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Selective lighting
by Daniel Stassen Underwater Photography
4 Editorial A web magazine UwP60 May/Jun 2011
5 News Travel & Events
15 New Products
30 Fantasea FP7000 59 Antarctica 73 Visaya Island
by Peter Rowlands by Chris Sterritt by Massimo Mazzitelli
45 Talking tek
by Damien Siviero
64 Amazon
33 Sigma 8-16mm 49 Alternate views by Oliver Lucanus
by Tim Rock
by Mark Webster
75 Guga Hunters
by George Stoyle
& Richard Shucksmith
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Issue 60/13
New UK photo friendly dive
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UwP editor Peter
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Magic Charters is hoping to appeal to small
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a boatful of other divers. Being able to cruise at
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The style of diving is obviously the choice of the cabin for powering battery chargers and laptops so
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hemispherical glass dome port for line of strobe adapters and arm
D-SLR Nauticam housings components.
It can be used with the following One popular use for this 1” ball
lenses: is to mount it on a compact tripod and
10.5mm Nikon, 10/17 Tokina, then attach a slaved strobe using our
15mm Canon, 4.5mm Sigma, 8mm regular TLC component. This gives a
Sigma. The shade is removable for 4.5 photographer more creative freedom
and 8mm lesn Sigma with its lighting techniques, Strobes
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while, retaining the flexibility to
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photographer wants it directed.
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Born Free
by Tim Rock
Free diving and snorkeling
are integral parts of underwater
photography. In fact, you may be
surprised at just how many photos are
created without using any SCUBA
gear at all. A couple of years ago I
was talking with my longtime model
Yoko Higashide. Although she is a
dive guide and instructor, she told me
she prefers free diving and snorkeling. Young humpback and Photographer Mark Strickland come face to face. Nikon D200 in Aquatica AD200 housing, Tokina
So we planned a year of trips where 10-17mm lens at 10mm. 1/80th @ F5, 100 ISO and natural light in Vava’u, Tonga.
SCUBA dive gear was not part of the Bottlenose dolphins and model Yoko Higashide in Palau. Nikon D200 with Aquatica AD200 housing, Tokina 10-17mm lens
kit we would pack. at 10mm. 1/50th @ F6.3, 100 ISO and Ikelite strobes for fill at 1/8 power.
Armed with mask, long fins
and snorkel and a few cameras, we own a business that sits on one of the
went to Ogasawara for dolphins and other Guam preserves. These are in
whales, Bimini for spotted dolphins, shallow bays and offer lots of fish and
sharks and stingrays, Mozambique for coral life. So I am in the water a lot,
whale sharks, humpbacks and mantas, sans tank, trying to use light and reef
Tonga for humpbacks and Palau for elements to make nice images on my
dolphins and mantas. lunch break or before I go to work.
The results of these tankless It is a great challenge to just
trips very pleasantly surprised me. use your skills, as limited as mine may
I came back not only with some be, and the results can be stunning.
compelling images of big fish and The good news is that you don’t have
marine mammals, but also an array to be named Herbert Nitsch to do this.
of varied shots we had taken in the If you can dive down to 3-4 meters
shallows with wrecks, starfish, rippled for 20-30 seconds, you are already
sand, stingrays and other reefy stuff on the right track. Here are some
that those venues had to offer. situations where snorkel and free dive
I live on Guam very close photography is not only handy, it is
to one of our marine preserves and preferable.
Creative
Shallow water is great for artsy
images. Reflections and sun ripples
add a lot of a photo. Using the natural
light, you can get patterns and shapes
across the sea floor and on your
subject. It is also great to catch the
sun’s rays. Early morning and late
evening make warm images with the
sun streaking through. In fresh water
and some of the clear caves, a light
Young humpback. Nikon D200 in Aquatica AD200 housing, Tokina 10-17mm
source become a beacon, bringing
lens at 10mm. 1/80th @ F5, 100 ISO and natural light in Vava’u, Tonga.
dancing light to the walls or floor of
(Left) Whale shark in natural light in Thailand with Nikon D200 with Aquatica
the cave for great still and video.
AD200 housing and Tokina 10-17mm lens.
Half-half shots can be made
with a fisheye lens in a half meter
of water. A good wide angle and
balanced strobe lighting also allows
for artsy and compelling half shots. What you need lens. Use a wide dome and keep it free dome.
from scratches. You will be shooting Then, when you’re out at sea,
Conclusion For the photography part: on or near the surface and lens flare use the potato. Rub the juice across
The use of snorkeling and free First, get a potato. Then, from the sun is a fact of life with these the dome to keep water from beading
diving techniques opens a whole assuming you are using a housed wide lenses. and streaking. It works great for
new world with a plethora of critters DSLR, which is the most functional Shallower depth, in general, surface shots and half-half images.
ranging from massive to tiny. It will type of camera for this, use a wide also means a higher f-stop. So Also, for models and medium
put you in places that allow you to angle lens of at least 20mm or less. scratches and dings on the dome will to small subjects, use a pair of wide
use natural elements like the sun and I personally like the Tokina 10- show up. Go to your local auto body angle strobes mounted on the handles
clear water to make special images. 17mm zoom lens for photographing shop and tell them you want your and pointed outward for fill light to
Don’t overlook this aspect of your humpbacks, dolphins and mantas. dome polished. The same treatment add color and fill in the dark areas.
photography. It is a great way to see The Nikon 14-24 wide angle on a they give to make headlight lenses For whales, don’t worry about filling
the sea and bring it home. full frame camera is also an excellent like new will give you a shiny new the barnacles of a whale!
