New Spin on a Common Subject
Sep 24
Sometimes finding a subject that inspires you to lift the camera up to your eye is challenging. I recently took my 105mm macro lens and SubSee +10 close-up lens with me to Anacapa Island, and I found my inspiration in a tiny, but common subject: a Christmas Tree worm. The colorful feeding plume was a perfect subject to use with my SubSee +10 diopter. I used auto-focus to focus on my finger...
August Monthly Contest Winners
Sep 19
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Monthly Photo Contest on Facebook! The winners are available to view on facebook through this gallery, check them out! The theme is “Reefscapes” The photo contest is now live for September and October. The theme for the next contest is “Creepy Critters” We’re looking for some fun Halloween style shots of creepy and...
Personal Rinse Bucket
Sep 17
How many times have you come up from a dive and gone over to rinse your camera in the rinse bucket, only to find it full of other cameras? Probably more than a few, I would imagine. Somewhere along the way, the “rinse” bucket became the “soak” bucket. And that totally “soaks,” if you ask me. Rinsing your camera housing after a dive is an important step in...
Check Your Leak Alarm
Sep 17
It’s good practice to test and/or change the batteries in your household smoke alarms twice a year, right? So why not do the same with the moisture alarm in your housing? I realize that not every housing has a moisture alarm (leak detector), but for those that do, testing it should be part of your maintenance procedure, and it only takes a few seconds. For my Sea & Sea...
Great vis in Southern California
Sep 16
There has been exceptional visibility this past weekend at Catalina Island (including the dive park), ranging from 60-90ft, at Santa Barabara Island, Anacapa Island,and also at the Oil Rigs and Farnsworth Banks. Get out diving while you can! Bat rays are out in full force, and there are also a lot of sea lions out. Black sea bass are scattered around the islands. A Mola Mola was seen at the Oil...
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