Archive for November, 2009
Check out some of these stunning images from cave diving.
Swimming with Dolphins, originally uploaded by norbography.
It isn’t often I get as excited as I was this morning. Here is what I wrote on Flickr….
Out swimming this morning after a bike ride, and a pod of dolphins were a couple of hundred yards off the beach. I swam out to meet them and then they headed up the beach. I got to within about 3 metres of them at one stage. Was terrific. I have never got that close to wild dolphins before.
The quality isnt the best with the GoPro camera, but you can see what they are.
It was very cool.
Warning, it is bordering on not being safe for work.
Once again The Big Picture comes up with the goods.
National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009 – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
21/52., originally uploaded by norbography.
This weeks 52 week project. I will start by quoting what I wrote on Flickr.
Ha! This weeks self portrait is done with 5 days to spare!
Today was my first swim of the summer. I have had a bit of a nasty chest infection that has kept me out of the water up until now. The water is beautiful, if a bit rough today.
Here I am napping under a wave.
More info on the camera I used here…. www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=1
It is a great little camera.
Now, for those wondering how I did it, there really is no trick at all. The little camera has a very wide field of view, and as such, makes anything that is close, look like it is far away. The camera was at arms length in this shot.
I will let the video do the talking.
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20/52, originally uploaded by norbography.
This weeks self portrait for the 52 Week Project was taken at sunset at Tilbury Cove. Pity the clouds came over, as it was a stunning site about 30 minutes beforehand when I rode past on the pushbike.
Once again, I set up the off camera flash.
norbist info : Flash at full power, off to the right of the frame at 45 degrees to me.
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