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rubber volume down. You will also
want to weight yourself so you are a
bit negative. This allows you to sink
under the surface just by exhaling.
As large as they are, whales like
humpbacks are extremely skittish.
They don’t like humans diving down
on them very much. But you can
calmly slip under the surface so you
are a meter or so down. This gives you
a better eye-to-eye shots. The weights
also help if you have to go down
quickly to keep up with dolphins.
On your weight belt, bring a
safety sausage of some sort as well.
Ocean currents can be tricky and you
can find yourself miles out to sea
when chasing whales or looking for
Bottlenose dolphin and model Yoko Snorkeler near Maap, Yap, Micronesia. Nikon D200 and Tamron 10-24 mm lens sailfish and bait balls. Don’t take a
Higashide in the dolphin grounds off at 10mm 1/160th @ F6.3. ISO 100 and circular polarizer chance. It can help with floatation as
Bimini, Bahamas. Nikon D200 with well as alert those that the current is
Aquatica AD200 housing, Tokina 10- too much for you to get back to the
For the free diving and snorkel is best. boat.
17mm lens at 10mm 1/160th @ F6.3. snorkeling part: But for swimming with
ISO 100 and Ikelite strobes for fill at Keep in shape and try to keep
It may seem simple but there dolphins or trying to keep up with a the body fat down. This will also help
1/8 power. is a true art to staying streamlined, whale shark, you may want something you move and sink and keep up with
properly weighted and equipped when with a purge and a bit of height that your ridiculously fit model. If you
Shoot at a high shutter speed if trying to photograph marine life using keeps the air hole above the waves. don’t live near an ocean, keep the fin
you can. Around 250th or better. Your snorkeling and free diving. Get a low Use long free diving fins. They muscles in shape in a pool.
swimming creates a lot of motion and volume mask and low profile snorkel. add more power to your kick and give
you’re moving with the subject, you Both should be easy to clear. you speed. You can also keep up with
need some stopping power. This may Most free divers don’t actually creatures easier. I prefer full foot fins Tim Rock
mean you’ll also want to up your ISO keep the snorkel in their mouths while and they seem to create fewer rubbing www.doubleblue.com
to 400 to help out in this area. underwater as it tends to put air in points and thus less blister and skin
the cheeks. It is just used to catch a rubs.
breath at the surface. So for this kind Wear at little as possible
of up and down photography, a simple without freezing to death. Keep your
Many dive sites around the Even though this technique may
world have not only been extensively remove unwanted shadows, in my
dived in the last couple of years, opinion it creates flat, 2-dimensional,
but also most of their critters have unflattering photos. I find that the
been photographed by thousands of most difficult part is to aim my
keen photographers at every level. strobe(s) in a way that will not
How can we take original photos of illuminate a distracting background
subjects that have been photographed or anything that can take away the
a million and one times? There attention from a subject. In most
are many techniques that you may instances, a single strobe properly
or may not yet have experienced angled works best to produce dramatic
with, for example the use of a snoot results, keeping the focus on the
to isolate a subject from the rest subject. By trial and error one can,
of a frame or emphasize a certain sometimes, find the perfect strobe
part of that subject. Snoots have angle that best isolates a subject in
become increasingly popular, thanks the frame with a black background to (Left) Ribbon eel (With black background) One way to remove a distracting
to the inspiring work of Keri Wilk ! add drama to a scene. Of course, it background is to use the inwards strobe technique . Canon 7D, Nauticam ND7,
However, in this article I am going to is not always a success and one will 100 mm macro, twin Inon Z240, ISO100 f16 1/250
try to explain selective lighting with often end up with stacks of rejects, but (Right) Ribbon eel (With blurry background) It is difficult to isolate a ribbon eel
the use of a single or twin strobe and when it works, it is most rewarding from its background. Canon 7D, Nauticam ND7, 100 mm macro, twin Inon Z240,
nothing else, which can be all you experience! ISO100 f16 1/250
require for creating photos with a Even though you can achieve
special mood and showing a subject in stunning results by using large
a “new light”. apertures in macro photography, to change the aperture until I have Hand covering
Some people like to use two rendering a background blurry and achieved a good exposure. I always You can achieve selective
strobes at equal distance from each isolating a subject from the rest of a start around f32 or f29 and try my way lighting by partially covering a strobe
other on each side of the housing. frame, personally I prefer using the down to f16. As they say “a picture with your hand. By doing this, you
They will happily use both of them smallest aperture possible to maximise is worth a thousand words”; hence I can choose where the light will and
simultaneously for a whole dive the overall sharpness of my images will explain how I achieve selective will not illuminate a frame. Instead
without even thinking to change and create a black background. What lighting with examples of my own of using a hand, you can also cover
angles or even turn one off, regardless I have found works best is to set one trial and error experiences. part of your strobe with a black
of a subject and its orientation. or two strobes on full power and plastic or anything that will block the
light. I prefer using my hand as I can part of the strobe with my hand, only rock, or anything that is strategically of the port angled outwards. The
directly adjust the coverage of the lighting with the edge of the beam the positioned in relation to a potential neck of the bottle created shadows
beam underwater. Let’s have a look most important features, the mouth subject. It may not be obvious on the top, right, bottom and back
at the Waspfish photo. The Waspfish and the eyes. at first but with practice you will part of the head, creating a different
was sitting in the front of a log, and develop an eye for these kinds of atmosphere all together. I must say
front lighting would have also shown Use the surroundings scenes. I used this technique for that eels are excellent for this type of
a distracting background, not exactly One more way to create a an eel inside a bottle. The bottle lighting because they are often hidden
what we’re looking for ! To achieve moody atmosphere is by using the acted as a perfect tool to play with between rocks, wood and the likes.
