Just over a week ago, I attempted to film some creatures underwater and take a few photographs. The video was pretty good, but the photos were not. Well, for a $30 camera from a supercenter, they were about what you would expect. Here is an example.
Though you may not be able to completely tell, that was a really cute baby turtle underwater in the photo. After making a post about it and asking some questions, it seemed like the majority of people were encouraging me to invest in a better camera and try again.
Whenever I cash out some STEEM/SBD and make a purchase, I call the item (or animal) “STEEM-Powered” because it was purchased with funds from steemit. Obviously this platform has been blessing a lot of people and I thought that it would be worthwhile for me to use some of my SBD to invest in my content, hence the upgrade.
This little GoPro was quite different from the other underwater camera, and the cost was about 10X as much. Once I picked it up, it was time to head back to the lake. Here are two videos of Northern Water Snakes swimming underwater, one with the cheaper camera and one with the GoPro.
I thought it was pretty cool to see how that Largemouth Bass stopped by to check out the snake in the GoPro video. As I said earlier, I was still impressed with the video quality of the $30 camera. Also, I think that it is awesome to be able to swim underwater after a snake and video the event either way.
It was the photography that was my main reason for the upgrade. Above is one of the first underwater photos that I took with my GoPro. You should be able to see two bass in the photo.
Here is a phot of a Northern Water Snake heading up to the surface to get some air. I had fun trying to “capture” this creature underwater with the GoPro.
Overall, I like the quality of the photos. Obviously the water is a little murky and there are some sediments floating in the water too. To make matters even worse, snakes like to hide.
When they dive into the weeds at the bottom of the lake, they are much harder to photograph, plus, they can add more sediment to the water by stirring up dirt and debris from the lake bottom. We will have to see what this GoPro can do in some clearer water. Maybe I’ll even head to the Gulf of Mexico and give it a try.
I’ll get creative and keep it up. One final thing that I found while snorkeling should be of special steemit interest. It was a whole school of minnows! Yep, I love you guys and you seem to be everywhere these days!
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