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Started by echeng, Aug 13 2008 10:45 PM

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#21 echeng

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 02:25 AM

We are at 60 feet on open circuit.

I just updated the video feed with a video I shot tonight. Only got about 15 seconds of video with the shark in it -- it wasn't too cooperative today. Of course, when we got out of the water, there were three of them on the bait. argh.

I also got some good RATFISH and DOGFISH video. :chatterbox:
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Posted 15 August 2008 - 02:35 AM

very nice ! what depth are these at

very nice ! what depth are these at


seems you must have been posting at the same time as me eric...my questions answered before i had asked :chatterbox:

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 03:11 AM

Here's a (slightly) higher quality version of the movie I posted on Kyte:


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Posted 15 August 2008 - 04:51 AM

How come I can't see any of the Kyte stuff? I just get an never ending gray screen.
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Posted 15 August 2008 - 05:51 AM

Hey ERIC, you had better leave some stuff to do for when you retire one day?
Maybe you could buy a 4x4 and caravan and travel around AUS. :chatterbox:

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 10:06 AM

Great stuff there Eric.
Bored during the day? I guess its time to play tourist at Pikes market then... :chatterbox:
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Posted 15 August 2008 - 12:19 PM

We're on a liveaboard, so there is no opportunity to go to Pike Place. :chatterbox:

drew -- Kyte sometimes is down. I think they're still having some growing pains as company...
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Posted 15 August 2008 - 02:31 PM

New videos are up! Spiny dogfish and spotted ratfish (check the Kyte feed).

I'll embed the spiny dogfish one here.


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Posted 15 August 2008 - 06:02 PM

By popular request, I've some ratfish (chimaeras) video online:


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Posted 15 August 2008 - 06:48 PM

Another dogfish video -- this time, battling crabs!


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Posted 15 August 2008 - 10:59 PM

Just uploaded a bunch of videos to the Kyte feed.
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 08:02 AM

Just uploaded a bunch of videos to the Kyte feed.


Should they be available on the same Vimeo page as the others? All I see there are the ones from yesterday.

BTW, in the little slide show in the first post of this thread, it looks like you're using a cage of some sort. You aren't scared of a little six gill shark, are you?! :chatterbox: :o
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 11:25 AM

BTW, in the little slide show in the first post of this thread, it looks like you're using a cage of some sort. You aren't scared of a little six gill shark, are you?! :chatterbox: :o



When a 12-footer tried to get into the cage? Yes.

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Posted 16 August 2008 - 01:12 PM

The bulk of the videos are on the Kyte feed, which is on the front page and on the first message in this thread.

Bruce: obviously, we have to follow the rules of whatever operator we go with. Using a cage has nothing to do with "courage." It's a nice place to hang out down there -- we're on a slope, there can be current, and the visibility sucks. Given the right conditions (and reputation, really), we were allowed to leave the cage when we wanted to.
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 03:44 PM

I can't get the kyte feed on OSX... only when I switch to Windoze!
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 04:56 PM

Drew -- it may not work with Safari. I use a Mac, and it works with Firefox.
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 05:21 PM

Drew -- it may not work with Safari. I use a Mac, and it works with Firefox.


It's worked fine every time you've posted - and I'm only on Safari.
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Posted 16 August 2008 - 06:03 PM

Then Drew is just computer-inept. :chatterbox:
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Posted 17 August 2008 - 05:48 PM

I suspect it's my firewall or snitch blocking something. But if VM Windoze works then it's gotta be local. But your ugly mug is not worth me spending hours trying to troubleshoot. :chatterbox:
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Posted 17 August 2008 - 06:55 PM

Eric,

Thanks for posting those, very entertaining especially those crabs having a go at the dogfish!!

Any skates or rays turning up?

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