scubacalifornia
Contributor
I had the great pleasure of night diving with the Manta Rays in Kona Hawaii early last week. The experience was truly surreal. 9 mantas showed up, ranging in size from 9' to 16' wingspans. I shot video with my Olympus 5060 digital still camera (not a video camera) using only the divers lights for illumination. It's been edited into a 4 minute movie, which can be viewed at the following link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-UW-MkaUnU
In the segments of the video where the giant mantas appear to be buzzing the camera, they really are. The camera is zoomed out to a wide shot, and those big guys are literally 2" from my noggin' - what I'd call a real head trip.
Enjoy,
Kevin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-UW-MkaUnU
In the segments of the video where the giant mantas appear to be buzzing the camera, they really are. The camera is zoomed out to a wide shot, and those big guys are literally 2" from my noggin' - what I'd call a real head trip.
Enjoy,
Kevin