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Jim! You posted on Wetpixel! I am happy. ;)

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3D anaglyph (red/cyan) glasses necessary. Reef sharks, lemon sharks and nurse sharks investigate a gorgonian, where an injured fish must be hiding.

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We had a great finale to what has been a very memorable trip. 100+ foot vis, strong current, and some grouper supermodels made for a productive morning and early afternoon on the wreck of the Zion. Following that, we were able to make high tide at the Blue Heron Bridge, and squeeze in a last (2 hour+) macro dive. Jim was gracious enough to lend me his 1D Mark IV rig to shoot macro at the bridge since I didn't even bring a macro lens or port - though he did tease me about it constantly.

 

Some last photos:

 

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A pair of goliath groupers hanging near the entrance of the wreck of the Zion.

 

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The groupers were much friendlier and easier to photograph compared to the first day of the trip.

 

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We finally found ourselves a player. This is the same animal starring in Eric's video and Alex's photo.

 

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Blenny in a can near the Blue Heron Bridge.

 

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When we bumped into Shen underwater, he was kind enough to point out this adorable juvenile trunkfish.

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MONSTER CHAOS!!

in 3D (3D anaglyph red/cyan glasses required)

 

[vimeohd]15091878[/vimeohd]

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Really enjoying the pictures and vids guys (must get some 3D glasses to keep by my computer!). Keep them coming.

 

Alex

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I have just thoroughly enjoyed all the fantastic imaging and posts from your Bahamas adventure!!!

 

And, Eric, I have to say that the 3D sharks investigating the gorgonian is my favorite of your 3D videos so far.

 

It really really works for me--and the color holds up well, too, for anaglyph.

 

Great imaging, all!!!

 

- Mary Lynn

 

(And all you folks who don't yet keep a pair of 3D anaglyph glasses near your computer monitor, definitely start!)

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Jim has a new Seacam accessory!

 

[vimeohd]15114878[/vimeohd]

 

And, Eric, I have to say that the 3D sharks investigating the gorgonian is my favorite of your 3D videos so far.

(And all you folks who don't yet keep a pair of 3D anaglyph glasses near your computer monitor, definitely start!)

Thanks, MLP! It works well, I think. I'll get you a 1080p version for you to check out. The 3D effect is good, but the HD quality absolutely sucks. ;)

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Oh, and don't forget the napkin... ;)

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Oh, and don't forget the napkin... ;)

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Eric you are always good at posting pictures where i look fantastic. Thank you !

I'll take this as a sign of friendship

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Eric you are always good at posting pictures where i look fantastic. Thank you !

I'll take this as a sign of friendship

I chose it especially for you, Alexis!! ;)

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MONSTER CHAOS!!

in 3D (3D anaglyph red/cyan glasses required)

 

[vimeohd]15091878[/vimeohd]

 

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monster chaos eric 3D 005.jpg

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So, our debate about whether it was Emma with the tattered fin is answered!

 

I've been back to look at our trip: no turtles or Goliath groupers (thanks to you all for your posted images), but pretty good dolphins...

 

http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=36829

 

Tim

 

^_^

Edited by tdpriest

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David Doubilet and Jen Hayes are in the area as well (as was Wyland, last week), working with scientists who are tagging goliaths and collecting eggs.

 

Hopefully, someone who was shooting stills will join this thread and upload images!

 

 

I was on a trip with David Doubilet and Jen Hayes just a few weeks after diving the Baja California wreck about 65 miles off Naples FL. (October 1-3, 2010.) I got to shoot along side him and helped the scientists by mounting lasers to my video rig to take Goliath measurements. We talked shop a lot on the 7 hour trip back to Ft Myers. I have some vid of him auto-bracketing away at 115 ft. I call it "David and Goliath". A frame grab is in my WP gallery.

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3D anaglyph (red/cyan) video of a school of Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber). Jupiter, Florida. September 11, 2010. Converted to black & white for anaglyph red/cyan to work.

 

(replaced with color version -- see below)

 

This particular video looks great at 1080p full screen on a 17" monitor, but suffers greatly when reduced in resolution and viewed as a postage stamp-sized video.

 

By the way, this 12-second clip took a few minutes to convert to ProRes, around 5 minutes to assemble into 3D with Dashwood Stereo3D Toolkit / Final Cut Pro, 13 minutes to export back out (to ProRes), and then a few more minutes to compress down to H.264 720p with watermark. Computers owned by mortals are not ready for 3D workflow.

 

 

Eric,

Just got the Dashwood software. Any chance of a workflow tutorial from you?

Steve

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