FM1520
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My buddy and I do this mostly at night. Find a good spot and turn off your light. After your eyes adjust its amazing what you can see.
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It seems that the slower I go, the more I see.
I keep playing with the idea of going on a dive and not going anywhere -- just parking myself in an interesting-looking spot and sitting there for a half hour or so, and just watching what goes by and how life plays out. The only reasons I haven't done it is that sitting still gets cold awfully fast, and I don't think I could find a dive buddy who'd be willing to do it with me.
Has anybody else done this? Just found a likely-looking spot and hung out to see what happened, and what crawled out of the woodwork when it thought you were gone?
It seems that the slower I go, the more I see.
I keep playing with the idea of going on a dive and not going anywhere -- just parking myself in an interesting-looking spot and sitting there for a half hour or so, and just watching what goes by and how life plays out. The only reasons I haven't done it is that sitting still gets cold awfully fast, and I don't think I could find a dive buddy who'd be willing to do it with me.
Has anybody else done this? Just found a likely-looking spot and hung out to see what happened, and what crawled out of the woodwork when it thought you were gone?
I havent done it for an entire dive, but I have spent the better part of half an hour on a single coral outcropping looking at tiny inhabitants and random passerbys - Its bloody annoying when youve been waiting with the camera for 5 minutes for that little goby or crayfish (or both of them sharing a hole) to accept you being there and some douche come swimming in oblivious to what youre trying to accomplish and scare them offIt seems that the slower I go, the more I see.
I keep playing with the idea of going on a dive and not going anywhere -- just parking myself in an interesting-looking spot and sitting there for a half hour or so, and just watching what goes by and how life plays out. The only reasons I haven't done it is that sitting still gets cold awfully fast, and I don't think I could find a dive buddy who'd be willing to do it with me.
Has anybody else done this? Just found a likely-looking spot and hung out to see what happened, and what crawled out of the woodwork when it thought you were gone?