South Dakota affords a great amount of tourism opportunities from the patriotic experience of Mount Rushmore, the celebration of indigenous people at Crazy Horse, and picturesque Custer and the festivities of Sturgis. The scenery of Needles Highway to the overlooks of the Black Hills National Forest and surrounding areas bring pleasure to all the senses. …
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F-stops, shutter speeds, and ISO settings have confused many a photographer at one point in their lives. Those beginning with film and then moving to digital may have an even more difficult time wrapping their head around the differences in ISO alone. Add in complications such as sensor size, instant feedback with built-in histograms, and …
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Tales From the Camera Housing: a series designed to help you prevent mistakes that may ruin your dive, camera, or footage. Mistake #3:. Don’t forget to lubricate the stupid buttons What’s Wrong with The Focus? I preset all settings for the dive, before the dive. This included manual focus settings vs. auto focus settings as …
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Tales From the Camera Housing: a series designed to help you prevent mistakes that may ruin your dive, camera, or footage. Mistake 2: Trying float an underwater camera housing by trying to beat the laws physics into submission. Physics Schmysics The first clue given by the underwater camera housing was the excessive amount of flotation …
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Tales From the Camera Housing: a series designed to help you prevent mistakes that may ruin your dive, camera, or footage. Mistake #1 Charging and loading the camera..2 weeks before actually diving with it. The Problem Downtime brings curiosity and time to research interesting ways to improve underwater videography and photography. I had my “next …
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7 Night Underwater Photography and Videography shootout in Roatan. 5 clinics, including featured photography expert Tim Blanton.
Razorfish Wrasse Shallow shore diving allows for great opportunities to see Razorfish Wrasse in many areas of the Caribbean. What sets the Razorfish apart from other Wrasse is their ability to cut into the sand for protection from predators. They are also not to be mistaken with the cuisine “Razorfish Clam” which is in fact, …
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The Sharptail Eel (Myrichthys Breviceps): Native to areas such as Florida, the continental coasts of the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Bermuda. Sized anywhere from 1-3 feet in length Feeds on crabs Hangs out at 5-40 feet in depth Belongs to the “snake eel” family (Ophichthidae) Hunting Behavior The Sharptail eel usually hunts during twilight to …
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Scuba divers watch as the elusive mantis shrimp jumps and works his way around the coral.