testmeat photoblog

when i went scuba diving in the andaman islands my gopro finally gave up the ghost and stopped working. i wasn't too bummed out to be honest, it had lasted over ten years which is far longer than an action camera probably should. also it's not a camera that i use a great deal, essentially only when i was snowboarding or underwater, which unfortunately isn't an everyday occurrence in my life. however now that i'm in asia i was hoping to do a lot more of the latter compared to living in london, so when i arrived in bangkok it was on my list to replace. i ended up upgrading to a gopro hero 12 which is a significant step up in quality from my old hero 3+, i can now shoot raw, take video at 120fps and perhaps most helpfully see what i'm capturing with a screen on both the front and back. this photo is probably not the best to show of the abilities of this little action camera, i could have arguably taken a better photo with my regular wide angle lens, but as the saying goes the best camera is the one you have in your hands when you want to take a photo. and having spent the last couple of months enduring a colder winter than i'd anticipated, this shot transports me right back to the warm beach and warmer waters where i spent 3 weeks gazing into the sunset

here's another photo taken 24 hours later at the exact same time and location