the black background on left side of surroundings of a subject. By using the light. I chose to light the right The majority of times I encountered
the Waspfish, I used a single strobe the same principles as the “hand side of the eel’s head because, at the tiger shrimps, they stood hidden
positioned at the right side of my port cover” technique, an object located moment, it seemed the better angle among crinoids or inside crevices.
and angled outwards. I could have close by a subject can also stop the of approach with the slight tilt of the One time I got lucky, a tiger shrimp
stopped there, but I wanted to create a light illuminating distracting parts eel’s head. I took the photo with a stood at the top of a black sponge
more dramatic image; hence I covered of a frame. It can be a log, leaf, single strobe positioned on the right looking up towards the sky. I took the
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Talking Tec
By Damien Siviero
Early on in my closed-circuit on. Each risk needs to be assessed and
rebreather (CCR) training my if practical mitigated as small issues
instructor once said “that camera is can snowball into bigger ones. I say
going to kill you”. He also forced “if practical” as it is my opinion that
me to conduct the vast majority my certain risks are best left alone and
training either carrying or using a accepted, because the overhead of
DSLR camera rig. His sobering words eliminating it is too great – it is up to
made me carefully consider how each of us to decide where that line is.
and where I would take a camera in During the execution of a
the water from then on. Underwater typical dive I consider the ascent and
photography presents a serious task descent phases to be of particular
load on any diver, so the concepts risk to me. We dive in high current,
in this article apply also to standard rough seas and limited visibility more
diving as well as tec diving, loosely often than not. The result is ascents
defined here as any diving conducted and descents that require particular
Bow and anchor of the SS Catterthun,
past accepted norms of depth and/or attention and often two hands to hang
60m, Sydney
overhead environments. on, manipulate equipment, etc…
1/50s @ f/3.5; ISO1600
To manage this risk I clip off my
Canon 7D, Tokina 10-17mm, Aquatica,
Understanding Risk camera, but in doing some argue that
2 * z240s
From the start of our open water I am at risk of losing it due to a clip
course we are told that scuba diving failure. Personally I accept the risk of
Scooter diver over the bow of MV
has risks; that is true but no where do equipment loss (ultimately a financial
Fairwind, 90m, SW Rocks, Australia.
they become more real than when tec issue) to manage what I consider a
1/60s @ f/3.5; ISO1250
diving with a camera. Understanding real issue to my safety. Not holding
Canon 7D, Tokina 10-17mm, Aquatica,
what additional risks a camera puts a camera rig frees up both my hands
2 * DS125s
on us is critical in mitigating and/or and mind for other more critical tasks.
accepting them. Lack of attention/awareness
We are confronted with (often described as complacency)
various types of risks that effect is another area of high risk whilst
different things. Different risks tec diving. Managing deco time,
effect different aspects of our diving gas, PPO2, and so on are critical to
and photography, such as safety, executing a dive safely. Underwater
equipment, mission objective and so photography does a great job at
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distracting us from these tasks. My
approach to address this problem is
to dedicate a block of time I use to
shoot a given subject. I estimate the
time required to shoot a subject (e.g.
