JillianAnnO
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It's addictive watching that!!
Bonaire webcam
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georoc01
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We talked about diving Something Special just to do a run past the camera, but never made it out there. Something for the next trip.
Did go visit the donkeys on the donkey cam though. Have a watch out, the donkeys can be a tad aggressive if they think you have food!
Did go visit the donkeys on the donkey cam though. Have a watch out, the donkeys can be a tad aggressive if they think you have food!
Can anyone tell me how to make a screen capture of those webcams? I am going to Bonaire on Saturday and would like my girlfriend to keep a shot of me when I go in front of the webcam.
If it matters, I have a PC not Mac.
If it matters, I have a PC not Mac.
Easiest way? Hit the "Print Screen" key and then paste it into Paintbrush, Word, or virtually anything else. Then save, of course.
More complicated but best way? Using Firefox with the "Nuke Anything Enhanced", right-click the image, say "Remove this object", and repeat until the picture disappears. Then right-click the page and say "Undo last remove". Now you can right-click the image and say "Save image as..." (The actual webcam image is behind three or so invisible layers, hence the need to remove them before you can save the actual image.)
The first way is trivially easy, and anyone can do it. The second way is a bit more complicated, but you'll have the original webcam image, so it will be original quality without any recompression.
By the way, the default timing on the Breathe Bonaire Something Special webcam is *15 seconds*. You can set it to less, but it usually doesn't seem to reliably refresh any faster than about 10 seconds. If you want your photo taken and saved, or if you want to show a sign, you really need to pose for 30 seconds to a minute in order to be fairly likely to have it work. Also, if you have a sign, angle it slightly toward the bottom to eliminate the glare. (A guy wrote several things the other day, but the only thing I could read in the entire several minutes of messages was "MIKE". The rest was just white glare.)
Oh, and since the on-the-hour shots are saved until being replaced the following day, if you plan your dive to be posing on the hour, you can save that snapshot any time in the next 24 hours. I'd recommend syncing a watch, of course, and posing for a good minute or two (play paper-scissors-rock if it's boring, or pretend it's a really old "hold it for five minutes" photgraph :biggrin
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More complicated but best way? Using Firefox with the "Nuke Anything Enhanced", right-click the image, say "Remove this object", and repeat until the picture disappears. Then right-click the page and say "Undo last remove". Now you can right-click the image and say "Save image as..." (The actual webcam image is behind three or so invisible layers, hence the need to remove them before you can save the actual image.)
The first way is trivially easy, and anyone can do it. The second way is a bit more complicated, but you'll have the original webcam image, so it will be original quality without any recompression.
By the way, the default timing on the Breathe Bonaire Something Special webcam is *15 seconds*. You can set it to less, but it usually doesn't seem to reliably refresh any faster than about 10 seconds. If you want your photo taken and saved, or if you want to show a sign, you really need to pose for 30 seconds to a minute in order to be fairly likely to have it work. Also, if you have a sign, angle it slightly toward the bottom to eliminate the glare. (A guy wrote several things the other day, but the only thing I could read in the entire several minutes of messages was "MIKE". The rest was just white glare.)
Oh, and since the on-the-hour shots are saved until being replaced the following day, if you plan your dive to be posing on the hour, you can save that snapshot any time in the next 24 hours. I'd recommend syncing a watch, of course, and posing for a good minute or two (play paper-scissors-rock if it's boring, or pretend it's a really old "hold it for five minutes" photgraph :biggrin
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hogpark7430
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Here is one of an eagle ray and a tarpin I caught a whils ago.
sasscuba
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What time are you going to do it? If I am home I can do it for you. You got the directions how to find it?
I'm not sure what time yet. My schedule is up in the air right now. Thank you for the offer.
How hard is it to find? I know it's at the "Something Special" dive site at about 50fsw and it's a bit south of a mooring line. Well...that's what it says on the website.
Anything I should know about it other than that?
JimHar99
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It's pretty easy to spot. If you're crusing along at about 50 fsw, you'll see the camera and the cable going to it.
I was there about a month ago and spotted the camera. My buddy and I both gave it a wave.
I was there about a month ago and spotted the camera. My buddy and I both gave it a wave.
sasscuba
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I'm not sure what time yet. My schedule is up in the air right now. Thank you for the offer.
How hard is it to find? I know it's at the "Something Special" dive site at about 50fsw and it's a bit south of a mooring line. Well...that's what it says on the website.
Anything I should know about it other than that?
Easiest way to find it is to go down Kaya Playa Leche street which is just down from the traffic circle by Sand dollar resort. Go down the street for about 300 feet and turn right and park near the rock shore by the private drive. Enter the water and surface swim to the boats that are tied up and go down to 45 feet and head north(right). It is about a 5 minute slow swim you will run into the back of the webcam. Have a great time!
sasscuba
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Easiest way to find it is to go down Kaya Playa Leche street which is just down from the traffic circle by Sand dollar resort. Go down the street for about 300 feet and turn right and park near the rock shore by the private drive. Enter the water and surface swim to the boats that are tied up and go down to 45 feet and head north(right). It is about a 5 minute slow swim you will run into the back of the webcam. Have a great time!
By the way there is no yellow stone to mark this site.
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