Underwater Photography

[Sheriff Fatman]

Your eyes give away the fact that you were shitting yourself there ... no shame in that under the circumstances mind

LOL - trust you to point that out!

Actually, I was less nervous on that dive than the one with the eel.  I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

You're not the first to point out the eyes on that pic but its probably more to do with mask problems (had to practically weld it to my face to stop it leaking) and my contact lenses than anything else.  Remind me to show you the DVD of the dive one day.  It does me far more justice than that picture!!

[boldie]

Amazing stuff.

[roverthtaeh]

Some great photos there, Sheriff.
Cuba, sharks, morays....
....majority of my dives have been off Mevagissey in Cornwall and the scariest thing I've seen so far is a 2ft Bass!
Actually, I completed my Open Water course in Spain and did get squirted with black ink by an Octopus, but that was before I had invested in a camera.

You're quite right about getting as close to the subject as possible and the loss of colour at depth. Hence my picture of the anemone at only 9 metres!
It's not easy to remain perfectly still in English waters in mid winter, either!

I take it you still dive, Sheriff?

[madasahatstand]

Thats a very beautiful picture Tech. It looks like a great  hobby too. How did you find it when you first started? Ive never dived before and always imagined it could be quite frightening in its own right, never mind doing a Sherrif and swimming with eels and sharks....lol  Do you feel like you can breath okay or does that take some getting used to?  Any more photos?

Sherrif - omg!! thrills galore there. Are you crazy? lol

[Sheriff Fatman]

Thats a very beautiful picture Tech. It looks like a great  hobby too. How did you find it when you first started? Ive never dived before and always imagined it could be quite frightening in its own right, never mind doing a Sherrif and swimming with eels and sharks....lol  Do you feel like you can breath okay or does that take some getting used to?  Any more photos?

Sherrif - omg!! thrills galore there. Are you crazy? lol

Mad

The Open Water certification is very good for preparing you for every eventuality underwater.  If you can get through that then you'll know you're going to be OK as you have to do some fairly tough tasks to qualify (e.g. removing mask underwater and replacing it, taking away the BC and recovering it, emergency ascents, etc).  My instructor told us when we started that most people who don't get through it give up right at the start as they get freaked out by the mask and the bubbles around their face so the chances are that, if you didn't enjoy it, you'd have made the decision in a swimming pool rather than in open water.

To be honest, I was absolutely garbage during my Open Water course and didn't think I was going to get through it for the first 3 days.  However, something clicked once we moved from the swimming pool to the ocean and I improved rapidly after that.  However, it wasn't until my 10th dive or so that I actually noticed anything around me as for the first few dives I was so focused on the equipment and my air levels that I forgot to look around!


Rover - I'm very much a warm water diver.  I've done the Red Sea, Key West, Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas and the coldest water I've been in is about 26 degrees!  If we do a non-Vegas holiday then we tend to head for somewhere where I can dive (Sophie did a resort dive in Jamaica and didn't really enjoy it so she just chills out by the pool instead!)  One thing I would definitely recommend is the Advanced Open Water course as it'll improve your skills hugely.  There are a few optional modules you can do on this and one of them is on photography, so it's something worth investigating if you are keen on this.

[RED-DOG]

Mrs Red and I went scuba diving in Teneriffe on the spur of the moment. We had no problems at all and took to it like... Well, like ducks to water really.

[tikay]

These pictures are just awesome - more, please, & thank you!

[cia260895]

Tops pics..
the only time i went scuba diving was when i got married for the 1st time in barbados,got an ear infection and couldnt fly home for another week luckily we went 2 days b4 we were due to go home which meant i was left in an all inclusive resort on me lonesome as she went home to organise the reception, it was doomed from the off!!,but had a blast on me own lol

[bobby1]

great pics those guys.

[roverthtaeh]

To Madasahatstand and to anyone else remotely interested in Scuba Diving my advice is this;
DO IT NOW!
It's the best thing I have ever done and I wish I had done it years ago.

Sheriff, you lucky bugger! I've been diving all winter in temperatures ranging from 6 to 12 degrees down here in Cornwall. To be honest, the temperature at the bottom of the sea has been higher than the temperature on land most times!
Off to Spain next month though, hoping to get some good photos there.

I'll try and post a few more pics but there are no sharks in mine!

[roverthtaeh]

Sea Urchin

[roverthtaeh]

Lobster - and he nearly had me with his claws!

[roverthtaeh]

Velvet Swimming Crab - having dinner.

[madasahatstand]

tremendous pictures, keep them coming please:)

[Colchester Kev]

Velvet Swimming Crab - having dinner.

whats it having ... looks like a disposable nappy