3-5 minutes), assess the variables
(gas, time, etc…) and if it is within
parameters I will proceed. If not, I
will either not shoot or revise my
objective to fit within the allocated Sturdy clamps and 12+9” arms allow
limited. Maintaining awareness of a DSLR rig to be tightly wrapped up.
how long I am shooting for and Stix arms provide lift, making the it Shooting in high flow caves with models and off camera strobes can be difficult.
what I am achieving helps give me near neutral. Front and rear neoprene Ginnie Springs, Florida.
reference to overall dive time. Safety covers are tied together with 3mm 1/100s @ f/4.5; ISO800
divers are a great solution too, though bungee along with a boltsnap for Canon 7D, Tokina 10-17mm, Aquatica, 2 * z240s, DS-125 off camera
unfortunately a rare commodity in clipping off when not in use.
non-commercial circles. On many
dives my buddy/model becomes the
safety diver by default, and if he/she example, hook/suicide clips can make A clean, tidy and consistent with a large camera rig was what to
says we’re going or calls the dive that handling gear difficult, so switching equipment setup will make tec diving do with it when executing tasks (e.g.
it and the camera is away. them out for standard boltsnaps often easier to execute. The same is true gas switch, pickup a cylinder, run line,
makes handling easier and avoids the with your camera rig. Strobe sync deploy a SMB). Having the ability
Equipment Overload snowball effect. chords (particularly thin optic fibre to clip off your rig and free up both
The hallmark of a tec diver The amount of equipment we ones) should not have exposed loops hands is at times critical.
surely has to be the amount of carry adds greatly to the task load or other loose ends that can snag and Multiple ways to clip off a rig
equipment that is carried on a dive. underwater, so if you do not need it cause entanglement issues. Making exist and your particular equipment
Rebreathers, twin tanks, stage leave it at home. The bare minimum your rig neutral (or near neutral) in the configuration may dictate your best
cylinders, reels, canister lights, of equipment can still be a lot and water will make it easy to handle and approach but for me it is often to
computers, and so on are all carried the best way to deal with it all is when appropriate clip off. Consider clip the rig off to my right d-ring. To
to safely execute a typical dive. When incrementally. If you can deal with a buoyancy arms that provide positive enable this, my housing has a single
we add a sizeable camera to this, it single small stage cylinder, don’t add lift for this purpose. The smaller boltsnap (with large eye for finger
can quickly become overwhelming a reel and canister light until you can you rig gets, the easier it will be to insertion) attached to the base of the
and dangerous. do that too. Your camera rig is the last manage. right grip. With the strobe and arms
One approach to addressing piece of equipment you want to add, wrapped up tight, this makes my rig
this scenario is by managing smaller and even then perhaps start out with Handling your rig reasonably small and discretely tucks
issues one by one or even eliminating no strobes, then small arms and finally One of the biggest issues I faced in behind my twins or rebreather. It
them before the dive begins. For multi segment ones. when I began doing complex tec dives does not clutter my front chest area or
My attempts with this kit are still using a traditional snoot you can often
in the early experimental stages and use the flash focus light to good effect
the first observation I would make is to help with aiming.
that you need some way of helping Snoots allow you to isolate
to aim the light as the beam is quite a subject with a surrounding
narrow. I have added a pair of Pelican black background, introduce deep
Mitylites which has helped, but so far shadowing and textures with strong
I have only managed a couple of dives side lighting and perhaps play with
in my cold home waters. If you are double exposures if your camera
first day you’re always given a kind of far from spectacular having seen the find on other similar cruises. These in the water and the strong currents
folder which you can use as a logbook enormous biodiversity milling around allow you to stay underwater for which, in themselves, are the ideal
throughout the trip, and in the dining the coral reef during the day. Is there longer and mean that you don’t have conditions for a tremendous explosion
room there is a map of the islands, a biologist around to enlighten us on to carry the bothersome lead weights. of life. However, this is not a trip for
all with unpronounceable names, this? And of course if you want Nitrox it´s beginners, certain skill is needed to
indicating where we are. Although the timetable is flexible available, too. cope with the currents, which can be
After the standard “check dive”, based on what the passengers want, As we did 35 dives I’m not treacherous like in the Galápagos or
our cruise really begins with a night and needless to say on the climate, going to go into all the detail, but I the Maldives.
dive in the same waters as earlier which tends to be good the whole year shall tell you about my favourites The Passage: As its name
on, but because we are still close to round, there are usually three dives which I hope will be yours too. suggests, it really is a passageway,
the populated areas, it wasn’t really plus the night dive. The diving conditions in this like a river (of salt water) between
worthwhile; no doubt there’ll be better Oh, by the way, I forgot to area are quite different to other two islands. On the left-hand side in
dives to come. Curiously enough, I mention that as the owners are areas of this vast country as here, a cove, there are large gorgonians and
have never understood why the night Europeans, there are 15-litre stainless depending on the tides, there is soft coral less than 6 metres from the
dives in this part of Indonesia are steel bottles on board, difficult to less visibility due to the plankton surface. Totally unthinkable anywhere
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else if it were not for the currents
which feed these animals/plants and
the fact that they have very little light
in the shallows owing to the shoreline
trees. If our fellow diver doesn’t break
the spell with his bubbles, on a day
with the sea in a state of total calm we
can see the reflection of the tops of the
trees casting their shadows over us.
In the mangrove swamps there lives
a curious fish called the Archerfish;
a nifty hunter of insects which he
cleverly catches with his…spit. Well
worth seeing.
