UNDER (18 METRE) VIDEOS.....

[Divingminxsy]

HWMBO and I have just returned from a mini-break of two days diving off Plymouth, thoroughly enjoyed it as the sea was flat calm and the sun never stopped shining.

Only one problem - he has recently bought a small camera and housing from flea bay of which he is very proud.

On the first days diving he carefully passed it to me and indicated I should snap him, which I did.

Later it was revealed when back on shore that all my photos were of some seaweedy murky water without a diver in sight.

No matter - he very calmly smiled the sort of forced smile you give to an idiot and blamed himself for not showing me the zoom or which knobs to press.

"WE WILL TRY AGAIN" were his words.

This morning after an aptly named deep drift on Chicken Rock ( see avavtar ) he passed the camera to me whilst making video actions by whirling his arms. This threw me a little as I felt I had only been instructed to take a quick still shot but undeterred I gamely took it and tried to look through the tiny window. I could see nothing through my prescription mask and the window so decided to aim the whole camera frontage in his direction and hope it worked out.

He meanwhile insisted on finning away from me so that I could get a whole body shot and he could later examine his trim.

I pressed the little lever on top as the wave action of the SMB jiggled my right arm about - it wasn't as easy as I'd thought.

Back up on boat he praised me for having taken 44 seconds of video and could not wait to play it on his laptop.

Back at the dive centre he rushed to our room to view the footage. After a few silent minutes I heard him exclaim in rather a cross voice that he "was surprised that I'd actually managed to get any of him on it at all "

( It was at this point that I locked myself in the en-suite bathroom )

When eventually coaxed out I was shown an interesting 44 second video - about 30 seconds of clear water, a brief glimpse of a delayed SMB tied to a wing, some lovely air bubbles and a two second finale of his left fin.

Perhaps it's the right time for me to think seriously about learning Morris Dancing.

[Cussy]

This sounds like an award winning film. You've got to post it!

[Turtle Dude]

come on post it on youtube....

[Colin Marriott]

Originally Posted by Divingminxsy

When eventually coaxed out I was shown an interesting 44 second video - about 30 seconds of clear water, a brief glimpse of a delayed SMB tied to a wing, some lovely air bubbles and a two second finale of his left fin.

Ah . . . it's all in the editing

ColinM

[MonkeyPony]

Originally Posted by Colin Marriott

Ah . . . it's all in the editing

ColinM

And a good soundtrack of course!

[witchieblackcat]

Originally Posted by Divingminxsy

yadda yadda yadda...

When eventually coaxed out I was shown an interesting 44 second video - about 30 seconds of clear water, a brief glimpse of a delayed SMB tied to a wing, some lovely air bubbles and a two second finale of his left fin.

...yadda yadda yadda

Not something I'd do. Just in case there's a passing boat that catches me.

Keep trying with the videoing. I'm sure that it gets easier.

[PeeBee]

women diving videographers!!! Seems like some of them are on a par with women drivers.

[triplefin]

brilliant write up - had me in stitches

[A. Berk]

Add an obscure French narrative to it and bash it out as a piece of arty-farty genius.

Broke

[Divingminxsy]

Originally Posted by witchieblackcat

Not something I'd do. Just in case there's a passing boat that catches me.

When I say tied to his wing what I actually mean is a stowed SMB clipped to his harness.