My favorite thing is my dive gear. I'm addicted to the underwater life. As soon as my heads goes under the waves, I'm in a total different world. I have different setups, according to the different styles of diving I do. But most of the times no matter which gear I take, I rarely go under without my camera. It's an older one, but I'm still happy with that one. So the picture is not from my camera, but one of my favorite pictures I took with that camera. It was shot in Leyte, Philippines. The camera is an Olympus EPL and on this dive I had a 8mm fisheye lens mounted. I don't use that lens very often, because my interest is mainly macro underwater photography. But for sceneries it's the perfect lens.
Heyyy. That looks like a fairly nasty creature to be sticking your nose right up to with a Macro lens. I'm thinking telephoto here.
That is colored a lot like some of the rattlesnakes in my area!
Hahaha no nasty creature involved in this picture... What you see in front is a large tube sponge (Haliclona fascigera). I was in an overhang in the rocks. The picture is taken with an 8mm fisheye lens. The "worms" you see on the sponge are in fact a kind of sea cucumbers (synaptula).
It must be fascinating down there. I've only ever snorkelled on the Great Barrier Reef here in Australia, loved it of course. I've never scuba'd but I'd like to. Maybe a trip to the Philippines and Scuba's dive shop is on the cards.
You should give it a try. It's so amazing. And you don't need to go very deep to see amazing things. I'm thinking about setting up a community about underwater pictures so people who don't do scuba diving can enjoy as well all the beauty nature is giving us.
It's bloody cold down here! I'm in South Australia. If I was in Queensland, the tropical north of Australia I think I'd do it for sure. Sounds like a good idea for a Community too...Let me know if you set it up.
Cold is not an excuse ... Lol ... I started diving in Belgium. First years I was diving there and started with a wetsuit. Later on I changed it to a drysuit. Water temp of less than 10 degrees is cold :) Coldest dive I did in wetsuit the water was only 6C ... That same day I decided to buy a drysuit 😂
I'll consider myself officially chastised. 😂
I'd really like to dive.a mate here does it, is cave qualified. He could take me but I just don't have the ability to do everything...Have to pick and choose and save some for later...If later comes.
Tooooooo Close. By a factor of about 50. I'd need a telephoto lens for a fact.
If it had big googly eyes I'd be freaked out...As it is though, it's just a sponge apparently...Worlds scariest one though.
My problem isn't what it is, it's how close he had to get to it to take that photo. Sweet Mother, any thing inside spear gun range is too close...
That's one sort of gun I've never fired...Spear gun. I reckon it's be fun although if it was being fired at a shark and I missed...Not so much fun.
You have to have a bangstick for sharks. Simple things, just poke the shark and a 12 gauge shotgun round fires. It either chases them away or pisses them off for a quick kill. :)
Spear guns are for edible stuff that can't make you dead in a big hurry.
Would a torpedo work?
Absolutely. But you might have a small problem getting clear. Water doesn't compress, but the human body does. In an underwater explosion it would be problematic.
Thanks for playing along!
Yeah, I can understand totally how your scuba kit is something you love...It takes you to a whole new world and the amazing things only a few ever get to see in real life. I'm not jealous, just envious I guess. Seeing Biggy and Scuba's photos has been amazing for me as usually I only see those images on documentaries...To actually know the people taking them, through hive, is cool as I get to ask questions and stuff.
Yeah, I get it...dive gear is a good favourite thing.
Again, thank you for joining in and I hope you will do so again.
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ENGAGEtokens.I have never had the opportunity to practice scuba diving, but I find that sport fantastic. I congratulate you for being able to enjoy that spectacle of nature.