When we’ve used up the memory
card with our shots we can swim
out to the middle of the “river” and
literally let ourselves go with the
flow. There’s not much to be seen on
the riverbed but shooting down the One of the holes in Goa Farundi. Nikon D300, Subal housing, 2 Inon Z-240, One really close ascidian and a diver.
current feels like being on a roller- strobes, 12mm, ISO200 1/60 F13 Nikon D300, Subal housing, 2 Inon
coaster. During our little “excursion” Z-240, strobes, 60 mm + Inon Semi
we were accompanied by a remora Fish eye, ISO200 1/125 F32.
fish which came from nowhere and jetty, you´ll watch spellbound as the a cleaning station. Right next to them
mistook me for a ray fish, a shark or sun´s rays pass through the battered are several considerably large tridacna
god knows what…when the “river” planks and light up the pillars and clams pouting their colourful lips. Not beings. It is important that the
reaches its end, the current slowly the nets which are used to hold the only this, but this construction is also divers go down quietly and position
comes to a stop and the zodiacs catches for a short time.. These the gateway to a very pretty village, themselves around the pillars although
“fish us out” and take us back to the conditions of shallow water, plenty of and is well worth a visit to stretch not too close to bother the rays during
“mother ship”. light, relatively clean water, shapes, your legs, chat to the friendly villagers the parasite removal process, to
Airborek: The jetty of this colours and light are a photographer´s and see its curious catholic church of watch their elegant but sometimes
island is probably one of the most paradise… which they are very proud. nervous movements while they are
photographed in the world. Its wooden Furthermore, under the shaded Manta Mantra: Almost in single being cleaned. With a bit of luck we
columns have not only got sponges grid, a shoal of jack fish wanders by, file, three coral pillars stand in the might even spot them queuing up to
embedded in them but also soft coral giving some movement to the scene. middle of the sand and form the be de-wormed or perhaps see how
bushes of vibrant colours. If you dive And at the far end of the jetty there is invisible road which joins several one of these specimens repeatedly
in with the sun directly above the usually a group of friendly batfish at cleaning stations for these graceful goes around the coral towers, trying to
catch the attention of its small “flight in these waters. A powerful 7-ton, and best kept gorgonians in the world, shark (a curious bearded shark) looms
crew”. Funnily enough, the ones that bomber plane, one of the 15.700, had we done a dive with such lavish out of a bleak area which appeared to
we saw were very dark, even their P-47D Thunderbolt, built in the USA examples swishing and swaying with be nothing more than sand and shows
bellies, something I´ve only seen in which still conserves some of its the current; half a dozen different us its incredible camouflage, going
Socorro (Mexico). After the dive, the guns but, needless to say, they are species, some of which, were bigger from a pale brown to a strong copper-
biggest pillar is well worth visiting totally covered in coral, sponges and than a diver, all in perfect condition, colour. Barely swishing its tail from
to see a shoal of glassfish just off to alcyonarias. one after another at different depths side to side, hardly moving the top of
one side. At 30 metres deep we found the ranging from 12 to 50 metres. In and its body, it swims inconspicuously,
Pulau Wai: A pretty island plane on a slope, lying on its back. out of their branches, small fishes look looking for another place to lie in wait
surrounded by spectacular reefs where It’s well worth taking a look at the for shelter, and in the blue, a couple for its unsuspecting victims.
it is possible to get “fifty- fifty” type wrecked cockpit and single powerful of shy Napoleon Wrasse; shoals of Raja Ampat which owes its name
photographs and where a shore visit propeller. smallish brightly coloured fishes, to 4 islands, the 4 Kings, is not only
is highly recommended. A second- Fiabecet: Not even in Fiji, quite weaving through this winding forest an underwater Paradise; the landscape
world war plane lays hidden deep rightly famous for having the biggest of flexible arabesque. A Wobbegong which lies beyond the “blue frontier”
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The Ondina at sunset.
We all have one special dream Fuji F30 as a second backup. I packed
destination and mine was Antarctica. an extra Inon Z240 strobe along with
I have visited the Russian Arctic various other spare parts so I didn’t
for five weeks under ice and have have much baggage allowance left
even taken a week’s liveaboard out over for clothing by the time thermals
of Murmansk, but Antarctica has and waterproof outer garments were
always been my ultimate adventure. in the bag.
Earlier this year, an email from Aqua A week later and I was in
Firma (http://www.aqua-firma.co.uk) Ushuaia with a day to kill before
spotlighting a late-booking special boarding M/V Plancius for my trip
offer set me to thinking. It only took a of a lifetime. I spent my day in the
few days before I had flights, a hotel Tierra del Fuega National Park and
in Ushuaia, capital city of Tierra del walked for six hours along the most
Fuego Province, Argentina and the 12 beautiful coastline I have seen. It was
day boat trip booked! the perfect opener for my trip.
