The first public performance for any new band can be a nerve wrenching experience, or so I have been told, and told and told again during the lead up to last Sunday’s gig at Littlewood Agapanthus Farm. Even for my amazingly talented wife, being her debut as lead singer, it took ‘anxious’ to a new […]
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Diving under the old Rapid Bay Jetty is often just like catching up with old friends, mostly good fun but sometimes leading to unexpected and beautiful surprises. Normally divers avoid currents, the biggest risk being swept off a dive plan and getting lost. Diving with a reference like a reef line or jetty pylons can […]
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Anyone who as taken a flash photograph while it is snowing would know just how annoying those fuzzy white blurs of light can be. It’s like the physical world is conspiring against you. You see your subject fine through the rain or snow yet in the captured image the main even is upstaged by a […]
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As beautiful as my last dive was I was a little disappointed that I was not able to find and photograph more critters. What else could I photograph while on the last of my air? A selfie or something way more interesting? My dive watch! So here it is buckled to an unsuspecting ascidian. Not […]
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Well it was more like ‘boo’ than ‘bump’ as this rough rock crab (Nectocarcinus integrifrons) stood its ground. I am not sure who was more surprised as I swam past a pylon to find this guy, claws reared, and that unmistakable ‘do you want a piece of me!’ look in its eyes. I am sure […]
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