Coz, May 2015 pics and vids ....

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Great drone footage sideways. I also had my drone down but didn't get a chance to fly much with the wind. I actually put it in the ocean the year before. $2000.00 down the drain! I have a few questions for you on that. Do you use polarized or ND filter? What camera and settings do you shoot in typically? Protune if shooting GoPro? Post color editing? For your underwater shots what camera? Here is a short video I have done underwater with the new Gopro4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KQDzQJz5H3U

Wow... how did that happen (Water crash)? Was it a Phantom? I use the polar ND filters. 3 pack here.....Frame2.0-FPV Quadcopter Filter 3-Pack Honestly though, affter experimenting, I just use the clear ND off the 3. It gets rid of the Jello effffect, which is the main function of the ND's on the gopro/quad set up. I occasionally have used the 2nd filter, which has a light tint for glare reduction, but only on a super bright day over reflective surfaces. The vid on here was with the clear ND. As far as UW Vid, I have a canon S30 vixia in a Light and Motion housing with 2x Sola 1200's. The key, as your aware, with UW vid is white balance. With my set up I can manually WB at anytime during the dive. That makes all the difference in the world. Your vid looks great! It doesn't have the trademark purple saturated water that most gopro's, including my gopro 4 black, normally have. Not sure if that's because of your editing skills or a particular filter. Are you using the macro mate mini for your macro? I don't use protune, I prefer the natural color and contrast scheme. I can always adjust a bit post production.

Here's a Coz vid from 2013 with my rig. Still working on this years....LOL Slacker that I am!

https://vimeo.com/82463969

Wow........what awesome vid and pics.........

And I agree - Aries is AWESOME. I hope to dive with him on my next trip for sure, though I had my best dives ever with Pedro @ BXTsea last week!

Thank you Sir :cool2: Yeah... Aries is awesome!
 
Nice work Greg

So cool to see such familiar things in an unfamiliar way!

Unfortunately, now you're making me have to buy a drone, there goes another suit case and more baggage fees!
 
Now I really want to bring my drone to CZM! Your UW stuff is really nice too! Great job above and below!
 
Great video, Greg! Could have watched for an hour more...loved the splendid toad.
 
OK.... FINALLY a dive video! Although there are some segments from the drone footage incorporated. I wanted to try to jazz it up a bit. Hope you enjoy, and as with any of my work, any and all critique is welcomed! That's how I try to learn. Multimedia really doesn't mean a thing if folks don't enjoy it. Thanks watching!

Greg


Vimeo...

https://vimeo.com/131607598


Youtube...remember to watch in 1080p!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvXp9Siq0mY
 
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LOVE the video! Thank you so much. Visiting Coz in a couple of weeks, and this heightens the anticipation!
 


My critique is you rock! Great video. Loved the cuts back and forth with the aerials, great macros, nice close ups of eagle rays, smiling parrot fish... and a cozumel video that has fish in it! Seems every cozumel video I watch lately makes the place look like it's devoid of fish life, yours was the opposite.

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My critique is you rock! Great video. Loved the cuts back and forth with the aerials, great macros, nice close ups of eagle rays, smiling parrot fish... and a cozumel video that has fish in it! Seems every cozumel video I watch lately makes the place look like it's devoid of fish life, yours was the opposite.

Hey, I was just thinking, you know what would be a really cool shot? If you could take your drone over a dive site and see what it looked like, with the clear waters of cozumel, I wonder if you could see the divers down 80 ft? That would be cool to see.
 
Sideways/Greg....
I a starting to plan trip to Cozumel at Thanksgiving. Traveling/diving with a buddy/girlfriend, Ginger. We're both single....50s, active women. I'd thought to stay at a DIVE resort. She wanted to book a package with air/hotel and book our diving separately. I hear you talking about staying closer to town and such. What would be your advice? We are going to dive. But we'd also like some other diversion.....not be only single people in a romantic place at night with couples around us.
Thanks! (And amazing photos...btw!)
 
My critique is you rock! Great video. Loved the cuts back and forth with the aerials, great macros, nice close ups of eagle rays, smiling parrot fish... and a cozumel video that has fish in it! Seems every cozumel video I watch lately makes the place look like it's devoid of fish life, yours was the opposite.

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Hey, I was just thinking, you know what would be a really cool shot? If you could take your drone over a dive site and see what it looked like, with the clear waters of cozumel, I wonder if you could see the divers down 80 ft? That would be cool to see.

Thanks for the kudos :) Yeah, if you take shots of just the deeper dives like Palancar, you may not see as many critters. That's what I see in a lot of vids. Nothing wrong with it, cause those dives to me are more for enjoying the grandeur of the structures. Matter of fact, I have some past vids dedicated to that such as my Devil's Throat vid.

It's also funny you mention the aerials of the dive sites. Me and Javier, the captain of Liquid Blue Divers boat, The Bonita Luna, had that exact conversation!. Maybe next time we'll try to get it done. Could be a real handy tool for us novices. Of course the locals have their "Mexican GPS" you know... "100 feet south of that clump of palm trees" :cheeky:



Sideways/Greg....
I a starting to plan trip to Cozumel at Thanksgiving. Traveling/diving with a buddy/girlfriend, Ginger. We're both single....50s, active women. I'd thought to stay at a DIVE resort. She wanted to book a package with air/hotel and book our diving separately. I hear you talking about staying closer to town and such. What would be your advice? We are going to dive. But we'd also like some other diversion.....not be only single people in a romantic place at night with couples around us.
Thanks! (And amazing photos...btw!)

Howdy Sunshine! Welcome to the board my fellow Angelino! I'm down in Huntington Beach. As far as planning your trip, we've done it both ways. For years we have stayed at The Blue Angel dive resort. They are a great hotel and dive op, right on the water, nice pool, great folks and dive op. You can't go wrong. The only downside for us was having to cab into town every afternoon and night. For us on our normal 2 week stay that's a couple hundred bucks, plus a hassle.

This year we decided to stay in town and dive with our new friends (we've actually known them over 3 years now). We stayed at the Casa Mexicana, it was only $71.00 a night for anything over a week. That included a beautiful room, a AWESOME breakfast buffet that had everything from eggs to order, to waffles, fruit, LOTS of stuff. The next convenience was walking out the front door and being able to walk to all of our normal spots. Our dive op we absolutely love. The Owners are awesome peeps! They're from the Chicago area and have owned the biz for a couple years now. I would describe it as top notch valet type service, which with us in our 50's is a big plus ;)

As far as places to go for nightlife and the such, Cozumel is a pretty sleepy town after 5pm (when the cruise ship folks are running back to their ships). Having "Grown up" in Playa Del Carmen before diving, we sometimes miss the nightlife. In a perfect Caribbean world for us we would combine the nightlife of Playa, and the diving of Coz. Now, that all being said, I think you could still have lots of fun their, I do see lots of non couples when we're out and about. I hope that helps you in your decision, don't hesitate to ask anything! I'm sure you'll get multiple opinions on hotels and dive ops. As they say... variety is the spice of life, right? :cool2:
 
It's also funny you mention the aerials of the dive sites. Me and Javier, the captain of Liquid Blue Divers boat, The Bonita Luna, had that exact conversation!. Maybe next time we'll try to get it done.


I'll look forward to seeing your results, I don't think I've ever seen anyone shoot that before, I think you'd be the first!
 

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