...but I still had a lovely day out diving yesterday! Here's a short list of the problems so you can all send some sympathy my way 
* I woke up late thanks to some overcast and daylight savings. I hate daylight savings and can't wait to get off it.
* I was feeling a little off but had missed diving all last weekend due to being sick, so nothing was stopping me
* I couldn't remember which menu setting moved my focus button to the right button on the housing...luckily my dive buddy could help with that, but it was still frustrating. Tested everything else, all working. Good to go.
* I couldn't find the little bit that attaches my focus light to the housing. And I had finally remembered to charge the dumb thing! It appears that Tilly has "moved" it, or she's moved it and we've picked up and haven't put it back in the right place. Whatever, it's still missing today
* I picked up my tanks at the dive shop, closed the hatch on the Subaru and one of the U's fell off the back...so I now drive a S BARU
* Despite working fine during the test before I left the house, my 240 is now only firing a preflash. So dark photos and a frustrating start to dive one trying to trouble-shoot it.
* Strobe started to work part-way through the dive, only to pike out at an essential time, of course. Oh well, I kinda remembered how to shoot with only one!
* back on the surface dive buddy tries to trouble-shoot the strobe. Appears nothing to be done til we get back on land. I'm feeling worse and consider sitting out dive two.
* Wind comes up, making the surface crappy. I decide to dive. Wind dies to nothing, but I'm dressed and ready so hit the water.
* Potter around, see cool stuff, only have a single strobe. Whoops, no strobe now, batteries die. Turn it off, wait, power it down a couple notches, turn it back on, have strobe again...kind of, if I remember to wait for recycle.
* Not feeling the greatest so end dive. Take more than five minutes from 9m to surface, feel terrible the whole time. Get washed off ladder with one fin on the boat and one in my hand. Swim ungracefully back to boat. Get on boat, feeling crappier and crappier.
* Get home. Take nap and headache drugs
Didn't download my shots until late this afternoon. Nothing fabulous, but a few that I liked and a couple of new creatures, so all's well that ends well! Here's a couple to get things started:
Lots of occies around...my favourite of the day was this guy doing a little self lovin'
This was a pretty small mantis shrimp. He jetted back into his hole or left the area completely coz I kept coming back hoping he'd come out to play again but no dice
Of course there was great cleaning action
And my keen eyed dive bud found her Velvetfish again...this little guy isn't supposed to live where he does, so shhhh! Don't tell!
Canon 40D, Canon 100mm macro, Subal housing & port, single Inon 220s strobe (bah
)
Dive sites: Blizzard Ridge & Gulliver's - 13m; Lighthouse Bay, Exmouth, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
* I woke up late thanks to some overcast and daylight savings. I hate daylight savings and can't wait to get off it.
* I was feeling a little off but had missed diving all last weekend due to being sick, so nothing was stopping me
* I couldn't remember which menu setting moved my focus button to the right button on the housing...luckily my dive buddy could help with that, but it was still frustrating. Tested everything else, all working. Good to go.
* I couldn't find the little bit that attaches my focus light to the housing. And I had finally remembered to charge the dumb thing! It appears that Tilly has "moved" it, or she's moved it and we've picked up and haven't put it back in the right place. Whatever, it's still missing today
* I picked up my tanks at the dive shop, closed the hatch on the Subaru and one of the U's fell off the back...so I now drive a S BARU
* Despite working fine during the test before I left the house, my 240 is now only firing a preflash. So dark photos and a frustrating start to dive one trying to trouble-shoot it.
* Strobe started to work part-way through the dive, only to pike out at an essential time, of course. Oh well, I kinda remembered how to shoot with only one!
* back on the surface dive buddy tries to trouble-shoot the strobe. Appears nothing to be done til we get back on land. I'm feeling worse and consider sitting out dive two.
* Wind comes up, making the surface crappy. I decide to dive. Wind dies to nothing, but I'm dressed and ready so hit the water.
* Potter around, see cool stuff, only have a single strobe. Whoops, no strobe now, batteries die. Turn it off, wait, power it down a couple notches, turn it back on, have strobe again...kind of, if I remember to wait for recycle.
* Not feeling the greatest so end dive. Take more than five minutes from 9m to surface, feel terrible the whole time. Get washed off ladder with one fin on the boat and one in my hand. Swim ungracefully back to boat. Get on boat, feeling crappier and crappier.
* Get home. Take nap and headache drugs
Didn't download my shots until late this afternoon. Nothing fabulous, but a few that I liked and a couple of new creatures, so all's well that ends well! Here's a couple to get things started:
Lots of occies around...my favourite of the day was this guy doing a little self lovin'
This was a pretty small mantis shrimp. He jetted back into his hole or left the area completely coz I kept coming back hoping he'd come out to play again but no dice
Of course there was great cleaning action
And my keen eyed dive bud found her Velvetfish again...this little guy isn't supposed to live where he does, so shhhh! Don't tell!
Canon 40D, Canon 100mm macro, Subal housing & port, single Inon 220s strobe (bah
)Dive sites: Blizzard Ridge & Gulliver's - 13m; Lighthouse Bay, Exmouth, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
