Photo Of The Day!!!

[conchxpress]

Rick, need any help for your next bikini shoot?

[conchxpress]

From the looks of the position of Paul's board shorts, I'd call this trick "the plumber."

Sorry for the last two posts. Too much coffee too close to bedtime.

[ricki]

Originally Posted by conchxpress

Rick, need any help for your next bikini shoot?

Not sure there will be another. That was the first one that I had done. Still, it was a challenge and I think some interesting shots came out of it. Who knows what may come?

[ricki]

Here are some shots of my good friend Capt. Slate of Atlantis Dive Center in Key Largo and his son Hunter on the reef.



Here they are again backlit



Getting crowded!


Photos: Rick Iossi

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[ricki]

Vacation time is coming up, there's always the Grenadines to consider, although for wind earlier in the year might be better. More to life than just wind, or so my wife says. Wonder if it's true?



Ripping along the north shore of Mayreau



Batfish signal?



A clear day at Tobago Cays



Photos: Rick Iossi

[ricki]

btw, all the shots above on this page, except the one taken off Mayreau were shot with a small amphibious camera. It is rated to 10 m or 33 ft., shoots still and video images. It is good to have something portable while your riding, doing shallow free diving, snowboarding or just hanging out on the water. I understand they just came out with the 1070 sw replacing the model listed below.

* Olympus 770 SW 7.1 Megapixel Camera


3.6” W x 2.3” H x 0.8” D !

For more info: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...p?product=1287

[kent]

Rick,

Thanks for the advice. I just purchased the 1030 SW. This thing is killer. 10 mega pixels and underwater to 10 meters. Unfortunately I had to buy 2 of them, because the first only lasted 4 minutes in the bay. I dropped it and lost it forever before even taking a shot!!! I went out a bought another the next day and had a great weekend! I'll post some pics later.

Kent

[ricki]

Hey Kent,

Damn that sucks! Nothing hurts a photographer more than deep sixing a camera. Sorry that happened.

I've been using the following system with some success on and under the water, walking around, on the snow, etc.. It works pretty well.

I got one of these Lowepro camera pouches:


http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/produ....do?oid=146439

I run the wrist leash through the neck strap. That way if I drop the camera, it hangs off the camera bag. If I am kiting, I run the neck strap through my impact vest so the lot won't fall off in a bad wipeout. I tuck it under my impact vest when not in use to keep it out of the way.

If you don't wear an impact vest an idea might be to use one of these camera floats. Or, better still jury something on your camera neck strap.


http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Floati.../dp/B0014DURIW

Show us some shots from your new camera!

[ricki]

The first Tampa Kiteboard Masters in 2006


Damien pushing a lot of spray. This event may have been run in the highest wind of any contest in Florida to date to my knowledge.



Kent rips along



Billy Parker still at it after sunset. It was a long day but still looking good.


Sorry for the fuzzy images, not only was it windy it was also sort of dark at times.

[ricki]

My apologies, my image file was incomplete on the drive I pulled the above images from. Took me a while to tumble to the fact and longer still to find the missing images. Success though and all is well with the world again, at least this small part for now. To make amends, wanted to throw a few more images up from the event.



Raul prepares to launch Kent into a solar worm hole? What sort of QR do you use in a worm hole?



Jayson loops one



Sun is back and looking mighty fine!



Billy lands one as the sun falls beneath the horizon