No Colours Down There
When you forget to charge the flashlight batteries, all your pictures, except the ones taken in a very shallow water, turn blueish/greenish. You can partially save them if you make them black-and-white.
Daniel Poloha Article BW, diving, kelp, scuba, sponges, undersea, underwater
When you forget to charge the flashlight batteries, all your pictures, except the ones taken in a very shallow water, turn blueish/greenish. You can partially save them if you make them black-and-white.
Daniel Poloha Article clay, diving, harbour, Mahurangi, scuba, sponges, undersea, underwater
Check this slightly yellowish layer on the bottom. It is not the original sand of the harbour. That one would be dark grey. This is clay coming from the land. It covers not only the bottom, but every possible surface it can stick to. The local government offers money for various projects to mitigate the […]
Daniel Poloha Article diving, learning, OWD, scuba, SDI, skills, teaching
I used to teach scuba diving for SDI, an agency that has been working hard to introduce new and flexible methods into the world of teaching scuba diving. Perhaps you can find it interesting to check these videos on YouTube:
In the late nineties of the last century we started diving in Adriatic Sea. For various reasons, mostly financial, our equipment was limited to bare minimum. We were using 7L tanks which we could occasionally buy cheaply as a fire department surplus. We were breathing via the old Czechoslovak regulators Tajfun updated to accommodate the […]
The regulator the diver is breathing from was manufactured in late seventies or early eighties. The piston first stage is of a very good quality, but unfortunately the yoke is too narrow for contemporary pillar valves that combine INT with DIN. It cannot be used with them. However, the second stage has a standard hose […]