Swedish Bristolian

[Anders Schersten]

Dear all,
My name is Anders and I have been certfied since 1988. My interest lies in the marine life and to document it with my camera. UK divers give me a really hard time for my dinky little tanks, but somehow I seem to cope with what I have, and I am glad that I can entertain you. Perhaps I should point out that I am normally not the one to give thumbs up first...

This seems like a really good forum (contrary to a swedish one that I frequent) and I just had to sign up. I hope I will contribute in a positive way.
Cheers,
Anders

[John Gulliver]

Hej Anders!
At last! Välkommen! You've a lot to contribute here, not least regarding u/w photography*. You can post pics on this forum by clicking on "Add file", e.g. on the "Surface interval" board. Do it! I'm sure people would love to see your seal images from the Farnes trip. I certainly would.
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*Anders is a very keen and able photographer, folks, and he has first-rate (and very expensive ) photographic equipment.

[Mark Davies]

<font color='#000080'>Welcome aboard, Anders!

John tells us your photographs are as good, if not better, than those of Henrik's that we've seen recently. Pretty good billing as his pictures were awesome. I look forward to seeing some of yours soon.

[Anders Schersten]

Gulp! I should not have registered if you expect my pictures to be better than Henrik's, they're not. I did get a few decent in the can and I will be happy to post some as soon as I get my hands on a scanner. May have to make an investment soon as I have lots that should be scanned.

[Tim Ingmire]

Hi Anders,

thats some big billing you got.  Its great to have more photographers on board.  I'm just starting to scratch the surface with this stuff so any more sources of advise are more than welcome.

So, welcome aboard - you'lll like it here.

Cheers,

Tim

[Mr T.]

Hey Anders,

Welcome to YD mate. You're amongst friends, so please feel free to get in amongst it!

Cheers,

[MATTBIN]

Anders, welcome from me too, you are too modest. I can understand you not wishing to be over sold by us, but your snaps were pretty good mate. &nbsp;

Just post them on then let us judge, although I think maybe we are too polite to make our feelings known which one of you is the better snapper.

I'd back John up on the expensive kit bit too, but I think we all know its not just the kit that makes you good at something is it. As for the dinky tanks, they are minute 4l Twin jobs, so either he has gills or they are those 1000 bar jobs on 'future of diving' thread.

Matt

[Dr Stevil]

Hi Anders and welcome to YD! Yeah, great &quot;talking point&quot; your tanks , never seen owt like em before.
BTW you should realise that saying you've &quot;been certified&quot; might case some strange looks outside of diving circles, in the UK we use that as an expresion for being declared mad &nbsp;oh, hang on a minute... cold water, bad viz, all that heavy kit... yeah &quot;certified&quot;

[John Gulliver]

Twin 4 L x 300 bar tanks are not uncommon here in Sweden. They're no good to the likes of me but Anders does seem to have gills. He always comes up with about 80 bars regardless of how long the dive is. Actually, the famous Australian u/w photographer Valerie Taylor writes in her book that she always uses the small Swedish tanks on her female models because they look so much less clumsy than an aluminium 80 on girls. Not that I'm saying Anders is a sissy &nbsp;

[Chris Hall]

<font color='#728FCE'>Don't worry about your small tanks, size is not everything!!!!

Welcome to YD Anders, enjoy yourself and have a good time.

Cheers
Chris