Return To Something Special Bonaire ep. 30 | A Diver's Life

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Welcome! Something Special Bonaire ep. 30 | A Diver's Life
For our 30th episode we return back to where the channel began - the Something Special Dive site. Uniquely located next to the entrance to the Harbour Village marina, you will see why this is one of the most popular dive sites on Bonaire. Filmed in HDR, we delve into the macro world, for the first time, and see frogfish, juvenile French Angelfish, a rare golden juvenile Coney, a Secretary Blenny and much, much more. The close vicinity to the harbor entrance and calm waters make this a popular place for macro photographers. Large schools of fish often come into the harbor entrance to feed with their predators close behind. In this episode you will have a front row seat to this as you experience a school of Big-Eye Scad and larger predators coming up out of the deep to attack the school which we capture from below to get all the action. You will also see a large siphonophore and we will zoom in to see that is indeed a colony of hydrozoans and watch how it provides food for fish.
This episode is packed and if you like fish identification this is a super episode for you. So, pull up your arm chair and start taking notes if you can manage to not distracted by the wonder that awaits you. It is 15 minutes of pure joy. If you can, watch this video on an HDR capable television or mobile device and witness nature as it was meant to be seen.
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==== Chapters ====
0:00 Drive to the Something Special shore dive entrance
1:21 Monologue and Dive Briefing
3:58 A Diver's Life Intro
4:59 The Shallows - It's a Macro World
9:58 Over the Wall
11:25 Prey vs. Predator - A fish Explosion
13:27 Magic on the way back to shore
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Credits:
Cinematography: Rich Schwerdtfeger
Script, editing, narration: Rich Schwerdtfeger
Divers: Doreen Schwerdtfeger
Video equipment:
Sony A7sIII camera
Sony A7siii Nauticam housing
Sony FW 28-60 F/4.5.6 lens
Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Lens
Nauticam Nauticam Wet Wide Lens 1B (WWL-1B)
Atomos Ninja V+ -
Big Blue 15000 Lumen Lights
GoPro Hero 8 Black (car drive only)
Thumbnail background of Scad - Steve Ando
Music:
Blue - Eklo feat. Jordin Laine (RFM youtube)
Hope for Humanity - Dream Cave (Epidemic Sound)
Lucky Guess - Trevor Kowalski (Epidemic Sound)
Maps - August Wilhelmsson (Epidemic Sound)
The Odyssey Ahead - Dream Cave (Epidemic Sound)
Thoughts in the Rain - Elm Lake (Epidemic Sound)
Sound Effects
Swish Tin - SFX Producer (Epidemic Sound)
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[@wabcriel1]

Hi Rich, miss it already! What a great footage of that Siphophore and the filefish feeding on it. Can’t wait to sse your next movie.

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you Wil. I just got lucky to be at the right place at the right time.

[@RobMorse]

Yes, your macro is amazing. Please add some of it in your later episodes. From blennies to tarpon, your visuals are captivating. Thank you.

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@jellavanberkum8096]

Breathtaking. Absolutely beautifull video .👍

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@eleanorcoy6432]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you

[@michellemoebius4820]

Wonderful! Really enjoyed that!! 💙💙💙🐬🐬

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@PokerCPAEvil]

So Awesome Rich!!! We are headed down soon - I am sure we will see you on the island!

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@isabellamakarewicz6275]

I’m going to Bonaire this Friday! Can’t wait for the dives sites!

[@ADiversLife]

Have a great time!

[@duncan2565]

Love the macro images! Great video again.

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you Duncan

[@kiwiflyingfish-eleuthera]

Brilliant. Love to see more having dived that site. You must have great gear.

[@ADiversLife]

Our gear is pretty good.

[@hachiebaker]

very excited for the new macro shots and enjoyed the return of fish ID. Marissa wants to know if a salp is part of the siphonophore family.

[@ADiversLife]

To my knowledge it is. It strains/siphons water through its internal feeding filters to feed on phytoplankton.

[@Tegneaufreak]

Some mental shots in there..

[@ADiversLife]

It was fun to shoot. Thank you

[@Adamsonsilutan]

Very Great Epesode 👍

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@Adamsonsilutan]

@@ADiversLife 😊

[@annapolischris]

Congratulations Rich on episode 30! They keep getting better and better.. Love the Macro.

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you. Our boat is here.

