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[malcolmfrary]

Thanks Jim. Any pictures ?  Agree weight could be a problem.  What about drag when the camera is submerged, might be handy to raise it to move the boat ?

Wildlife is generally cautions about anything strange moving in its area   Unless the water is very clear, the boat would need to be very close for underwater shots.  To get that close implies slow movement, slinking up so as to not scare the subject away, so underwater drag might not be such a problem.
Just thinking of the time spent seeing how close it was possible to approach a seagull on Harrowside before it departed, also trying to circle a duck at a distance, trying to cross my wake before the duck did.

[Arrow5]

A turn of speed might be handy if an irate bird decides to have a go at the camera-boat. Fitting the camera fore and aft might help. Getting close is a must as apart from water clarity the Gopro has a wide-angle lens I think.

[tourerjim]

A turn of speed might be handy if an irate bird decides to have a go at the camera-boat. Fitting the camera fore and aft might help. Getting close is a must as apart from water clarity the Gopro has a wide-angle lens I think.

your right.! but this im going to need to test out but it is a powerful boat

[tourerjim]

Wildlife is generally cautions about anything strange moving in its area   Unless the water is very clear, the boat would need to be very close for underwater shots.  To get that close implies slow movement, slinking up so as to not scare the subject away, so underwater drag might not be such a problem.
Just thinking of the time spent seeing how close it was possible to approach a seagull on Harrowside before it departed, also trying to circle a duck at a distance, trying to cross my wake before the duck did.

The bird life there are used to me & even come out of the water for me to feed them so im hoping to capture them coming out of the water onto the bank as well as feeding under water.

[Arrow5]

Where are you Jim, roughly ?  More BBC Bristol Wildlife Unit (?) fun with remote and disguised cameras on Monday night (11th Feb 2013) , penguins this time . Shouild be fun.   No doubt Youtube will have some clips.

[tourerjim]

Ponds just to the right of the map marker 'A'  https://plus.google.com/116908710456962871923/about?gl=US&hl=en

[Arrow5]

Thanks, looks nice.    If you get touring up the A9 send me a PM and I`ll get your boat on some crystal clear water.

[tourerjim]

Thanks, looks nice.    If you get touring up the A9 send me a PM and I`ll get your boat on some crystal clear water.

Thanks for the offer but we've now retired from the Carry On Caravaning only back last year after having 10 caravans in the thirty years of touring, we have now pitched the caravan on some land at Clacton where we retreat to in the summer weeks.

[Arrow5]

Thanks Jim, dont forget the Penguins on BBC 1, 9pm tonight (Monday 11 feb.2013) or on player for a couple of weeks.  For those abroad check Youtube, the programme is called "  Penguins-The Spy in the Huddle".   

[tourerjim]

Thanks Jim, dont forget the Penguins on BBC 1, 9pm tonight (Monday 11 feb.2013) or on player for a couple of weeks.  For those abroad check Youtube, the programme is called "  Penguins-The Spy in the Huddle".

Thanks I'll also record it.

[Arrow5]

Oh well ...only one boat-cam, but it was a submersible !!!  More next week I hope.    Wish they (Beeb) would show "the making of" snippets at the end as they do in some, or most of the Attenburgh wildlife programmes.   

[tourerjim]

Oh well ...only one boat-cam, but it was a submersible !!!  More next week I hope.    Wish they (Beeb) would show "the making of" snippets at the end as they do in some, or most of the Attenburgh wildlife programmes.   

Yep I agree

[ModmanMax]

I have the Tripod mount which has a 1/4 coarse thread so you can bolt it to some part of the boat.

[tourerjim]

Tested mine out for the first time in the week & done some nice video's which i will upload later.
Here's some links of some pic's to be getting on with.!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourerjim/9223084139/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourerjim/9225862606/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourerjim/9225863120/