octopus steals my video camera and swims off with it (while it's Recording)
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7. octopus steals my video camera and swims off with …
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while trying to get video of a wild octopus, it suddenly dashes towards me and rips my shiny new camera from out of my hands, then swims off, all while the camera is recording! he swam away very quickly like a naughty shoplifter. after a 5 minute chase, I placed my speargun underneath him and he quickly and curiously grabbed hold of the gun as well, giving me enough time to reach in and grab the camera from out of his mouth. I didn't feel threatened at all during the whole ordeal. he seemed to be fixated on the shiny metallic blue digital camera. the only confusing behavior was how he dashed off with it like a thief haha. cheeky octopus.
songs by: Vincent Gillioz - Car Chase
Dalmatian Rex and the Eigentones - Octopus I Love You
filmed and edited by: Victor Huang
location: Wahine Memorial, Wellington, New Zealand
*please note, I was free diving, not scuba diving during this entire ordeal. some news agencies and bloggers have mixed up this fact.
thanks for watching, and remember life is too short to spend it in front of a tv or at the shopping mall......get out there and live it up! these moments of beauty exist every single second in nature.
love,
vic
songs by: Vincent Gillioz - Car Chase
Dalmatian Rex and the Eigentones - Octopus I Love You
filmed and edited by: Victor Huang
location: Wahine Memorial, Wellington, New Zealand
*please note, I was free diving, not scuba diving during this entire ordeal. some news agencies and bloggers have mixed up this fact.
thanks for watching, and remember life is too short to spend it in front of a tv or at the shopping mall......get out there and live it up! these moments of beauty exist every single second in nature.
love,
vic
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Perfect music choice ;)
I ask because that's something my company (AdHack) does.
and nice music choices, btw. i'm curious if you knew about "Octopus I Love You" beforehand, or discovered it just for the occasion :)
PS
How did you upload this in 1440 1080 P if it only shoots in 720 P?
He was like "Awe snap Victor, is that HD?! Let me see that."
Awesome footage. Looks like he was turning black there towards the end. Doesn't that mean something?
PWND! :D
HAHAHAHAHA!
Pay no attention to me.
-Beau
Breathtaking images and a great story.
That camera's resolution is very good, what were you using?
you should go to festivals with this!
Great video - now here's a coincidence - you've used a track by a friend of mine (Dalmation Rex) - imagine my suprise when I heard it!
are you shooting to show beauty or shooting to kill it?
what kind of light were you using?
how deep was the water would you say?
can't see shlit
i had a question re; your free diving you are talking about... how long were you holding your breath for during all of this? did you surface during the chase and then return down to chase it? i'm very curious!
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