On a whim, I entered the Marissa 2020 Photo Contest and I recently found out that I was the runner-up! https://www.facebook.com/MarissaCharters/photos/a.230572168441/10159356247963442/ I submitted three photos to the contest: Tyler @ Corsair EngineTBM AvengerUSS Hogan Drew Wilson, who I've done a lot of diving with in the past year, won the contest (Congrats, Drew!). He is [...]
Author: Brett Eldridge
Avid rEvo rebreather diver.
On the Loop (based on Dreamline by Rush)
I was running the other day and one of my favorite Rush songs, Dreamline, came on. Today is the first anniversary of the passing of the great Rush dummer & lyricist Neil Peart, so it seemed like an appropriate day to publish this. I'm currently listening to Moving Pictures on vinyl and dreaming of better [...]
2020 Diving Recap (Top 10)
Photo Credit: Drew Wilson In June 2019, I was honored and had the privilege of giving the keynote commencement address at the Cal Poly MBA graduation ceremony. In that speech, I quoted Dickens and I think that the quote it is very fitting for 2020. In reality, in mid-2019, I had no idea just how [...]
What did Santa bring Brett this year?!
What to my wondering eyes should appear, but a DiveX Piranha P1 Scooter...
Blue Cavern (Catalina — 70fsw) & Mola Mola!
As we were slowly making our way back along the wall when, what to my wondering eyes should appear... but a miniature mola mola! Sorry, 'tis the season and I just had to get that in there on the night before Christmas. 🙂 Finally, my first mola mola (aka Sunfish) spotting and a baby one [...]
Piper Warrior Photogrammetry Model (130 feet, Catalina Island)
My primary goal when diving the Piper off Catalina was to practice my photogrammetry skills and have another project to explore some of the features and functionality of the Metashape software. I took a LOT of photos knowing that I would have overlap but I also didn't want to miss any key angles. This was [...]
Piper Warrior Plane Wreck (130 feet, Catalina Island)
The weather, conditions, and visibility in local water has been hit-and-miss so after several attempts at a dive on the UB-88 in the past few weeks, we gave up and headed to Catalina for a couple of recreational dives. I was with my buddy Santiago so he was on open circuit and I was on [...]
Project : SBD “Dauntless” Photogrammetry Model — (Pt Loma, 200 fsw)
Background The Scout / Dive Bomber (SBD) was key in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. It was the main aircraft carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. It had the nickname of "Slow But Deadly." One of the distinguishing features of the Dauntless are the air brakes with perforated holes on the trailing [...]
Photogrammetry Technical Details & Equipment
Background I started hearing about photogrammetry for documenting and visualizing wrecks about 2-3 years ago and had a passing interest. Since then, I've spent more time working on my photography skills (and equipment). I had watched a couple Wetpixel videos on photogrammetry recently and decided that, with Covid, I should learn more about it. I've [...]
TBM Avenger Photogrammetry Model (San Diego, CA — 250 fsw)
I debated whether or not to post this model. I'm not really happy with the results but I've learned quite a bit along the way and figured it might help somebody in the future. This post is pretty long but there are a lot of photogrammetry details included for anybody who cares. Short Version Here [...]