[@andisnowski]

Great video Rich!

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@loekmaartens2060]

Very nice shots, loved the macro. So next boat a cat eh? 😀

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you, and yes the new boat is a cat. :-)

[@sherrym2337]

Congrats on your dive vessel! You must be so excited. Again, I felt like I was watching a tv documentary. Well done!

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you! The boat arrived. Just need to get her through customs.

[@tommypv2]

Love the videography, editing and voice over! Wish you’d gotten to the wreck and webcam!

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you. Earlier video

[@ADiversLife]

See this video we made a while back. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3jOoaeFZ9GpgsU

[@stephanieando9368]

Awesome video Rich! Especially loved the play by play in our living room lol 😊

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@michaelpement9413]

Best one yet! Love the critter ID and great narration!!

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you!

[@johnmontgomery2735]

Fantastic video footage!! Well done sir! We are returning this October and after watching this it cant come soon enough.

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you John! You made our day. October is a great month to dive in Bonaire.

[@johnmontgomery2735]

@@ADiversLife if you would be up for a couple dives while we are on the island might ne fun.

[@ADiversLife]

@@johnmontgomery2735 Hi John, sure. I depends on when our kitchen overhaul is complete. We don't have a date yet - September or October, from the people doing the work. Let's stay in contact about that as the time for arrival here gets closer.

[@johnmontgomery2735]

@@ADiversLife Absolutely ! I think a little local knowledge would be great! I am just starting to get into underwater videography. We will be on island for 12days. It's a nice change to drysuit diving here in the Pacific Northwest.

[@ADiversLife]

@@johnmontgomery2735 yes. You will get spoiled fast. However, Pacific diving is also beautiful

[@leepartyka7173]

Rich I don’t know if you remember me. I am Kim’s friend from newington and we met when you were in college. I got certified recently in Hawaii and told my sister Kathy Kim’s best friend about wanting to go to Bonaire. She told me to look you up. Lee Partyka

[@ADiversLife]

Hi Lee,when were you thinking of coming?

[@ScubaBobOC]

Gray Angels! Nice! Something I’ve never encountered in Bonaire. I have ~130 dives there, but it’s been 10 years since my last trip there. Making that right by heading back in a couple weeks. Question - is the tripod rule part of the marine park rules? I didn’t see it listed on the STINAPA site. TIA!

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you. Yes it is. No tripods. It makes macro a challenge for sure

[@johnleatherwood2591]

Awesome! Looking into moving to Bonaire, I'm a day trader, just need internet connection, can work from anywhere in the world, Why not work from a divers paradise?

[@ADiversLife]

Why not!

[@Chogogo717]

Great stuff. How big was the siphonophore?

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you, I would say 1.5 meters for the length.

[@bill2292]

Question: We see Lion fish in many of your videos. Do you believe we should eliminate them? We most never see you shoot them.

[@ADiversLife]

Hi Bill, Excellent question. I want to start by saying they are very beautiful fish and wonderful to film. However, they are invasive and they are eating everything in sight. It is our fault (humans) that they have invaded the Caribbean. Left unchecked they will eat everything as they have very few predators in this part of the world. They also breed at alarming rates. So, what we believe is they need to be controlled. We will never get rid of them. We have hunted a number for this reason. So, when you see us filming them I really find them beautiful to film and don't think about hunting them. However, when we do hunt them we are on a mission to reduce their numbers. I was part of a team that actually won the local lionfish derby for STINAPA's 40th anniversary. To be honest, I would prefer they were under control so that I could just be focused on filming them. You don't see us shooting them as we have subscribers from areas like Indonesia, where they are naturally controlled, and get upset when we do film them getting shot. Off camera we do our part to help STINAPA reduce their numbers. We do know how to hunt them. Recently, late afternoon we got a 45cm and to 38 cm fish on one dive. In this earlier video you can see Doreen hunting them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imKTmGWMi92YoaM

[@bill2292]

@@ADiversLife Great answer, thank you!

[@ADiversLife]

@@bill2292 you are most welcome

[@Ken-vl4wk]

This is awesome. Were you able to fix the white balance issue?

[@ADiversLife]

Thank you. I am using the Sony underwater auto white balance setting. It does pretty well. I can tweak it in post.

[@Ken-vl4wk]

@@ADiversLife good to know. Thanks!