{"id":661,"date":"2017-05-02T23:18:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/?p=661"},"modified":"2017-05-02T23:20:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:20:32","slug":"photographing-the-karwela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/2017\/05\/02\/photographing-the-karwela\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing the Karwela"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the wind still blowing from the North (and set to keep doing so throughout the week), we again went to the South coast on Monday morning. \u00a0I had in mind to take some pictures of the Karwela<\/em> from a few angles I had not yet visited. \u00a0Specifically, I wanted to obtain a picture of the vessel facing its bow. \u00a0We planned a dive of 30 minutes at 40 metres utilising\u00a051% O2 for the accelerated decompression phase of the dive.<\/p>\n

Upon arriving at the wreck Brian hovered by the bow for the previously-agreed-upon picture. \u00a0The\u00a0Karwela,\u00a0<\/em>sitting perfectly straight on the sandy bottom, presents\u00a0a truly beautiful sight as you approach it, as the below two pictures illustrate.<\/p>\n

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Brian posing by the Karwela.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Another photo of the Karwela from a similar\u00a0angle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I was happy\u00a0with the pictures at the bow, we proceeded along the side of the\u00a0Karwela\u00a0<\/em>where I snapped a few more pictures.<\/p>\n

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Side-profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I then handed over the camera to Brian so that he could shoot some video footage of me hovering at depth for purposes of trim assessment following the diver (“trim” is diver-speak for horizontal position underwater).<\/p>\n

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We encountered a nicely-hidden and very cooperative Scorpion fish\u00a0on the wreck.<\/p>\n

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A well-camouflaged Scorpion fish hiding on the wreck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once our bottom time was up, we proceeded with our ascent, completing one\u00a0decompression stop after the next, until we came to our last deco stop at 3 metres.<\/p>\n

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Decompressing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All in all, another lovely dive that yielded a couple of pictures I quite like. \u00a0It certainly left me looking forward to the next one!<\/p>\n