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Winnipesaukee Divers · 05-27-2004, 08:31 AM

As I said before, I'm a bottom dweller; I'm looking for artifacts. That means: I need to stay on the bottom and unlike most divers who strive for neutral buoyancy, I intentionally over weight myself so I stay on the bottom while I explore with my hands in the muck. A camera would end up dragging in the mud, rocks and junk all the time. Also the visibility is at best 30' and most often is 5'-10' everything is dark green and gray down there. To get any kind of recognizable image you'd need high power fill-in lights which would add to even more things to drag along, then comes the tribity issue (little particle of debris that is in the water column), the lights would have to be staged far enough from the lens so you light the subject, not the particles or it would look like it was taken in a snow storm.

I have done allot of underwater photography, but that was mostly in the ocean and done for competition when I was member of the New England Aquarium Dive Club. I have given up that part of the sport, sold my equipment and moved on to less demanding and more satisfying dive related activities. Now days I find just trying to fix things underwater (servicing moorings) and exploring the depths of Lake Winnipesaukee looking for those forgotten bits and pieces of the past very rewarding.

Fellow forum poster Grant would probably have some shots of him and his buddies exploring the lake, perhaps he could post some of them for you.

If you’re interested in trying the sport I recommend contacting Dive Winnipesaukee Corp. in Wolfeboro at 603-569-8080. I just got a flyer from them announcing the new spring classes’ schedule. They also have an introductory splash dive where you can try it out (in a controlled environment) to see if it right for you.

BTW: there is no connection between them and me, except good friends and where I do all my shopping.

05-27-2004, 08:31 AM	#7
Winnipesaukee Divers Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Exeter, NH or @ WCYC on weekends Posts: 250 Thanks: 7 Thanked 46 Times in 28 Posts	Sorry to say that I do not. As I said before, I'm a bottom dweller; I'm looking for artifacts. That means: I need to stay on the bottom and unlike most divers who strive for neutral buoyancy, I intentionally over weight myself so I stay on the bottom while I explore with my hands in the muck. A camera would end up dragging in the mud, rocks and junk all the time. Also the visibility is at best 30' and most often is 5'-10' everything is dark green and gray down there. To get any kind of recognizable image you'd need high power fill-in lights which would add to even more things to drag along, then comes the tribity issue (little particle of debris that is in the water column), the lights would have to be staged far enough from the lens so you light the subject, not the particles or it would look like it was taken in a snow storm. I have done allot of underwater photography, but that was mostly in the ocean and done for competition when I was member of the New England Aquarium Dive Club. I have given up that part of the sport, sold my equipment and moved on to less demanding and more satisfying dive related activities. Now days I find just trying to fix things underwater (servicing moorings) and exploring the depths of Lake Winnipesaukee looking for those forgotten bits and pieces of the past very rewarding. Fellow forum poster Grant would probably have some shots of him and his buddies exploring the lake, perhaps he could post some of them for you. If you’re interested in trying the sport I recommend contacting Dive Winnipesaukee Corp. in Wolfeboro at 603-569-8080. I just got a flyer from them announcing the new spring classes’ schedule. They also have an introductory splash dive where you can try it out (in a controlled environment) to see if it right for you. BTW: there is no connection between them and me, except good friends and where I do all my shopping.