OK, so not every diving experience is perfect. I think we can all agree on that.
Tonight wasn't a great night. It started with a getting kitted up at St Catherine's in the dark, buddy check and descent down to around 8m. At which point Jester and I paused to take a picture of a cuttlefish. You can see my picture below. At that point I noticed some water inside my Sealife camera housing and my camera starting to misbehave.
I knew what was going on. I immediately went for the surface, left my camera on a rock and headed back in to continue the dive. We swept down by the bottom of the reef to around 31m and then back up the far side enjoying gurnards, nudibranchs, more cuttlefish and the resident cushion star. None of which were photographed by me.
Instead I took up photobombing. Jester hates it. I love it. If you have a photography daft buddy here's how to do it.
- Enter stealth mode - switch off torch
- Swim round buddy in the dark - they'll think you're still behind them
- Approach head on as they compose the photograph
- Sit 1m from the target
- Await strobe flash
- Boss it Zoolander style
We returned, I collected my camera and dekitted to confirm what I already knew. It had flooded, but not horrifically.
I took it home, nursed it back to health, couldn't get the battery to retain charge. So I've ordered a new battery for £4 on ebay.
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| The Last Cuttlefish Photo |
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| Photobombing is fun |
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