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04/25/2012, 07:07 AM | #376 |
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Worked for me, thanks for the vid!
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04/25/2012, 08:56 AM | #377 |
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worked me me
Awesome video. thanks. Reallly amazing down there |
04/25/2012, 10:35 AM | #378 |
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I think that we are all living a fantasy thru you. I am sure that I can speak for a lot of us trying to understand how great it would be to walk out of her house to collect and view real life situation in a coral reef. See we have to go to a coral store or a trade show to purchase and if we really want to experience goto Aquarium exhibit.
How you ever did a experiment and put some of your corals on a reef and record the growth rate 6 months on a reef flats. Also for those acros on low tide is blowing me away. When I frag my acros I panic because my stuff is out of water for 10 minutes. Those acros look like they are out for few hours. Wow, mother nature. I am sure many people say you are blessed and keep those photo's coming. I am sure many people say you are blessed. |
04/25/2012, 10:38 AM | #379 |
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Absolutely fantastic and inspirational. I'm subscribed and applied. I showed my wife the thread on our commute home and she said she'd love to go. Every time my phone rings, I'm hoping it's Human Resources trying to schedule an interview... Fingers crossed.
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04/25/2012, 01:22 PM | #380 |
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oceanview76---Good for you, good luck!
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Its impossible to tell whats going on in the middle of such formations. I'm sure more than we will ever know. Z, ur most welcome. I hope they’re getting better. envy? Meh, its give and take. I'm sure you hit up the starbucks drive thru sometime in the last few months, ordered a half caff double macchiato or a frappaccino, while texting someone..: > ) O, not a problem. Looks like Rashad didn’t have the mojo with him. Those standing elbows are vicious. That’s almost not defensible. Quote:
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Nah, no experiments. Just tooling around having fun. There’s such a variety of corals, I wouldn’t know where to start to stage and gage growth. Corals that grow on the lagoon side and this close to shore are the easier more prolific (hardier) variety. There’s too many factors involved to do something like this. Yes, corals and clams exposed at low tides are interesting, indeed. Quote:
Ill shoot you a PM to give you the run down. Most of us out here aren’t doing exactly what we did in the states, so a bit of flex and imagination is needed looking at jobs. We are in dire need for a structural engineer, and another mechanical engineer with strong airside experience. I was hoping to put off an update until I got back from Pohnpei, leaving in a couple of days……….got excited that I actually shot some video worth posting. Sorry for the ridiculous sizing of the videos. I’ve been working feverishly on finding a program that can reduce the file sizes. Youtube is the simple answer, but we can’t have simplicity here, we have to overcomplicate things (no Youtube access at work, no high speed at home, sigh) I'm shooting in HD, so that’s part of the problem. I figured out the white balance thing, got a good light….wallllaaa. betta videos. These first sets are an easy walk in dive. It’s the second closest ship wreck to me. These videos are from a basic walk in dive around 40'-50' of water, so basic there’s was a couple of eleven year old kids on the dive with us. They em start early out here. I'm so used to doing ‘technical’ and deep wreck dives on the weekends; you forget how beautiful and fun a simple walk in dive can be. For those of you with the patience, or have a speedy connection, enjoy the remaining videos. Ill put a little narrative before each one, let you know what to look for and caveat the fact.... these are my first real attempts at shooting underwater video...please bare with me and if you have some tips for me, by all means...im all ears! Enjoy. Recap of previous video, around the bow of the wreck, then i swim upside down to show the underside and the corals that grow in the absence of direct light, including some monticaps. lots of non-light needing corals i.e. sun corals attached. #2 Video cruising dow the side of the top rail of the wreck. its amazing the coral coverage you get on some of these wrecks. note all the damsels darting in and out of the corals. #3 video Top deck of the wreck. notice the ninja dissapear moves by the fish, and the blue damsels and the neon blue tinge to the lower fin area #4 Video onto a nearby coral head. notice the lettuce looking corals the dominate, and flowing nature of the lobo formations notice the change in elevation, going from top to bottom. #5 Video zoomed back to give you the scale of how large a single coral formation can get. cardinals anyone? #6 Video clownfish and bubble tips in the corals . its kinda like double protection. as you can see the single stripe clown variety is the most dominant here. ocean side, clowns get HUGE. easily the size of a mans hand. #7 Video Anemone with skunk clowns. i really want to catch me a couple, but meh, tend to leave them alone. look at the size of the tabling acro. believe it or not, they get much much bigger #8 Video Peek a boo with the fish, plate/fungia corals anyone? |
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Man it is so nice, thanks for sharing those awesome vids.
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04/25/2012, 09:06 PM | #383 |
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Was that a black tang I see at the end of the last vid?
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Originally Posted by r-balljunkie--> "Oceanview, the HR process is weird out here. Please keep this in mind. Ill shoot you a PM to give you the run down. Most of us out here aren’t doing exactly what we did in the states, so a bit of flex and imagination is needed looking at jobs. We are in dire need for a structural engineer, and another mechanical engineer with strong airside experience." I can't help you with structural or mechanical engineering; but my wife is an electrical engineer. The only thing that could be better then me landing a job out there is getting my wife a job so I can focus on teaching myself how to become a sushi chef and sommelier for the next two years. I just hope she's not following this thread any longer. I PM'd you my info, thanks for the assist. |
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Any updates? Hope the trip went well
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05/06/2012, 04:48 PM | #387 |
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Still in pohnpei, trip was delayed a few days. This place is amazing. Updates later.
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05/17/2012, 09:58 PM | #388 |
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Thanks for posting up the videos. I only wish there were more
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NP, glad you liked them. now, not a black tang, in the sense, of ooh aah, super rare, rather a Zebrasoma scopas tang. Nevertheless, a beautiful fish. I have one in my aquarium.
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Amazing how artificial lighting changes the look of corals.... :P
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05/22/2012, 12:05 AM | #394 |
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It's amazing. Thanks for sharing...
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Those carpet anemones are amazing, especially the red one.
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Which camera and lens do you use whilst diving?
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05/22/2012, 07:33 PM | #397 |
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Thanks very much for this comment. It help me to think about my ideals. Tks again and pls keep posting. |
05/23/2012, 12:28 AM | #398 |
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Those pictures and video are amazing! Thank you for sharing. It's exciting to see what is in nature compared to our tanks.
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I just finished reading through this entire thread and enjoyed it all. Amazing is what comes to mind. Thank you for sharing!
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Nice to a see a red carpet in the wild, did you see anymore or just the one?
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