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Ritrovamento a Bathalaa Thila, Ari, Maldives (2019): una GoPro Hero6 a 25 metri di profondità. Nonostante fosse ricoperta di corallo, funzionava ancora perfettamente.
DIVE SAFETY
ScubaSteve

GoPro securely fastened: a vital rule!

This is a topic that is particularly to my heart, because it touches the safety of each one of us and, at times, it can make the difference between a memorable dive and a tragedy: the importance of having the GoPro ALWAYS secured to one's own equipment. Not a simple piece of advice for not losing the video camera and...

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Small Crack 27°43.884′ N 34°05.894′ E, un’immersione poco battuta, è un vero paradiso per i videomaker.
DIVE DESTINATIONS: MY ADVENTURES
ScubaSteve

Small Crack: an unexpected find on the Thistlegorm's route

I dived for the first time at Small Crack in June 2024, during a “Sharm & Wrecks” cruise with Mastro Sommerso on board the M/Y Diamante. As soon as I put my head underwater, I immediately regretted not having been there before. Sha’ab Mahmud, the imposing semi-emergent coral reef on the route...

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In questa foto fatta alle Maldive si vede un subacqueo che pinneggia con la GoPro impigliata nei coralli.
DIVE SAFETY
ScubaSteve

GoPro: personal safety and environmental impact

Too many times I see divers finning with the GoPro dangling, free to hit anywhere. It is a bad habit to avoid for many reasons. The most important is the protection of the marine environment: a GoPro that dangles freely represents a danger for the delicate ecosystem of the reef. It is easy to hit and break the fragile...

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In questa foto si vede un subacqueo che riprende con la GoPro.
UNDERWATER FILMING TECHNIQUES
ScubaSteve

The triangle of skills

It is not easy that a reef shark approaches so to the GoPro: it must feel secure and, at the same time, curious. To obtain underwater footage of this kind, it is not enough to rely only on the video camera; it is fundamental to master the “triangle of skills” that I have identified, uniting three strictly interconnected skills that every...

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In questa foto si vede uno Grande Squalo Martello Sphyrna mokarran ripreso a Phase1 nell'atollo di Male Nord alle Maldive.
LEARN AND IMPROVE FROM MISTAKES
ScubaSteve

My big mistakes: filming vertically

August 2022, first post-covid19 cruise, with destination the Central Atolls in the Maldives. Enthusiasm to the stars and a lot of desire to film. I decided to experiment: I mounted on the stick the GoPro HERO10 rotated by 90 degrees to obtain vertical footage ready for Reels. The result? A disaster, for two reasons: The Impossible Framing and...

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