hoping I am not putting my foot in it by asking but is this site in any way related to the wetpixels site? When I looked at it it seemed to have stopped functioning in 2023.

Apart from a great many people from that site migrating here, the same moderators now running this site and the topic of discussion being underwater photography and videography, no relation to Wetpixel🤣🤣.

Seriously though, the wetpixel owner dropped off the face of the earth (after some members lost their payments on a dive trip that was organized by the owner) and eventually the site was only viewable by members and new member applications were not being processed. So some regulars and the mods got together and came up with waterpixels. Wetpixel is still there like a bit of a ghost ship these days.

This will bring you up to speed on the 2023 Wetpixel drama:

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wetpixels-hanlon-denies-sitting-on-divers-cash/
https://www.deeperblue.com/wetpixel-owner-adam-hanlon-faces-accusations-of-withholding-payments-amidst-health-concerns/
https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2023/Wetpixel202309.html
https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2023/WetpixelStoryClarifications202310.html

thanks

quite the story but rather depressing for those involved

The new site is excellent though.