On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:13:16 -0400, Krazy Kiwi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 02:47:31 -0400, Brad Stambaugh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>I have to confess that I don't know how to reply to letters the way
>>everyone else does (with the indentations seperating each response), so
>>I am limited in "discussing" things in this medium.
>
>Hi Brad,
>I actually mostly read and respond to things of interest on Scuba-SE via
>the list.
>http://raven.utc.edu/Archives/scuba-se.html

Ok. I've never done this before, so let's see what happens.
>
>When you want to respond to one of the posts in particular click on the
>REPLY button.
>Scroll down to the bottom of that 'Compose a New Message' screen to click
>on the 'QUOTE ORIGINAL MESSAGE' button and then type away to your hearts
>content.

Am I the only one that didn't know this? %-) ...Thanks, Viv for turning on the lights! Now I hope when this message is seen by the list, it shows up with the indentations that clearly shows who said what. :-)
>
>>Well, aren't you humble!  You won first place for a pic of a ray/shark,
>>and you told me you were still just learning. :-)
>
>You never stop learning Brad :-)  I find I am getting worse with my
>photography lately .. getting lazier & lazier in my old age ;-)


Hmmm... I don't know what you mean about your age. I thought you were a spring chicken. (That's a midwest U.S. coloquialism for being young, in case you didn't know.) LOL ...About being lazy in your photography, I don't know. I haven't seen any of your photos, but I'd like to. I'd suggest another trip to some beautiful place in the tropics to work on that. :))

>Sorry to say it was not first place .. that was won by my friend Wendy - a
>10 day GWS dive trip to Dyer Island.  Lucky gal is going on that trip this
>September.  We all have to fund our own airfares but I would still save a
>bit as the 4 day GWS dive off of Neptune Island is nearly $3,000.
>
>I posted a quick trip report about that competition .. check in the
>archives for these posts .. 1st - trip report, 2nd - winners.
>008360 01/11/07 Quick trip report - Bunbury Aquatic Photo Shoot
>008370 01/11/12 Re: Quick trip report - Bunbury Aquatic Photo Shoot
>


I rember the post, but screwed up the details. :-)


>The only reason our uw photo club did so well winning prizes was due to:
>* hardly any entrants other than our club and a few dive hardy locals.
>* the weather was rotten - overcast with light showers and a swell.
>* many locals did not have access to a dive boat - we did.
>* some of our club members did not do the second dive being too cold or
>having some sort of disaster with their cameras/housings/strobes.
>
>Due to us just about all diving in the same areas - the calmest spots we
>could find close to shore - we all photographed the same things, we all had
>the same rotten conditions to contend with .. and most of the judges were
>non-divers-non-photographers so it came down to what appealed to their eye
>not what was technically correct.  In fact I did not think my ray shot was
>good at all because I had chopped most of its tail off in the photo. It
>only won because it was a closeup shot of the ray where every one else took
>photos of the ray with the seaweed and divers in the background. None of us
>saw a shark at all so whenever we saw a stingray that was photographed to
>death. If someone HAD been fortunate enough to come across a shark, even if
>it was a tiny Port Jackson shark, they would have won that section.
>We had a time limit to get the 2 print films shot off and back in to be
>developed by. None of us were use to using print film uw but we had the
>choice of 100, 200 or 400.  We should get our pics back end of October as
>they are currently on display down south in some shopping centre somewhere.
>
>
>
>
>
>>I would like to see some of your pictures, if you don't mind. Are they
>>on your website?
>
>Nah, too slack & lazy to get most of my stuff scanned currently .. I am
>though trying to find time to get scanned some CaymanNEDfest pics so I can
>update that site.  The webpage only has Coz99NEDfest piccies currently ..
>mainly people pics coz everyone else from that trip had already posted
>lotsa fishy pics so why bore them with mine.
Bjorn's fish pics from that
>trip were great... check out his website.
>


I have seen Bjorn's site, and you're right. In fact, I think I'll have another look tonight. I'll probably see some pics from the CAIV02, and that's one of my fondest memories.


>>And I think you would be smart to stay IN THE CAGE. :-)  I'm no expert,
>>but it seems to me, that great whites are not as bad as the media
>>portrays them. On the other hand, they are not predictable enough to
>>pretend they won't attack. :-)
>
>>I have trouble believing that I would ever survive "bunting a great
>>white in the nose." And although that shark seemed relaxed as they
>>watched from inside the cage, I'd bet seeing an easy dinner got him
>>excited. :-)
>
>There is a scuba tank on display in the Esperance Dive Shop that amazingly
>is still in one piece. It has some fantastic GWS tooth marks all down one
>side of it with a GWS tooth stuck between the tank & tank boot protector.
>The recreational abalone diver who was wearing that tank swears it was the
>only thing that saved him from being bitten in half. Once he realised the
>shark was slowly circling in closer & closer for the kill he took the tank
>off and used it to bunt the shark away from him while desperately heading
>to the surface to get back to the dingy.  His mate pulled him onboard as
>fast as possible and they upped anchor motoring away as fast as they could
>worried the shark would ram the boat.  Lots of stories about the GWS coming
>up to mouth idling engines while fisherfolk have been slowly drifting along.
>
>><<I am such a chicken I would probably forget to press the button on the
>>camera when the GWS comes up to the cage let alone venture outside of it
>>as bait ;-) Viv<<
>
>>
>>Nah... you'll probably get some great shots. Just come back in one
>>piece. ...And just in case you hadn't noticed, spring will soon be
>>coming your way. :-)  ...but it will be fall here (:-((
>
>Oh, I am looking forward to Spring more than you would ever know. Winter
>depresses me badly.
>Viv



Actually, I do know how you feel about the seasons. I live for the times I can enjoy warm weather. I never complain about the heat, no matter how hot it gets. But I complain all winter. And I hope to live near the equator some day, seriously.

Brad