Northwest Dive Club

I had to look up mermaid's purse, then realized I've come across them before. So cool you found one there, it's been a long time since I've seen one.

Cool! Any critters found on the sea pens?

I had non-buyer's regret today and found the price for the Backscatter miniflash+snoot was $349, not $314, on Backscatter. Google found that Optical Ocean Sales (here in Seattle) has it for $314 (+tax; no idea if Backscatter charges tax) with free shipping. So, if you're teetering on the fence, the...

Jan K wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:59 am

This Gumboot Chiton is so cute, Jan! I can hear howling at the moon when I look at that photo.

Glad someone found a deal on something they were looking for! Jess, yes I'm back in the dystopian PNW, traffic is a breeze! I've been watching Picard but not caught up yet so we'll have to hold off on discussing yet :) Kirsten, I'm with you... I'll sit this "sale" out, but who knows they m...

As someone who's been stuck at home like many people lately, and therefore online more than usual, I saw an email pop into my inbox just now from Backscatter, listing a whole bunch of UW photo equipment on sale (one came in from Reef at almost the same time, probably not a coincidence). I immediatel...

Great idea. I have some tanks I can get VIP’d, filled and a few odds and ends I could use.

So cool, Jan!

Your memory line runs so deep. You’ve surely forgotten more of your adventures than most of us will ever experience during our lifetimes, and you’ve got a superb memory from all that I’ve seen.

Thanks for continuing to share them with us here. This thread is so epic.

Such a sad sign of the ecosystem out of whack.

Gdog wrote:That would be odd tho, becaus if that was the issue with Android OS, then my phone would suffer the same issue you would think.

There are so many different variations of android phones and operating systems, not to mention settings. Could be one of those factors.

What a stunning photo!! Well worth figuring out the metadata issue. Eric, I wonder if this is the root cause of Jess’ photo posting troubles. Can you help check her native phone camera app to see if there’s a way to limit metadata? I bet that’s why it only uploads if she does some edit- it’s probabl...

Yep, YellowEye! The metadata is at the heart of these problems, I think.

I minimize it out of habit anyway.

There are no dimension size limits anymore btw, so it shouldn’t be that.

Export in Lightroom seems to fix it as well too. Please give a try and let us know.

Also, it looks like File > Save As causes some problems whereas File > Export in Photoshop allows it to be posted, even with all the metadata.

Guys, can you help test something? I can confirm that saving every which way, and size doesn’t change the error. However “save for web” does allow this image to be uploaded. So far the only difference may be that a bunch of edit history metadata is stripped out when saved for web. Can you guys each ...

Ugh, these upload errors are a nuisance. I’ll take a look when I get a chance. Thanks for the problematic file, and sorry about the hassle.

This is true, Sparky!

8-10’ at depth and near 20’ in the shallows @ cove 2 on 12/14

Buildings are retrofitted with reinforcement structures pretty often, based on ever evolving regulation. If buildings are a guide for boats, there will not just be one modern standard everyone has to conform to but a series of standards established in steps, presumably based on the age and type of b...

Or those boats will have to be upgraded and the cost of doing so will be passed on to the consumer. I for one would be willing to pay more to go aboard a boat with modern safety precautions in place.

Woah that vis looks really good!

I looked back and turns out Vaidhy had taken it from the Club Dive back in August. Not sure if he has passed the PIF Box onto any other diver. Has anyone been in touch with him or his daughter since the club dive? ScubaJess, do you know?

I can send him a PM too.

Anyone know where the PIF Box is currently? I’ve got some more goods to contribute!

Never seen that before, looks fascinating.