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    Southern Leyte, Visayas & Malapascua - Philippines

    Took a 14 day liveaboard trip on the Philippines Siren with the GH5. Highlights were thresher and whales sharks. Visibility was cloudy at times but overall the weather cooperated between some showers every now and then. The drone didn't survive the trip! But I recovered it and the files from...
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    Halmahera & Lembeh Indonesia

    Here's a video of a recent trip to Halmahera and Lembeh in Indonesia from June. It was nice to finally get out and travel again. And, I didn't catch covid in the process. :-) The trip was onboard the MSY Seahorse, a 12 day liveaboard departing from Bitung. Visibility deteriorated as the trip...
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    Exploring the Salish Sea

    The cold waters of the Salish Sea contain many beautiful and colorful marine creatures. With the world in challenging shape this past year, I feel fortunate to be able to visit them every now and then. Here's a compilation of various visits throughout the pacific northwest. Comments and...
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    Socorro Islands aboard the Solmar V

    In November I managed to steal an adventure from and otherwise difficult 2020. After getting Covid-19 tested, keeping a temperature log and donning two masks, I ventured to the Socorro Islands for the first time with the GH5 on the Solmar V. I head read all the reports of camera housings getting...
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    Ambon Indonesia with the GH5

    Stopped in Ambon last October for a few days of diving after a LOB trip in the. Banda Sea. If you haven't dived Ambon it's well worth the stop as the macro life is wonderful and abundant. This was my second time visiting and diving with Critterjunkies. Here's the video of the underwater...
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    The Banda Sea aboard the MSY Seahorse

    I took a trip aboard the MSY Seahorse in the Banda Sea back in late September/early October. The primary goal of such a trip is to see schooling hammerhead sharks. This was my second attempt and managed to get some good footage of them. It's really quite a challenge to capture them well as you...
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    GH5 in the Graveyard of the Atlantic

    Did three days of diving in the Graveyard of the Atlantic out of Beaufort, NC with Discovery Diving. Hit the wrecks of the Aeolus and Spar. Visibility wasn't the best, but managed to spend some quality time with the sand tiger sharks. In a day's dive there we usually do one offshore dive and...
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    Tompotika Dive Lodge, Central Sulawesi

    Back in March it took a dive trip to Central Sulawesi and stayed at Tompotika Dive lodge. One of the great things about this destination is it's the only dive operator in the area so it's just you and your friends on each dive site! The lodge is right on the beach and there's a house reef. I...
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    Ambon

    Back in September I concluded a liveaboard tip to the Banda Sea with a stop over in Ambon before flying home. I got in 12 dives in 3 days with Critterjunkies by divebluemotion. The dive shop is pretty basic and located on the shores of Laha. And, like most parts of Indonesia, sanitation is not...
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    250 Cow nosed rays in Komodo with a GH5

    I took a trip to Komodo over the summer with the GH5. The highlight of the trip was seeing a massive school of about 250 cow nosed rays coming through the Cauldron against the current. Here's the video of the adventure. Comments and critiques are welcome.
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    Exploring the Salish Sea

    A video compilation of diving the Salish Sea during the winter. I tried labeling the critters for identification purposes. Comments & critiques are welcome.
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    Cozumel

    I was recently in Cozumel for the first time. Dived with Aldora Divers and put together the highlights from 30 dives. Comments and critiques are welcome!
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    Diving the Salish Sea

    Compilation video of summer under and above the Salish Sea featuring giant pacific octopus, nudibranchs, wolf eels, war bonnets, decorator crabs and other beautiful marine life.
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    Octopus tries to steal my camera

    Watch out for these camera thieves.
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    Atlantic Graveyard

    I visited the Atlantic Graveyard last month and did a couple dives on the wreck of the Aeolus and one on the Spar. The Aeolus is filled with sand tiger sharks among other marine life large and small. Here's the video. Comments and critiques are welcome.
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    Diving the Salish Sea

    Here's some footage from winter diving in the Salish Sea. 3 minutes of cold, green water muck diving with beautiful marine life large and small. If you've never seen a pacific spiny lumpsucker, take a look. Comments and critiques welcome.
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    Raja Ampat From Above And Below

    I recently traveled to Raja Ampat on a 12 day liveaboard on the MV Ambai. I took my sony camcorder in a bluefin housing for macro, a GoPro4 for wide angle and a Phantom 3 for drone footage. This was the first time using a GoPro and it turned out pretty well. Although it required more post...
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    Belize liveaboard dive trip video

    Here's a video of a recent liveaboard dive trip in Belize. 27 dives condensed into highlights along with some drone footage for good measure.
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    Puget sound sea lion

    Here's a video I put together from a dive in the Puget sound last weekend. The main character is a feisty sea lion who bit my dive buddy on the head a couple times. I used a sony cx550 in a bluefin housing. A gopro4 which is mounted on the bluefin housing for wide angle shots. Above water for in...
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    Diving hood canal in WA state with drone footage

    Here's a video of a recent trip the the Olympic Peninsula on Hood Canal. Found a pair of wolf eels on eggs as well as nudis and other marine life: http://youtu.be/hXhpMkstviM
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