Otherwise known as "What I did over my Christmas break" - ok, not the whole break, but I did spend a couple days off-and-on working on this video... picking clips, editing them, putting together a sequence, and then finally picking a song to go with it. Take a look and let me know what you think.

For the most immersive experience, I recommend viewing in full screen mode.

Technical Data: GoPro Hero4 Black with Backscatter 3.1 Dive Filters, Edited in Adobe Premiere Elements 11. Music: Keeps Me Breathing by Approaching Nirvana

Enjoy!

- Bill

Alright - it is time to liven things up a bit! Why not come along for a dive today. We'll go visit the site called Thunderdome.

The story is that there was a French TV show called Thunderdome where they would have people free dive down into this giant cage they have at the bottom. There, the free divers would try to collect pearls or something that was being shot out of a cannon. The free divers were able to get breathes of air from "mermaids" who had scuba equipment. The problem was that free divers hold their breath... air from scuba equipment is compressed, so if you try to hold your breath with compressed air in your lungs and you ascend, the air expands and you can have severe injuries and death. The show apparently ran into this problem and people were hurt or killed.

They canceled the show, and left the cage there. It has fallen apart, but still provides for a cool dive site, and you can see how the marine life is making use the structure and making it their own.

Technical Data: GoPro Hero4 Black with Backscatter 3.1 Dive Filters

I've got tons of videos from this trip because I mounted my GoPro on top of my Ikelite housing for the 7D, so I was able to take video and macro stills all week long on almost every dive! So stay tuned, there are tons of other goodies to come!

- Bill