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Your Tough Dive sites - Tell us about your local dive site
I try not to see it in heroic terms.
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Your Tough Dive sites - Tell us about your local dive site
At the other end of this He Man spectrum...... Although admittedly not "local", I was diving from MV Harmoni in Raja a few weeks ago. Whilst the tropical sun beat down on the canvas awning which flapped languidly in the breeze, the crew put all my gear, except mask and camera, in the RIB. I sauntered down the steps and took a comfortable seat on the RIB tube. We drove to the dive site and the crew held gear on the RIB tube to allow arms to be slipped through whilst offering to do up the buckles. I said I could manage. A gentle backward roll led into the 29 degree water. The RIB was waiting for me on ascent. The crew pulled my gear out of the water, removed my fins and I climbed the 3-rung ladder. On returning to Harmoni, I wandered up the steps to the deck enjoying the sunshine whilst the crew took my gear, except mask and camera, rinsed it, filled the tank with Nitrox ... and handed me a glass of chilled juice and a fresh towel. No sweat was raised. No heart pounded. I made it all look easy. As the US Marines would say, OOO-rah. More mango juice, sir?
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Caribbean Tough Guy
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Loving the sparkly outfit
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Blue lipstick goes with most outfit choices
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AA Battery : wich are the best for strobe
I must admit to being puzzle by the negative comments on the Eneloop Pros. Yep, agreed that the white non-Pros ones seem to last for years before they start to show even the slightest degrade. My oldest Pros (I've got about 32 of them) are maybe 4 years old and have certainly been recharged many times over many dive trips in USB-driven EBL fast chargers but, so far at least, are as a good as gold. But maybe I have just tempted fate.....
- The Twins
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WWL-1 buoyancy options
I don't think I've ever dived to 40m (wimp?) but I've had my Stix to just over 30m lots of times. Never had an issue.
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Nikonos-V ... worth bothering?
Yeah, here, on good ol'Waterpixels.net. Nothing to lose, eh? It costs nothing!
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Nikonos-V ... worth bothering?
There is a market for retro gear. I’d try advertising them on the Classifieds……
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WWL-1 buoyancy options
Another vote for Stix Jumbo. Long-lasting, easy to change and relatively inexpensive (as u/w photo gear goes!)
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What Images Do You Keep???
If you go into your profile then Account Setting and click on the Signature tab.... you can then create up to ?3 lines of text.
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What Images Do You Keep???
I reckon I take 80-100 images on a dive. Yep, after 25+ years, super ruthless. If it’s not a 3-4 star, it’s a delete. That probably gets down to 30-40% of the trip’s images. I usually do a second review about 72 hours after that cull and another batch will go to digital Valhalla. I now aim to end up with maybe 15-20images from a dive. Any doubts at all and it’s au revoir. What’s left is keyworded and filed by year and date all in Lightroom. This adds up now to about 55,000 images, almost 2TB. The catalog is on an SSD with a backup to a NAS and two backups to external hard disks. I did tackle the film images - slides - but foolishly scanned them as not very large jpgs. I should have done much higher quality or, better, TIFFs. I can’t face the rescan job! Ruthless. Why keep so-so? Are you really going to look back at them?
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Waterpixels at the UK's Royal Photographic Society
Maria , our very own Compact Camera Specialist, will be hosting an online “Getting Started in Underwater Photography” event with the Royal Photographic Society on Wednesday 16 July from 1800 hrs to 2000 hrs. Maria will be sharing her experience over the past three years of shooting exclusively with smartphones, compact cameras, Insta 360s and Go Pros and promises to help inspire beginners capture their own vision to create award-winning content. Her presentation will delve into the many different options of accessory lenses and lights from various manufacturers with the aim of helping people choose the best system for their needs. Tickets are £35 for Non-Members or £26 for RPS Members which includes a free copy of Maria’s eBook “Getting Started in Underwater Photography” and free online ongoing support via Zoom or at her studio in Swanage. Details are on the Royal Photographic Society’s website at https://events.rps.org/en/4LrdQ66/rps-getting-started-in-underwater-photography-with-maria-munn-jul-2025-5a2NN29HgnF/overview
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New photographer from the PNW
Hey Grantmac! Welcome to Waterpixels - great to have you with us. I have to admire you Canadian divers..... brrrrrr.... We hope you really enjoy the forum. Best wishes