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Originally posted by Fir3start3r lol....awesome!

that is a kick ass pic as well.... but I always thought he was the lamest though... no I take that back, the little godzilla was pathetic.... but them again, Q is asian so ....

Some video from my vacation in Egypt as promised. I'll post a few pics as I sort them.



Towards the end I drop the camera and I'm turning to my friend saying something to the effect of "holy shit that was fucking awesome". No magnification btw, I staretd filming maybe 15 seconds after I saw them. The pod came out of nowhere and started circling us within a meter's distance. I could defintely see that the initial 3 were giving us a good eye over before the rest of the pod decided to swim by us. I've never been that close to a pelagic much less so many.

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Last edited by occrider on May-18-2007 at 05:16

thats a great quality vid occrider!

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I can't see it till i try from home, have a block on video of the net here at work...

Thanks! This was my first dive trip with it, but I really like my underwater camera (Olympus SP-350). I was surprised with its video quality and it has the capability for good still photos:

http://img263.**************/my.php?image=p1010309vn7.jpg

I'm still a rookie though ... half my pictures turned out crappy. I need to take a course.

That pic btw was a huge passenger ferry that sunk on a reef ... a couple hundred people died so it was creepy swimming through it

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Originally posted by occrider Thanks! This was my first dive trip with it, but I really like my underwater camera (Olympus SP-350). I was surprised with its video quality and it has the capability for good still photos: http://img263.**************/my.php?image=p1010309vn7.jpg I'm still a rookie though ... half my pictures turned out crappy. I need to take a course.

THat is a cool pic OCC ADjust the F-stop a little slower?? I think will brighten it when under water..... or you can just take that pic and brighten it with photoshop or something.... great pic though..

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Originally posted by LazFX THat is a cool pic OCC ADjust the F-stop a little slower?? I think will brighten it when under water..... or you can just take that pic and brighten it with photoshop or something.... great pic though..

Yea I would take the pics in RAW mode, but I didn't have enough memory cards. I was mostly playing with white balance in an attempt to get the colors right. I really need an underwater strobe. And an underwater photography course ...

Oh yea and we were at around 120ft, so there wasn't that much light at that depth

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Originally posted by occrider Some video from my vacation in Egypt as promised. I'll post a few pics as I sort them.

I don't see no freakin' octopuses! Nice vid capture btw. Somehow I just knew you'd be f'n scuba diving there too lol.

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Originally posted by occrider Let's see. Spent a few days in Cairo checking out the bazaar and the pyramids, spent a few days in Aswan checking out a few of the temples down there, then went to Luxor to visit the Valley of the Kings and a few temples around there, then went to the eastern desert for a desert safari, and finally spent a week in the Red Sea for some world class scuba diving. Egypt kicks ass and is dirt cheap. I'd go back again. Plus I felt safer in Egypt than I would in certain parts of DC

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Originally posted by occrider Will upload some dive pics shortly Awesome that you got a bike. Always wanted one but I spend too much money diving ...

I'll upload a pic of me and my bike soon, a little less interesting than scuba diving to you I'm sure.

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"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

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Originally posted by occrider Egypt kicks ass and is dirt cheap. I'd go back again. Plus I felt safer in Egypt than I would in certain parts of DC

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Originally posted by occrider Thanks! This was my first dive trip with it, but I really like my underwater camera (Olympus SP-350). I was surprised with its video quality and it has the capability for good still photos: http://img263.**************/my.php?image=p1010309vn7.jpg I'm still a rookie though ... half my pictures turned out crappy. I need to take a course. That pic btw was a huge passenger ferry that sunk on a reef ... a couple hundred people died so it was creepy swimming through it

I lit upi the background a little more for ya....