Shelley and I took a short trip to Seattle on the Clipper passenger ferry. The ferry ride itself is longer, but because it leaves from downtown Victoria and goes to downtown Seattle, it's shorter than going to Vancouver. And we stayed at the Edgewater Hotel which is only half a block from the ferry terminal in Seattle.
We spent our first morning at the Seattle Aquarium. It's not huge, but it's a nice aquarium. We passed this suitably themed mural on the way.
Aquariums are a challenge for photography between the dim lighting and the glass and water and moving subjects. It didn't help that I started out with my camera at the wrong settings (leftover from a previous session). It's almost surprising when one turns out.
Amazingly, my aging iPhone sometimes does better than my expensive camera.
I prefer shooting stills rather than video, but sometimes it takes video to capture something, like these cuttlefish and anemone fish. (also by iPhone) I think cuttlefish are very cool. They are related to octopus and squid.
Anemones are also pretty cool.
And sea stars
The aquarium also has an outside area with harbor seals, oystercatchers, and killdeer, all of which we have in front of our place in Victoria.
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