Basking Ridge Diver
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LOL! Sweet! I need to meet this guy! Maybe I can learn something from him. LMAO!! :-D
I might know a guy that knows him...
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LOL! Sweet! I need to meet this guy! Maybe I can learn something from him. LMAO!! :-D
We are confusing certification with experience and skill.I didn't do AOW and I've taken any and all additional the training I wanted. Wreck, Deep, Dry Suit, Nitrox, etc.. I'm starting Into to Tech tomorrow. And I will take Rescue sometime in the next few months, too, I think.
All without taking AOW.
Yeah, I know, and I wouldn't call it "struggling". I was using it as an example of how you don't need to dive deep to see the colours change: it's very evident on photos taken at shallower depths. Especially when you look at the colour level histograms.But the camera CAN do that, with manual white balance correction! Well, not backscatter, but can't have it all. If you really are struggling with color correcting images, and was not just saying it as an example, look into manual white balance (and of course flash for close-up), perhaps with an added ambient light color filter, it'll change your U/W photography forever.
I did my aow right after ow. Even though I'm comfortable in the water I wanted 5 more closely supervised dives before venturing out on my own. Now as an instructor, I still feel the same way. While some are naturals, others need closer supervision at the start. It's all about safety. Your new friend will likely be a safer/better diver for it. As for the certification, it is an independent verification of what your dive skills were once. Anyone can claim x dives or doctor a log book. But the c-card says someone thinks you did something right once.
Testing out is not an option, so that is n ot a valid argument. your position is that if you can drive a car or operate a semi truck why shoujld i get a drivers license and or endorcement. The card is not to tell you of your training abilities its to document to OTHERS you trained abilities. It is fortunate for you that AOW was a waste of your time, Yes i agree that there would be a large market for a testing out AOW card. I think if you go to an nstructor with an OW and other certs that qualify for the adventure exosure requirements you should be able to test out. It is already being done under the table. Your point of haveing for dive ops tha require it is as good of a reason as there is to have one. To be honest I admire the ops that require proof of training fo the dive being planned. Whwether money grab is a reason no9t to get it or not, that is up to you. ins companies do nt have such a casual position on certifications.
...I've noticed that there is a huge difference in US trained divers and non-US trained divers. Non US trained divers seem much more skillful than US ones. They generally have decent buoyancy control, are comfortable in the water.
Sorry for the off-topic reply. If you are using a strobe, then you can bring back some of the red. If you don't have a strobe or some sort of artificial light and you are at depth, the red is just gone. Nothing in photoshop or LR can bring what isn't there back.But the camera CAN do that, with manual white balance correction! Well, not backscatter, but can't have it all. If you really are struggling with color correcting images, and was not just saying it as an example, look into manual white balance (and of course flash for close-up), perhaps with an added ambient light color filter, it'll change your U/W photography forever. Sorry for off-topic, carry on!
You don't need AOW to do that. I just tell my students to come dive with me after class. Or to tag along on the next one. They don't have to pay me for a card to get five more dives with an instructor. Lunch is often all it takes.