The diving is so remote that you The next afternoon, I presented
have to take everything you might myself for boarding and got my first
need with you, including a spares sighting of the Plancius, named after
kit, so I carefully prepared my dive the 16th century Dutch astronomer
bag and camera gear. I began to and cartographer Petrus Plancius,
worry about flooding my housing. which was entirely re-fitted in
Ordinarily, I would see it as an
acceptable risk and simply a part of (Top) “Weddell Seal and M/V
diving with a dSLR. However, this Plancius”Canon EOS 5D II with
trip was special so I couldn’t bear the Canon 70-300 DO lens at 135mm.
thought of wrecking my camera on Aperture priority, F7, 1/160s ISO 100
the first day and coming home with Ambient light
no photos. A long talk with Steve (Right)DiversIceberg.jpg “Getting a
Warren of Ocean Optics (http://www. closer look at an impressive iceberg”.
oceanoptics.co.uk/) helped clarify Canon EOS 5D II with Canon 25-105
my options. In the end, I took a spare L lens at 35mm. Shutter priority, F8,
Canon body with me and a housed 1/160s ISO 100 Ambient light
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(Right) “Diving an iceberg”
Canon EOS 5D II, Subal housing, twin Inon
Z240 strobes, Canon 15mm Fisheye lens. Manual
exposure, F11 1/100s ISO 200
Mountaineering and Antartic Wildlife. There were Our second dive manager was a large Scot happens. Maximum dive times would be announced
others, but I didn’t see all of them. On the return going by the name of Kelvin Murray. Kelvin was before each dive and we were asked to respect
sailing, Kelvin presented a talk on the underwater Diving Officer of the British Antarctic Survey at them, particularly for the first few dives. We were
world using photographs we had taken during Rothera for 18 months, so confidence was restored. reminded of the pristine nature of the Antarctic
our dives. Most of the divers learned a lot as we One day, you may be lucky enough to meet this and requested to respect all forms of wildlife. Any
don’t always know a great deal about what we are chappie and dive with him. In the mean time, trust specimen collection would be rewarded by an end
photographing. The other passengers enjoyed seeing me when I say that he’s not half bad in the water to our diving and possibly by prosecution as well.
what was below the water line and we received a and a very knowledgeable marine biologist. Nothing unreasonable there and it was reassuring to
lot of compliments. It was very nice to be able to Our first briefing whilst crossing the Drake see that our safety was genuinely a priority to our
contribute a little. Passage had introduced us to both Henrick and guides.
Eleven of the hundred or so passengers were Kelvin as well as laying out a few general safety The dawn of day 4 aboard found us sailing
divers and we had a pair of highly experienced rules. With no easy access to SAR facilities or through the Neumayer Channel in flat seas and we
guides running the diving operation. Henrick a chamber, we had to be very cautious in our arrived at our first dive site, Port Lockroy. Looking
Enckell, the dive manager, had been delayed in at diving. There was to be an absolute 20 metre depth out of the window, we saw massive mountains
least 3 cities on his way to join ship and arrived limit with further diving banned for anyone who covered in blue-white snow, huge glaciers
without any of his luggage. This was not the disregarded this. No solo diving was permitted crumbling at the sea’s edge and lots more snow! By
first time that this had happened to him, so we although the behaviour of underwater photographers this stage, we all had hundreds of ice and mountain
wondered if we had a real Jonah in charge of diving was anticipated. We were asked to be sensible and shots. What on earth would we do without digital
operations. Alas, poor Henrick, I knew him well. take more notice of our buddies than sometimes cameras?
Conditions were very good with some of the pleasure lasted about 2 minutes before it turned to
best visibility of the year. However, this didn’t mean concern. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind
Red Sea clear water; there was a lot of plankton and that we were being warned off by this magnificent, “Macro Heaven”
long algal strings on all of the dives. We were not powerful predator. The aggression was muted to Canon EOS 5D II, Subal housing, twin Inon Z240
lucky with cloud, having total cover for all of our be sure, but was constant. When I reached 40 bar, I strobes, Canon 100mm F2.8 IS lens. Manual
diving bar the final dive. This meant that ambient looked at Kelvin and asked, “Up?” He concurred. exposure, F10 1/60s ISO 200
light was restricted and rather flat. All of the sites We slowly rose along the bottom, but the
apart from the 2 iceberg dives were perfect for a buzzing never ceased. My worst moment came
macro lens, but it was difficult to choose macro as immediately upon surfacing when I realised that I
the prospect of photographing penguins, Antarctic couldn’t see where the seal was. She circled Kelvin
Fur seals and Leopard seals was strong. and I as the 2 Japanese climbed into the RHIB.
On the morning of our second day of diving, Every 10 seconds or so, I ducked my head to have a
Kelvin jumped in with us and was our expert quick peek at our lady friend. Kelvin may have used
underwater eyes. Only three of us were diving with a few Celtic words of encouragement when asking
Kelvin as all of the others elected to go kayaking. Hiro to expedite his exit. This was the dive I came
During the dive, Kelvin found so many macro for, but I really think we should be careful what we
goodies that I was annoyed I had chosen to dive wish for as it was the first time in my entire life that
wide angle. I was ever so slightly happier when I thought that I could die by animal bite.
we were buzzed by a 3.5 metre Leopard Seal. My Rather oddly, 2 divers elected to go ashore
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unremarkable. Unremarkable for she shot up from underneath me to
a dive in Antarctica that is! Upon grab the carcass in her jaws and bit
surfacing, we were given the choice of me instead? I may have whimpered
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landing for a bit of penguin bothering, as I finned away as fast as I could. We
having a look see if we could find stayed with the seal for what seemed
the Leopard seal or returning to the like an age, but eventually returned to
Plancius. I was considering Option the Plancius for tea and medals.
