In-depth article on the techniques, equipement required & locations to photograph the Great White Shark
Nuigini Blue – August 2008: Bootless Bay Critters, Papua New Guinea
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Bootless Bay, just outside the PNG capital of Port Moresby, is one of my favorite locations and home to a great selection of dive sites and of course Loloata Resort. There is a tremendous amount to see in Bootless bay and this article details some of the many critters, such as the pygmy seahorse & [...]
Nuigini Blue – April 2008: Underwater Photography – Part 6/6
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Wide-angle is my favorite type of underwater photography and if the conditions allow, I will always opt for the dome port before using macro….but it’s also the hardest skill to master. Whether it’s large marine creatures, shipwrecks or reef scenics you are trying to photograph – the key to a great image is the right [...]
UWP – March 2008: Macro Underwater Photography
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This is a revised and extended article based on the one published as number 5 in t he six part underwater photography series in Nuigini Blue. It expands on the theme of how to achieve great macro images and covers equipment, technique and composure. Download complete article (pdf) – 926KB Bookmark on Delicious [...]
UWP – Sep 2007: The Perfect System?
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If the Nikon D100 was a real underwater photography game-changer, then the D200 moved the goal posts….. Digital camera technology is moving so fast it’s making camera bodies obsolete in a couple of years and gone are the good old days of film cameras when you could "invest" in a new SLR & housing and [...]
Nuigini Blue – April 2008: The Pacific Gas Wreck, Papua New Guinea
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There are certain dives that stay with you! My first dive on the wreck of the Pacific Gas in Bootless Bay, just outside the PNG capital of Port Moresby, is one such dive. The site of this large gas tanker sitting bolt upright, on a slope near Horseshoe Reef, was just incredible and my subsequent [...]
SportDiving – April 2008: The Banda Sea, Indonesia
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The more I traveled in eastern Indonesia, and the more I learned about the history of the area, the more I became fascinated by the small group of islands called the Bandas. Remote and very special, these islands rise up out of the incredibly deep Banda Sea and their unique location, volcanic heritage and climate [...]
Diver – Feb 2008: The Twilight Zone, Ambon, Indonesia
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The Twilight Zone is a special place and quite unlike anything else I have ever dived. Since writing the original article, which was first published by SportDiving in Australia and then again here with the UK magazine Diver, I discovered that the site was actually first found quite by accident in 1994, when a German diver called [...]
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