The last few days have been pretty dry but there is one way of feeling a little merry underwater. At depths of around 30m you start to feel the effects of Nitrogen Narcosis described by Jacques Cousteau as the "Rapture of the Deep". After a slow descent we all did our best to count to 20 with some accuracy before drinking cans of coke. I didn't really feel any strong effects apart from when Shelley set me off laughing. As soon as you ascend a few meters the effects go.
After every dive you are left with some residual nitrogen in your system the amount depends on length and depth of dive, because of this we had to sit out the second dive of the day but we're ok for the third where we tried out our underwater photography skills. This made me realise pretty quickly how difficult it is. Firstly you have to float perfectly still next to whatever you are photographing, then you have to photograph it before you or it moves.
I spent about 10 minutes trying to get a picture of the famous "Nemo" who was busy defending his anemone against other fish, Shelley came along and took one shot getting it right first time. The picture above is the one I took as I didn't dare use Shelley's which is on her blog.
Highlights: Reef photo session
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