sabbath999
Contributor
I admit it... some of the best dives I have ever done have been shallow. Several of them have been EXTREMELY shallow, as in 6 feet of water or less.
I recently had a fantastic dive in 6 feet of water, at Ginnie springs in the spring run between Devil's Eye and Little Devil. I shot some of the best pictures I have ever taken there, and we spend about 40 minutes a foot off the bottom with probably 4 feet of water above us just chilling as the afternoon sunshine came through the trees and painted the bottom with light.
Here's a shot I took with my el-cheapo Intova digital camera, no flash, no nuttin, with a bit of post processing to clean it up:
The water depth was about 5-6 feet.
People might say "well, why not just snorkle it?"
Well... SCUBA is simply more fun than snorkling... DUH! Seriously, though, when taking pictures or just communing with nature, there's nothing like hovering weightless mid water (even though that water is only a couple of feet above and below you), hanging out and being one with the world around you. As a photographer, I can just hang there or settle to the bottom if it is sandy and wait for the fish to get used to me being there to the point where they ignore me... works great.
Shallow diving is, in some ways, a lot harder than diving at 50 feet below sea level, since you actually need a bit of buoyancy control and one bad breath will take you to the top or bounce you off the bottom.
Anybody else really enjoy being a shallow diver?
I recently had a fantastic dive in 6 feet of water, at Ginnie springs in the spring run between Devil's Eye and Little Devil. I shot some of the best pictures I have ever taken there, and we spend about 40 minutes a foot off the bottom with probably 4 feet of water above us just chilling as the afternoon sunshine came through the trees and painted the bottom with light.
Here's a shot I took with my el-cheapo Intova digital camera, no flash, no nuttin, with a bit of post processing to clean it up:
The water depth was about 5-6 feet.
People might say "well, why not just snorkle it?"
Well... SCUBA is simply more fun than snorkling... DUH! Seriously, though, when taking pictures or just communing with nature, there's nothing like hovering weightless mid water (even though that water is only a couple of feet above and below you), hanging out and being one with the world around you. As a photographer, I can just hang there or settle to the bottom if it is sandy and wait for the fish to get used to me being there to the point where they ignore me... works great.
Shallow diving is, in some ways, a lot harder than diving at 50 feet below sea level, since you actually need a bit of buoyancy control and one bad breath will take you to the top or bounce you off the bottom.
Anybody else really enjoy being a shallow diver?