I miss being underwater…watching fishes as they swim by…hunting for nudibranches…anticipating a shark’s move…moving my camera lens to a subject, up, close and personal.
I know I was last underwater eight days ago: but that was for work. I saw lots of things in between but didn’t have the opportunity to venture out on my own to photograph marine life…or to just stay in a place all alone and let these creatures check me out.
I was supposed to go for a dive trip this weekend to the wreck of the HMS Banka (a British WW2 minesweeper), and the two Dutch submarines, K-XVII and O-16. But I have not been well since coming back from that job and am still coughing. It could be disastrous for me to attempt a deep technical dive in this condition.
Have I mellowed? Maybe I have, and for a damn good reason too. I can’t take risks like I used to, and the risks I’ll be taking from now on will be more calculated in nature.
But I still need to get back underwater as soon as I am well enough to do so.
SeaDemon Says 