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![[dave, in the tub with camera housings]](20011105-1350-31.jpg) We
awoke this morning still anchored in Maruka Bay, hoping that
the school of dolphins that frequents the bay would arrive
to keep us company. After waiting until just past 8am, we
gave up and continued on to Catacombs for our first dive of
the day. The rest of the today has been spent diving at Stony
Mesas, which seems to be very diverse in marine life. Highlights
for the day so far include an antler coral with a beautiful
harlequin shrimp in it, two lionfish, a dead viper moray eel
(!), a bright yellow frogfish, and some delicious cupcakes
that Christina and Bacchus whipped up for a between-dive snack.
The crew continues to be extremely polite and friendly, and
I'm having a lot fun getting to know them better. Hopefully
we'll be able to pull together a slideshow, contest, and upload
tonight before we all head off to bed.
- Eric Cheng, 5:29pm, November 5th, 2001
Jim had
some good feedback for all of us at the slideshow tonight.
114 photos were displayed (seven scanned slides and 107 digital
photos), and three were chosen for posting. His tips:
- use close/cropped composition when shooting in close
- shoot upwards for dramatic effect, and try to include
the blue
- shoot with primary and secondary subjects in mind
- wide-angle shots need a lot of work (composition, exposure,
subjects)
![[jeff, checking out his slides]](20011105-0807-59.jpg) On
the night dive tonight a spanish dancer was found twirling
its red skirt for us to photograph. Charla spotted an octopus
in its lair, but like last night, it evaded us almost immediately
and disappeared. Jim was excited near the end of the dive
because there was a small school of juvenile longfin jacks
hovering around just under the boat. They are very strange
looking, and look like something that belongs in the deep
sea (transparent, with a long whip-like fin). Unfortunately,
he was shooting with his digital rig and the camera wasn't
responsive enough to capture them effectively. Sometimes the
shutter lag in digital cameras can translate to praying that
the shutter goes off at the right time.
The film
shooters have started to collect some nice photographs for
presenting, but they haven't had time to scan them yet. Until
now, they've had to sit around while the digital photographers
ogling their results immediately after dives end.
Tomorrow
we head out into the blue to look for larger critters (whales,
sharks, pelagics, etc.).
- Eric Cheng, 10:34pm, November 5th, 2001
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