My Focus Lights for Underwater Photography
2The focus light also called modular light, is quite important for night shots or photos in dark places. I have tried and still work with a few models. On the picture above, from left to right, Green Force HID + A12 battery, UK-Mini Q40, BigBlue …
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Whale Fantasia with GoPro
Alan Watts has created this beautiful short film entirely with GoPro camera. It shows 3 sirens dancing together with 3 humpback whales like in a dream. Music by Dexter Britain New GoPro Hero3+ announced: GoPro HERO3+ Black Edition Camera , GoPro HERO3+ Silver Edition Camera
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Hook Removal from Caribbean Shark
In this clip filmed by Amanda Cotton, shark handler Cristina Zenato wearing a shark suit made of steel chain-mail, is trying to remove a hook from a small Caribbean reef shark during a dive in Grand Bahamas. It worked at the fifth trial.
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My Compact Camera for Underwater Photography
Point&shoot or compact cameras are often very convenient for specific images, video footage or when travelling without being able to drag any “big” photo gear. Picture above: Fantasea FG15 housing by Boaz Samorai for Fantasea Website I own the Canon G10 P&S camera (current model …
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Hugging Seals – A Scilly Dive
You will love this very nice video showing hugging seals seen while diving in the Isles of Scillies (South Western UK). The film was shot by Brett Thorpe.
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Tips for Half-and-Half Air/Water Photo Shooting
Half-and-half (or split) air/water is very special and always appreciated by every eye because it is mixing two very different worlds on one single image. There are many creativity options, like for every kind of image, but in this case, the two environments add many …
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Fisherman Jumps Overboard To Revive 300-Pound Bull Shark
Fishermen removed the hook from a bull shark mouth that they had just caught and released it back to the ocean but the shark could not swim away by itself. One of the fishermen jumped into the water to help revive it by pushing it forward …
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How to Safely Push Away an Aggressive Shark
Shark Diver Magazine editor, Eli Martinez, who’s well known as shark addict and specialist, shares, for educational purposes only, what to do if you are in front of an aggressive shark. This should NOT be tried, but only kept in your brain as a last resort …
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My Flashes, Sync Cables and Flash Arms for Underwater Photography
Picture above: Housing with two Ikelite DS125 strobes, Ikelite Sync Cords and arms divided in two 8″ sections. I began using Nikonos SB105 (previously SB103) strobes which were wonderful, but not strong nor fast enough for me. I replaced them with two Ikelite DS-125 (the …
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True Facts About The Mantis Shrimp
The fascinating mantis shrimp filmed by ZeFranck1 in his habitat and in an aquarium during its daily live. We can see it attacking preys, eating, using its arms as tools and more…
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