3, but the democratic majority chose All too soon, our diving was
number 2 - Leopard hunting. Thank over and it was time for a thorough
goodness they did. rinse down with the fresh water hose.
Within minutes, we saw her Given the sea state on our crossing
bobbing along with a rather frantic of the Drake Passage on the way out,
Gentoo penguin ahead. The fated everything was carefully stowed and
penguin looked fairly comic as its the boot room was secured. It took
efforts to stay ahead became ever us 3 days to get back to Ushuaia, but
more frantic. Within 2 minutes, there this time the Drake Passage was a real
was a great swooshing of water pussycat and the boat hardly rolled or
followed by a flying penguin. This pitched.
wasn’t normal penguin flight activity I called this a ‘trip of a lifetime’
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where springs form small lakes or streams at the the photographers hands and not bite. The most keep insects at bay. Soft bags easily get invaded by
headwaters of the major rivers. The downside of feared fish in the Amazon are freshwater stingrays. ants, (or worse) when they are placed on the forest
this is that the black water and clear water habitats The poison on the spine of the rays can cause floor while you are photographing in the water.
are often less diverse. terrible wounds that will take years to heal. Local Working in shallow or fast flowing water also
One great advantage of tropical freshwater fishermen will usually cut the tails of stingrays means elbows and hands are in the substrate, so it
habitat is the incredibly localized diversity. Isolation before removing them from their nets. Wading in is best to wear gloves and some pads on elbows
drives the speciation of all living things, and small Amazonian water can be more dangerous than and knees to brace against the bottom while taking
freshwater fish often have very limited ranges of swimming because the stingrays often spend the day photos. Housings must be made of metal, because
distribution. So any small habitat has the potential buried in shallow water near the shore. The other plastic easily get scratched or damaged knocking
for new, endemic species, and dozens of cryptic, fish that can be of serious concern is the electric against rocks and wood. I dislike the use of strobes
nocturnal catfishes and electric fishes. eel because the powerful electric shock from this because it takes away the beauty of the natural light,
The strong currents are the greatest danger fish can cause a person to loose consciousness and with modern digital cameras and mostly shallow
in the Amazon, as are insect and water borne drown. working depths there is rarely a need to use artificial
disease. The fish and other animals pose little Photographing in such conditions is hard on light.
threat to the diver/snorkeler. The much hyped the gear. Nothing remains clean, and sand, and dirt The greatest problem with photographing in
piranhas are in general harmless fish that will not eventually finds its way everywhere. It is best to the Amazon is to find the clear water habitats and be
usually bite a person in the water. Even during a carry all gear in hard cases, which can be used as there at the right time of the year. For most places
feeding frenzy the fish will swim within inches of tables to work on the cameras in the field, and also the dry season (our fall, early winter) is the best
time of the year. But a lot of this is hit Bonito, in SouthWestern Brazil. A
and miss and scouting many locations series of springs forms several crystal
to find a place ideal for photography. clear rivers that flow into the Rio
Of course no tour company is offering Formoso. The rivers are all with 30
specialized photo tours for underwater minutes of the well organized tourist
photographers. There is however one town with plenty of things to do and
national park that is ideally suited, safe snorkeling (and diving) in the
safe, comfortable and cheap to visit. local rivers.
The region is called Mato Grosso do
Sul and is located near the town of
Oliver Lucanus
Digital cameras have opened up new possibilities to underwater photographers. For available light photography manual white balance is
an invaluable tool for restoring colours. But when you use it without a filter you are not making the most of the technique.You’re doing all the
hard work without reaping the full rewards.
These three photos are all taken of the same wreck in the Red Sea. The left hand image was taken on slide film, which rendered the scene
completely blue. The middle image is taken with a digital SLR without a filter, using manual white balance. The white balance has brought out
some of the colour of the wreck, but it has also sucked all the blue out of the water behind the wreck, making it almost grey. The right hand
image is taken with the same digital camera and lens, but this time using an original Magic Filter. The filter attenuates blue light meaning that the
colours of the wreck are brought out and it stands out from the background water, which is recorded as an accurate blue.
