SCUBA Highlights – Carlisle Bay Wreck Dive (Bridgetown, Barbados)

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A few highlights from our recent dive in Carlisle Bay with Barbados Blue dive shop. Visibility wasn’t that great, and to make matters worse I didn’t bring my GoPro’s underwater housing or orange filter. (Or my Canon PaS and housing.) Still, with some fixed color grading I was able to get some usable shots. Oh yeah, the Hero 12 is also rated to about 10 meters. At almost exactly that depth the buttons and screen stopped responding, but fortunately I’d already hit record. We were at a max depth of about 15m, so everything below 10m was shot without me being able to see the screen. Glad I shot in Wide. šŸ‘ The GoPro was set for auto exposure/white balance, which means that the recording wasn’t at all consistent as far as RGB balance goes. Not all the shots match up well, and because of the need to keep exposure… Continue reading

Scooting Around with Aquafari in Willemstad, CuraƧao

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We tried the underwater scooting experience in Curacao. I highly recommend it. Good fun, and the people running the operation are awesome! My wife and I are both PADI certified Advance Open Water divers, but I always wanted to try driving an underwater motorcycle-type-thing. We got a bit of flack from other divers, but it’s not like you wouldn’t ride a bike just because you’re good at driving a car, right? Continue reading