colorful resident of the reef is the Peacock Mantis Shrimp. They are exceptionally colorful, especially the mal...
17/10/2024

Another colorful resident of the reef is the Peacock Mantis Shrimp. They are exceptionally colorful, especially the males as they have bright blue-green bodies. They are about the size and shape of longish hot dog buns.

Mantis shrimp have the most complex eyes in the world. Their eyes are compound, like a bees with each having 'thousands of ommatidia - individual lenses and retinas that each sample a tiny area of the field of view'. Its eyes are on independent stalks so they swivel around continuously.

Most interesting is that while human eyes have three color cones (Red Green and Blue) the eyes of the Mantis shrimp have 16 different color-sensitive cones. This allows them to see an amazing palette of colors that we can't even begin to imagine.

Photographers have to be wary when photographing them because they have very powerful front claws that can strike hard enough to crack the lens of a camera or even break a diver's mask. Needless to say they pack quite a punch!

Danger Will Robinson! Nudibranch Overload! too many slugs, not enough time!
16/10/2024

Danger Will Robinson! Nudibranch Overload!

too many slugs, not enough time!

Aneomone fish come in many sizes and colors. They are bright and colorful, busily darting back and forth from the prot...
16/10/2024

Aneomone fish come in many sizes and colors. They are bright and colorful, busily darting back and forth from the protection of their home anemone. For the photographer they are a challenge, as they rarely hold still long enough to get a photo as they duck in and out of their hone, Here are just a few from Puerto Gallera.

Wowsers! Mind-blowing colors at Verde Island. (I'm going to be busy for awhile!). A dive with David McLean and Madison...
14/10/2024

Wowsers!
Mind-blowing colors at Verde Island.

(I'm going to be busy for awhile!).

A dive with David McLean and Madison Bromel

'Big Fish' at Sund RockHere are photos of some of the Lingcod that hang out here. This area enjoys marine wildlife rese...
20/09/2024

'Big Fish' at Sund Rock

Here are photos of some of the Lingcod that hang out here. This area enjoys marine wildlife reserve status so there is less of a fishing impact here than other places in Hood Canal, so it isn't fished-out like other locations.

Lingcod are an apex predator on the reef, with the females in particular getting so large that they appear to be sizing you for a meal. They don't as a rule bother divers except when males are guarding their egg masses, when the males will attack the unsuspecting observer that gets too close to their nest.

I returned to Sund Rock yesterday to do an end of the summer dive. This location is one of the best places to find Wolf...
20/09/2024

I returned to Sund Rock yesterday to do an end of the summer dive. This location is one of the best places to find Wolf Eels, in part due to its rocky habitat and also its status as a protected marine life area. We probably saw over a dozen wolf eels, this time there were no mated pairs, only solitary individuals.

Wolf eels are such friendly-looking fish, poking their muppet-like heads out of their dens to watch divers. Many, however bore the scars of violent encounters, probably from fighting with others of their own kind over dens. Despite their wounds, most will go on to heal and fight again another day.

My backyard sunflowers have finally started to bloom these past few days. Most people's bloom in late July and through ...
16/09/2024

My backyard sunflowers have finally started to bloom these past few days. Most people's bloom in late July and through August, but mine are always mid September or later. I started these in the greenhouse and moved them outside at about 4 inches tall, but it proved to be no different.

Regardless of time, the flowers are always lovely to see.

Here's the poster I made for Friends of Saltwater State Park to display on the information board at the Saltwater State ...
13/09/2024

Here's the poster I made for Friends of Saltwater State Park to display on the information board at the Saltwater State Park beach

Our dive sites were along the famous Browning Wall on the northern side of Vancouver Island. Nutrient-rich water from t...
08/09/2024

Our dive sites were along the famous Browning Wall on the northern side of Vancouver Island. Nutrient-rich water from the nearby Pacific Ocean flows through here in very strong currents, providing ample food for all kinds of cold water corals and sponges. These animals show their intense coloration under the strobes of the camera. Here are just a few.

This very colorful rockfish was at Browning Pass. A copper rockfish color morph?
06/09/2024

This very colorful rockfish was at Browning Pass. A copper rockfish color morph?

Blowing my own horn. My photo "methow pine' won another contest, the WSECU calendar competition for 2025. I've photo...
05/09/2024

Blowing my own horn.

My photo "methow pine' won another contest, the WSECU calendar competition for 2025. I've photographed this tree over many years since I first saw it in 1980. The tree is a bent-over Ponderosa Pine near Winthrop WA.

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