ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="generator" content="Adobe GoLive 4"> <title>BFDC BottomCAM - What are those fish doing now?</title> <meta name="keywords" content="SCUBA NC wreck diving North Carolina shipwrecks wreckdiving underwater photography dive trips Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout motels hotels lodging diving maps wrecks weather u-boats submarines ships war technical nc-wreckdiving fish life marine bottomCAM"> <meta name="description" content="BFDC BottomCam views of the marine life off the NC Coast"> <csimport user="../WWW.NC-WRECKDIVING.COM.data/Components/bottompage.html" occur="0"></csimport> </head> <body bgcolor="white"> <csobj w="805" h="144" t="Component" csref="../WWW.NC-WRECKDIVING.COM.data/Components/toppage.html" occur="0"><img src="images/BFDC_TOPTITLE.gif" alt="Top Title Bar"></csobj> <h3>BFDC BottomCAM</h3> <table border="O" width="900" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td><font size="2">I love fish-watching as much as I love people-watching. It's one of the primary reasons I dive. It also appeals to my inner naturalist, cartoonist & first-grader! Fish are characters! I day-dream about what I am missing while exploring other parts of the wreck - with my nose in the view finder. Or when I am at work or on the surface, I wonder "what is going on down there? What cool fish is swimming by? Are they making fun of us?" Well, I decided to try an capture it. Thanks the to technology of miniature video cameras, I can now capture a brief BFDC "documentary" into the lives of the marine life off the NC coast. I find them highly entertaining and educational, but I also find it calming as a virtual "aquarium view" during those times of high stress! (Plus no feeding or cleaning of the tank required!)<br><br> <i><b>Some technical notes:</b> The videos were made with the <a href="http://www.gopro.com">GoPro HD Hero</a> camera, shot at either R5 (1920 x 1080, 30 fps) or R2 (1280 x 720, 30 fps). As the standard dome lens of the GoPro housing has an issue focusing underwater, I used either the GoPro housing modified by <a href="http://www.eyeofmine.com/gopro/">Eye of Mine</a> or the flat lens kit for the GoPro produced by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oculus-gear-for-the-Gopro-HERO-HD/130539327022145">Oculus</a> to shoot these videos. These are HD (720p) capable (and recommended), so they work well at full screen. The video was edited using Apple Final Cut Pro X to show the more interesting or active parts, but in general, these are not heavily edited and are not intended to "tell a story". I am using Youtube's annotation feature to add comments and fish ID's into the videos. But I am definitely only an interested amateur, so if you see one I missed, let me know at <i><b>bfdc@nc-wreckdiving.com</b></i>. They are easily changed. Unfortunately, the annotations don't show up on mobile devices like iPads, iPhones, etc. Maybe YouTube will add support for those devices in the future. I think annotations work on most, if not all, standard browsers.</i></font><br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="900" cellpadding="1"> <tr bgcolor="gray"> <td colspan=1 align="center" width="150"><font size="2" face="arial"><b>Episode Name [YYYY-MM-DD]</b></font></td> <td colspan=1 align="center"><font size="2" face="arial"><b>YouTube Link</b></font></td> <td colspan=1 align="center"><font size="2" face="arial"><b>Notes</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial">2011-10-22B</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xF1O-nbScQs?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">The "B" camera; This is a long one, not broken up into parts. It was recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/LOBSTER/LOBSTER.HTML">Porta Allegra</a></i>, aka Lobster Wreck, at a depth of 120 feet off of Wilmington, NC. The camera was on the bottom for over 2 hrs. There are lots of curious fish in this one and thus a lot of close passes and "in your face" shots.. Angelfish, butterfly fish, puffers, soapfish, lionfish, groupers are among the closeups that happen during this episode.</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial">2011-10-22A3</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0jRSMO_h4xg?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">Part 3 of the "A" camera; Continuation of the episode recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/LOBSTER/LOBSTER.HTML">Porta Allegra</a></i>, aka Lobster Wreck, at a depth of 120 feet off of Wilmington, NC. This timeline watches the movements of a small school grunts as the move back and forth thru the scene. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial">2011-10-22A2</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2KJiG8sH4x0?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">Part 2 of the "A" camera. This episode was recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/LOBSTER/LOBSTER.HTML">Porta Allegra</a></i>, aka Lobster Wreck, at a depth of 120 feet off of Wilmington, NC. This timeline watches the movements of a small school grunts as the move back and forth thru the scene. There some interesting mouth-to-mouth "behavior" between several members of the school during this part. Footage also includes angelfish, hogfish and diver action, including harvesting of lionfish. There some interesting vocalizations about 8-9 minutes in. Be careful what you say down there. All microphones should be considered live!</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial">2011-10-22A1</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wo-13JzZTaY?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">This episode was recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/LOBSTER/LOBSTER.HTML">Porta Allegra</a></i>, aka Lobster Wreck, at a depth of 120 feet off of Wilmington, NC. We did two dives on the site, so I was able to leave the BottomCAMs running between dives and got over 2 hrs of footage from each camera. The Lobster Wreck is one of the most tropical wrecks off of NC. Lots of colorful reef fish to watch. I had a hard time editing this footage down since I found everything interesting! This is part 1 from this camera. Lots of tropicals, angelfish, background diver action, groups of grunts and numerous wrasses and damselfish.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial">2011-08-20A</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RXnSKgh5vIk?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">This episode was recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/DIXIE/DIXIE.HTML">Dixie Arrow</a></i> at 90 feet off of Cape Hatteras. It isn't the ideal spot to study small fish movement, a little bit too exposed in the current, but with the current, hazy viz and big schools of baitfish and predators that come thru, it captures the "high energy" aspect of NC diving that only a video camera can. Sand tiger comes to visit during this episode.</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial">2011-08-20B</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7g8mLA-uy3M?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">This episode was recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/ABRAMS/ABRAMS.HTML">F. W. Abrams</a></i> at 70 feet off of Cape Hatteras. I had the move the camera part way thru as some divers from another boat came a long and "discovered" a camera just laying on the bottom. I did get to record some Atlantic Spadefish as the result.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial">2011-08-21A</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fe5VhA-EapE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">This episode was recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/BRITISH/BRITISH.HTML">British Splendour</a></i> and highlights the activity of an 8 inch Bank Sea Bass. It is interesting how he (she?) keeps coming back to the same spot even if scared off of it briefly. I also like the natural sound -- the creaking of the anchor line and the honk of the oyster toadfish</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td colspan=1 align="center" valign="middle" face="arial"">2011-08-21B</td> <td colspan=1><iframe width="320" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-VVo6dYroKo?rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></td> <td colspan=1 valign="top"><font size="2">This episode was recorded on the wreck of the <i><a href="WRECKS/BRITISH/BRITISH.HTML">British Splendour</a></i> The structure that the camera is focused on is the flow control valve that sits on the starboard side of the wreck in the midship section of the wreck. There a couple of passes of a barracuda in this episode and one is really close. Glimpse of a tautog at the end. The wreck is located off of Ocracoke, NC and sits in 100-105 feet of water.</font></td> </tr> </table> <table width="900"> <!-- row --> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="4"><hr width="800" size="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"><font size="2" face="arial"><b>Unless otherwise noted, all images, photos, text are Paul M. 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