Why is it that....

[whacky]

You see lots of great phoo opportunities when you don't have a camera?

As most of you know my compact flooded a few weeks ago and i have done a few trips since without my camera. I have seen sooooo much to take photo's of it's depressing. A whole variety of stuff from huge blue lobsters and dogfish down at porthkerris to lots of tiny stuff at swanage yesterday. Then there was my first ever non course dive in the red sea on the safety stop we had a hawksbill hang around with us and no camera.

So what was the best photo opportunity you missed?

[Cussy]

What's a dive without a camera? I don't understand

I flooded my Oly just before going to South Africa and diving with Raggie tooth Sharks (Sand Tiger Sharks). I borrowed a camera from a friend, but it was so poor I didn't use it much. So my only dive with big sharks is the best thing I've missed.

I also did a dive with 6 Manta Rays in Hawai'i, but someone sold me a video of the experience, so not sure if that counts.
Rob

[whacky]

Originally Posted by Cussy

What's a dive without a camera? I don't understand


Rob

LOL I knew someone would say that, :P

I had dived without my camera because I often dive with non photographer buddies. But I feel it is a piece of equipment i will have with me more often than not. So even if i dont intend to use it I dive with it just so I am used to it being there.

[aquakiwi]

Originally Posted by Cussy

What's a dive without a camera? I don't understand
Rob

I know exactly what he means, I still do the odd bit of instructing and nearly always see some great photo op when with my students.

[triplefin]

I was diving with Helen P out of Swanage.(I'm sure she will remember this) We were doing a drift over Pevril edges. I (stupidly) decided not to take my camera as I thought I wouldnt be able to use it because it was a drift dive. As it turned out the drift was so slow we had to fin at times and stopping to look at things was no problem. So you can imagine my frustration when we came across two dogfish mating their tails entwined standing practically vertical in the water. Consequently, I always always take a camera even on drift dives now even if the drift is so fast I cant use it.

[Helen]

Originally Posted by triplefin

I was diving with Helen P out of Swanage.(I'm sure she will remember this) We were doing a drift over Pevril edges. I (stupidly) decided not to take my camera as I thought I wouldnt be able to use it because it was a drift dive. As it turned out the drift was so slow we had to fin at times and stopping to look at things was no problem. So you can imagine my frustration when we came across two dogfish mating their tails entwined standing practically vertical in the water. Consequently, I always always take a camera even on drift dives now even if the drift is so fast I cant use it.

Yes I remember that day. I'm assuming I didn't take my camera either because I haven't got any photos of it on my computer. Would have made such an interesting shot.

[ATJ]

Not exactly without a camera, but it might as well have been.

I booked on a double boat dive at a place called Magic Point which is off Maroubra Beach one of the south eastern suburbs of Sydney. It has a small cave which is frequented by grey nurse sharks (sand tigers/ragged tooth sharks). As it was a double dive I cam prepared with a spare battery for one of the strobes.

We got to the site and it was calm as and the visibility was around 15 metres. I was excited. We jumped in the water and I turned the camera on and tested it (as I normally do). To my horror, the strobes wouldn't fire. If I jiggled the sync cord I could get them to fire, occasionally, but most of the time they would not fire.

We went to the cave and there were 6-7 sharks there, I had a camera, but the light just wasn't good enough for available light shots - although I took a few. And I had 2 dives at this site.

This was the best shot I managed to get.

[Annie S]

Hard to chose just one but my first ever Tompot blenny......a crab clutching a dead dogfish for all it was worth - caption would have been 'Its mine, all mine you hear!!'.....a velvet crab posing....all on the same weekend while I was guiding.