so I purchased a Sea and Sea DX- One of the things that may Enter the water from the nice
1200HD which I turned around and surprise you about a dive trip around sloping sandy beach at the column
sold on E-bay four months later. the Blue Heron Bridge is that the area just to the left of the playground. Here Spotting a Batfish- dive buddy puts the
This camera had issues with the auto is comprised of several unique sites we head straight out across the “sand spot light on a young Polka Dot Batfish
focus and macro mode as well as and conditions that these “critters” flats.” This is a shallow sandy area moving across the gravel (1/125s, f5.6,
not having the capability to shoot in call home. I have made up names for with patches of brown algae. Expect ISO250)
RAW (I think they discontinued this these areas since, to my knowledge, to see Stareye and Giant Hermit crabs,
product right after I bought it). Today none exist other than East bridge Spotfin and Eyed Flounder, Pufferfish
I am using a Canon Powershot S90 or West bridge. These areas have and Leopard Sea Robins picking their
(compact) which I am very pleased different subjects to photograph way across the substrate in search of 24 foot (8m) speedboat sits upright
with. It has all of the features a much within different backgrounds, lighting a meal. Look even closer and you and is covered in good growth and
larger SLR has but in a compact size. conditions and water currents. We may see a Southern Stargazer peering swarms of tropical fish. Pay special
The camera takes very nice shots (on can only visit the west bridge today up from the sand as well as the ever attention on the approach because
land and under water) and is fully because water under the west span is present Polka Dot Batfish watching this is where I often see Southern and
manual. I have it in a Fisheye FIX still closed for construction. Enter your every move. The Batfish are a Roughtail Stingrays patrolling under
housing which I think is fantastic. It the water at least half hour before local favorite of the park. They are the moored sailboats as well as groups
has strong tight seal and the buttons the slack tide. This will give us a big and healthy and relatively unafraid of barracuda. Look carefully on the
are easy to work (even with gloves good ninety minutes on one tank of the approaching diver. We continue encrusted lines for Seahorse and
on) and I use a Sea and Sea YS-27 of air before the visibility starts to a little further south to discover the Pygmy Filefish. I have been told this
strobe. deteriorate due to tidal ebb. “Winn Dixie” wreck. This sunken is an area where “Froggies” can be
spotted but have yet to see one. I call Angels, Tangs and Sergeant Majors Coral Banded Shrimp. Blennies are
this site “Winn Dixie” because just swirl around the hole at the end. popping in and out of the formations Encrusted with Life- pilings are
30 feet (10 m) to the East of the boat You can always find a little Yellow and here is where I see the largest covered with soft corals, sponges and
are five grocery shopping carts (from Stingrays half buried in the sand, Queen Angelfish as well as the Long Hydroids (1/60s, f5.0, ISO800).
supermarket chain Winn Dixie) on Seahorses as well as one of the Nose Batfish.
the sand. Each one heavily encrusted resident Short Nose Batfish. Turning north towards the bridge boat channel pilings. The plan here
with sponge and hydroid. Here you Moving due west to the next the water is getting a little deeper is to swim past, around and through
can find the intricate and colorful site “Red Lobster.” This site is right now and the floor has changed from the pilings searching around the
Decorator Crab, curious Blennies at the edge where the boat traffic silt sand to a gravel mix of shells column faces and gravel below. These
and juvenile Angle fish operating turns out from the bridge channel. and stone. These are the “Gravel pilings are exploding with life. We
their clearing stations. Be sure to take I recommend you be very careful, Flats”. This area is littered with Sea start at the southernmost set. Schools
your self portrait at the old mirror in take your flag and visit only on a Urchin and Pillow Starfish. Due to of Chub, Spadefish and Snapper are
front of the boat. Since we are still really “high tide” mid week and early the proximity to the open channel I drifting high in the water column.
in shallow water there is plenty of morning when there is little boat have seen many Spotted Eagle and The lower columns are very nicely
ambient light. traffic. This is a great place however. Cownose Rays pass through. This covered in orange, red and yellow
We now move a little deeper The site is a large mound of natural is also the passage for the Florida encrusting sponge. Growing are many
across the sand flats in a SSW rocks absolutely covered with red Manatee on their way up and down different species of Hydroid, Tunicate,
direction just north of the red channel sponge. Rocks are crawling with the intercostals waterway. If our Barrel and Finger sponge. The water
marker to wreck “Belly Up.” This Spiny Lobsters well as the presence of compass reading is correct we should in between the columns are alive
30 foot (10m) boat is upside down. multiple cleaning stations operated by come into the southeast end of the with French Angels, Queen Angels,,
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The unique thing about UK Dive Irish photographers
Guide is that every dive featured is who contributed many
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Patrick hopes will encourage more Richard Scales, Tony
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least provide some new ideas for those Sarah and Tony IIes,
who are diving regularly. Alison Dickenson,
It’s the marine life which Patrick Peter Steele, Richard
found provided numerous examples Daley, Dave Gordon,
of excellent underwater photography Steve Myatt, Chris
opportunities. So, armed with his Moody, Gaynor
trusty Canon G7 with Epoque ES- Bennett, Len Bateman,
conditions that photographers crave.
230DS strobe, Patrick set off around Dave Hargreaves, Richard Lafferty
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the UK in his battered van on a quest and Nina Hukannen.
from all good bookshops 2011 priced
to seek out the best shallow dive Patrick says the nature of
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sites. But as is often the case with the book itself, shallow diving,
UK diving, the conditions weren’t presented problems for photography
always best-suited to underwater with reduced visibility a recurring www.aquapress.co.uk
photography. theme. However, Patrick identified a
With so many dives to complete number of sites around the UK which
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