October 2014 – glossover.co.uk

One of my favorite dives

October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 Ian

I have wanted to dive all of my life and not too long ago I finally took the plunge and went for it, I have loved every moment of it but one dive stands out for me.

So while I was more than happy to make bubbles my other half was not quite so keen, in fact her exact words where “who in their right mind would want to do that”, after a couple of months of me having fun she decided that she would give it a try in the pool, a few weeks later she did her open water and we where booking a holiday to Egypt together.

This dive happened in Holbrough Lake in May 2014, it was the first dive we did together after my other half qualified as an Open Water diver and was just fantastic.

Small controlled burstes

Everything is OK

Follow the leader

It’s all good

Scraping Back Time

October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 Ian

I have always liked the “Scraping Back Time” photos that I have seen around so I thought I would give it a go.

I am currently working in Guernsey one of the Channel Islands and the only part of the UK that was successfully occupied during the Second World War so I thought I would try to create one of the time images, I only have my phone with me for the of the modern image but it did quite a good job.

I need a better understanding of post image manipulation in GIMP / PhotoShop (I still have not decided what one to use) but this is the outcome, it could do with a little more of what is going on today in the image but it’s not too bad for a first try.

Note: I do not know who took the original photo of the march but if you do I would be happy to credit them.

Holbrough lakes dive map

October 6, 2014October 24, 2014 Ian

Unfortunately for me my underwater navigation is not the best so in an attempt to get better I have decided to map out Holbrough Lakes and then use a custom Google map to show my work.

Lets hope it go’s well.

I am going to use different layers in the map so you can see the guide ropes & places of interest but not necessary all at once its your choice.

Each of the pins in the map will have some textual information, photos and video if needed.

To see a bigger version of the map just click on the top right icon next to the sign in link inside the map and it will pop out into a new window.

Egypt 2014

October 6, 2014October 24, 2014 Ian

Some photos from a trip to Egypt in 2014.

Fantastic diving and so very warm.

Sunset over the Red Sea

On the mooring rope

Up come the bubbles

The Carnatic

Giannis D

A little training under way on the Giannis D

Giannis D

Turtle on Giannis D

Turtle on Giannis D

Turtle on the surface

Fish

Correl

Nudibranch

Correl anemone

Correl

Crab

Paul & Helen

Paul

Anti aircraft gun

Holgrough Lakes

October 6, 2014December 22, 2014 Ian

A nice dive at Holbrough Lakes 6 October 2014.

Just before we go under

Making bubbles

They are off, I had better catch up

There is fish in the lake _)

One more fish but on the move

Sweet mystery

Funny what you see hanging from a rope

Oddest looking fish

Looks like Dundee has Sam

Stoney Cove

October 6, 2014December 22, 2014 Ian

A few shots of diving in Stoney Cove 24 June 2013.

All the way around

Stoney Cove

Follow the leader

Perch

Perch on the Nautilus

Nautilus

Anchor

Gresham

Spitfire BM597

October 6, 2014March 23, 2015 Ian

On 6th March 2011 I was treated to a flight in a helicopter while one of the few remaining spitfires fly around us, it has to be one on the most wonderful experiences I have had.

This is a set of photos from the day.

Spitfire BM597 flying over Dover

Harrow Lane from 200ft up

October 6, 2014January 5, 2015 Ian

This is the view from the DJI at about 200ft in the air.

Harrow Lane from 200ft up

One of the issues with the camera is the distortion that the camera picks up so there is a need to flatten the image, in this tutorial you are shown remove the distortion using GIMP.