Leejnd
Contributor
Hello SoCal divers,
I've been AWOL from this forum for many months...and from diving, for that matter. I had a bad experience last July in Cozumel that sort of robbed all the joy out of diving for me - a really horrible dive that ended even more horribly when I lost my entire camera rig, which spiraled down into the depths and is now probably sitting somewhere at about 600fsw off the north coast of the island. Long story that I don't want to relive (too many sleepless nights spent reliving it already).
Anyway, I was so devastated (I'd JUST bought a second strobe for it, on top of all the money I had into it already, and of course it wasn't insured ) that I just quit diving for a while. A LONG while.
Well, I recently decided...this is stupid. I LOVE to dive! And I love to take photos underwater (even though I suck at it). So I bit the bullet and just ordered a brand new camera rig - the whole thing, housing strobe fisheye lens etc. It should be here tomorrow. And I booked Peace for next Sunday. Hopefully the weather will improve by then! Plus we booked another Paul Gauguin cruise to French Polynesia for July where we'll get a bunch of dives in, so I need to get back in the water and polish my skills.
So how y'all been? How's the diving been around here?
I've been AWOL from this forum for many months...and from diving, for that matter. I had a bad experience last July in Cozumel that sort of robbed all the joy out of diving for me - a really horrible dive that ended even more horribly when I lost my entire camera rig, which spiraled down into the depths and is now probably sitting somewhere at about 600fsw off the north coast of the island. Long story that I don't want to relive (too many sleepless nights spent reliving it already).
Anyway, I was so devastated (I'd JUST bought a second strobe for it, on top of all the money I had into it already, and of course it wasn't insured ) that I just quit diving for a while. A LONG while.
Well, I recently decided...this is stupid. I LOVE to dive! And I love to take photos underwater (even though I suck at it). So I bit the bullet and just ordered a brand new camera rig - the whole thing, housing strobe fisheye lens etc. It should be here tomorrow. And I booked Peace for next Sunday. Hopefully the weather will improve by then! Plus we booked another Paul Gauguin cruise to French Polynesia for July where we'll get a bunch of dives in, so I need to get back in the water and polish my skills.
So how y'all been? How's the diving been around here?