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Snorkelling Photos

These are a couple of weeks old, but hey, here they are anyway - pictures from my trip up to Goat Island marine reserve with Daniel and Arifah for a bit of snorkelling. Most of the photos were taken using an underwater disposeable camera, for test purposes. I wanted to see how the photos came out before I used one of them for diving photos.

The images from the underwater camera are all funny sizes due to the expertise of the developing shop and their excellent ability to transfer photos to CD. The first batch they did, I was presented with a CDROM containing images that were 200*130 pixels in size, 80k each in PSD format. When I asked why he'd made them so tiny he claimed it was "to leave more room on the CD!". Ironically, when I made him re-do them at a decent resolution, he then used a brand new CD despite me supplying him with the old one which was still 99% unused. This time the images were 600*400 approximately, 100k JPGs in lousy quality. I gave up.

The beach, with Goat Island in the distance, and the waves in the foreground showing why this is not a popular surf beach.

Urm, a fish.

Daniel performing the Lotus position on the sandy bottom.

Me looking suspiciously like a mermaid

Daniel, not looking like a mermaid

The stupid flailing of arms and legs has a purpose in this case - my wetsuit was so boyant it was a struggle to stay underwater for the shot!

More fish ^_^

  Print | posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:20 PM


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# Snorkelling Photos

Now your just tormenting me !!!!
2/28/2003 9:23 PM | SATAN
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Hehe, so I guess telling you about the 4 dives I've done over the past 2 days would be a bad thing too? :)
3/7/2003 7:31 PM | Merauder
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# Snorkelling Photos

When you get back to London, we shall endevour to do the Red Sea alright!!!! Seeing Goat again is torment enough being stuck in drizzly London - asshole!
3/13/2003 5:01 AM | Damian
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lol Damian! Sorry to remind you of the slight (!!!) weather difference between Auckland and London.. when I get back we'll definately have to check out the Red Sea, I'm totally keen.
3/17/2003 10:51 AM | Merauder
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# Snorkelling Photos

Hi Ross if you send me the original negatives I can sort out your (file) human idiot problem.

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4/4/2003 1:41 PM | Paul C
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that will teach you to rely on silly photo shop people for it stuff!

One day, whenever I get myself set up, we'll talk!

8/1/2003 5:08 PM | Danielle
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I've actually seen a few shops who used to provide quite a good film to cd service, I just assumed (yeah bad idea) that there was possibly some sort of standard process that film shops used and therefore hoped for similar quality. Boy was I wrong.

But yes Danielle, when you get your quagmyre converted into a darkroom I'll call upon your services :p

8/14/2003 3:14 PM | Merauder

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