Once again this year, the Wrinkles shore dive for July fell onto Catalina Island.
If I had a quarter for every dive this year where 'Dette and I intended to shoot some clear water scooter shots, I could part at Vets for a year. The water locally has been yucky on the best of days all year.
The water wasn't in the best of condition this weekend, - surely not as nice as last Fall, but it was the best water we've seen this year.
Here are some Scooter shots from this weekend.
After about 200 scooter dives, you still make every dive fun, Chica. No betta team mate anywhere.
Photos below. Remember, click on the bar above the photo to make it larger. Full gallery from the weekend is here: Linky
Enjoy.
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Ken
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Part 3 of 3: The Scooters
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CONVENTIONAL RIG
Chica blasting through a school of Jack Macks.
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THE MONKEY RIG - all shots here were taken in the DSS Super Scooter 12 Monkey Diving Rig. Detail on the rig can be seen here: OOT OOT
SS12 - comin' at ya!
Super Scooter 12 from the top
Going that-a-way
Shooting the Kelp arch.
I guess she likes it!
Later in the afternoon, when the sun was higher, we moved in shallow - not far in front of the steps. I wanted to get all three elements - the bottom, the middle and the top of the water as she shooted by. Nice shot, but I wasn't low enough to the ground....
We moved in shallower (now in about 8 or 9 feet of water.) I found a hollow in the bottom and climbed in, got on my belly and rested the cam on the lip of the hollow. Claudette came about for the shot and totally corked - I mean she popped right out (you can see the circle of bubbles where she flew out of the water!) She fought it off, pointed the nose of the scoot at me and blasted inches over my head. That's the Casino building on the left.
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FREE DIVING SCOOTERING
Here's the drop in. Although it looks pretty mellow here, it was not. Sunday was very windy - but Claudette pushed through. She must have swallowed gallons of sea water as we shot these, as the chop was pretty severe for a free diver.
Ninja free Diver, through the kelp
Emerging from the kelp
Playing in Mid-Water. Play in the free diving gear is MUCH faster than in scuba gear. On this run, she did about three spins and almost took my head off!
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.
.
.
If I had a quarter for every dive this year where 'Dette and I intended to shoot some clear water scooter shots, I could part at Vets for a year. The water locally has been yucky on the best of days all year.
The water wasn't in the best of condition this weekend, - surely not as nice as last Fall, but it was the best water we've seen this year.
Here are some Scooter shots from this weekend.
After about 200 scooter dives, you still make every dive fun, Chica. No betta team mate anywhere.
Photos below. Remember, click on the bar above the photo to make it larger. Full gallery from the weekend is here: Linky
Enjoy.
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Ken
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Part 3 of 3: The Scooters
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CONVENTIONAL RIG
Chica blasting through a school of Jack Macks.
.
.
.
.
THE MONKEY RIG - all shots here were taken in the DSS Super Scooter 12 Monkey Diving Rig. Detail on the rig can be seen here: OOT OOT
SS12 - comin' at ya!
Super Scooter 12 from the top
Going that-a-way
Shooting the Kelp arch.
I guess she likes it!
Later in the afternoon, when the sun was higher, we moved in shallow - not far in front of the steps. I wanted to get all three elements - the bottom, the middle and the top of the water as she shooted by. Nice shot, but I wasn't low enough to the ground....
We moved in shallower (now in about 8 or 9 feet of water.) I found a hollow in the bottom and climbed in, got on my belly and rested the cam on the lip of the hollow. Claudette came about for the shot and totally corked - I mean she popped right out (you can see the circle of bubbles where she flew out of the water!) She fought it off, pointed the nose of the scoot at me and blasted inches over my head. That's the Casino building on the left.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
FREE DIVING SCOOTERING
Here's the drop in. Although it looks pretty mellow here, it was not. Sunday was very windy - but Claudette pushed through. She must have swallowed gallons of sea water as we shot these, as the chop was pretty severe for a free diver.
Ninja free Diver, through the kelp
Emerging from the kelp
Playing in Mid-Water. Play in the free diving gear is MUCH faster than in scuba gear. On this run, she did about three spins and almost took my head off!
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