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The underwater shot, shown below, was taken by yours truly while snorkeling. There's a good story that goes with this one. Did I have an underwater camera? No. Did I have a special Plexiglas casing for a regular camera? No. I took a ziplock baggy, put the camera in it, wrapped a rubber band around it a few times and just went for it. The water was so clear and blue that it came out okay. I was pumped. I had just recently purchased a Canon 8 mm movie camera (the one in the Hawaii pictures of me in Kona) for $500.00 and I was determined to get some underwater movies. Same situation, no special housing, just a baggy. I went to the hotel lobby and bought some movie film, then went snorkeling with it, shooting away as I was diving down 10' to 20'. The color of salt-water fish are so vivid in the warm South Pacific waters. Needless to say, I ruined the camera. The salt-water leaked in and completely wrecked it. It was unsalvageable. I was thinking, "well, at least I got a couple of rolls of underwater shots." Dig this. When I got home and had the film developed, only one of the two rolls came out ... AND I HAD BOUGHT BLACK AND WHITE FILM BY MISTAKE. A genius. No doubt about it. A $500 underwater movie, in black and white. Brilliant, as usual. |
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A message in a bottle? Almost. I figured it was safe to assume that the locals hadn't discovered 3DN, yet. Vanity brings those kind of things to mind, you know. |
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