On forthcoming film Athletes of War and the IOC decision to let complicit Russian athletes compete in Paris this year.
“Our conditions are different from those of the Russian athletes. We have missiles flying over our heads,” says wrestler and Olympic medalist Iryna Koliadenko. “We may not wake up.”
Some highlights from my first 2 days here in St. Kitts on the Caribbean Explorer II! We're doing 5 dives a day, so I definitely can't keep up with the photos 😀
75 dives
81h45m underwater
1h27m longest dive
83 ft max depth
Water temperatures: 38F to 86F
25 different dive sites
Most frequent dive sites: Folly Cove (17) and Old Garden Beach (8)
17 different dive buddies!
I did 1 dive in Iceland, 32 in Dumaguete, Philippines, and 42 around New England. Shout out to all my awesome buddies and can't wait to get back to it in 2024!
Every anemone in Dumaguete is filled with interesting critters. The Harlequin Crab is among the cutest, with its little cartoonish eyes and flashy colors.
The sunshine was beautiful in shallow water, so most of my dive was spent enjoying and attempting to photograph that. I did see a brown sea raven and a couple tiny nudis, but mostly just cruised around enjoying my freshly repaired heated undergarments and the sparkling sun rays. I like the wide angle sunbeam shot, I just wish I could have found a more interesting subject for the image.
Had two great dives on October 27th in Gloucester, MA. The star was definitely the short bigeye, that's not from around these parts. I also got my first decent sand lance picture (they always dart away)
Can't be that cold down there if he's in a shorty.
I set this up in a small glass container, filled it with water, and let it sit but after all my prep, the photo ended up looking like there wasn't any water there at all.
The tiny bubbles on the plant in particular and trapped under the transparent baseplate give just a hint.
I ended up shooting this again later with a different effect but had fun with that dropper tool to create air bubbles from the diver.
And lets be honest:
Anyone like me who takes #Diving serious would not mind having to pay like €50-100+ for a rugged case that'll do 50m seawater if I ever wanted to abuse a smartphone as diving computer.
Time for more cephalopods! This time around, we have Wunderpus photogenicus (yes, this is really the scientific name). The first one we saw was in maybe 15 feet of water and our guide found it before we had all even descended. It didn't seem too bothered as photographers gathered around and snapped away. Philippines diving is epic!