Moses Point

[MarkH]

My dive doday:http://www.victoriadiving.50megs.com/mosespoint.html

 

[Lightning Fish]

Once again, great photos. Based on some of your previous comments I have to ask, are you diving with a buddy or are you going solo? If solo, how do you take these "self-portraits" as stated on your website?

Cheers,
Bill.

 

[MarkH]

Once again, great photos. Based on some of your previous comments I have to ask, are you diving with a buddy or are you going solo? If solo, how do you take these "self-portraits" as stated on your website?

Cheers,
Bill.

For some of the closer ones, I just turn the camera towards me and take the picture. For those pictures where I'm farther away, I have the camera switched to the self-timer feature so when I press the button, I have around 8 seconds or so to swim in front of the lens.

 

[Lightning Fish]

So do you use a tripod or balance the camera on a rock?

 

[MarkH]

I used to use a tripod alot, but it's more of a pain to swim around with. Now I usually just look for a patch of sand to set it down on (carefully trying not to stir up sediment) or try to find an area of bare rock without any life to get wrecked (easier in Saanich Inlet). Sometimes I'll wrap a piece of bull kelp around it at let it hang in mid-water (and hope it doesn't swing around and point in the wrong direction). Of course it would be easier to take pictures of someone else, but not many people would put up with the less-popular "boring" dives I've been doing lately.