Photo Archive: July, 2009

Entering The Water

Blogged by Simon on July 26, 2009 1:05pm | Last updated by Simon on April 19, 2010 11:33am | Category: Underwater Photography |

Entering The Water

Today, I wasn’t diving for a change, but staying out of the water aboard Hoochie Mumma. The boat picked us up at Chowder Bay, and took us out of the harbour, down towards Maroubra, whale watching. July/August is whale season in Sydney – these large marine mammals pass us by as they migrate from the [...]

Divers Under Sunball

Blogged by Simon on July 20, 2009 5:01pm | Last updated by Simon on February 03, 2010 12:01pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Divers Under Sunball

On Sunday, it was time to go for a test dive with my new 10-24mm lens. I didn’t expect much with respect to marine life, and so I was glad the guys from Dive Centre Bondi ran a course which gave me some opportunity to do test shots of slow moving subjects in the water [...]

Port Jackson Shark

Blogged by Simon on July 20, 2009 12:40pm | Last updated by Simon on March 22, 2010 10:42pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Port Jackson Shark

Port Jackson Sharks  are great to photograph, mainly because they like to sit in one place and aren’t easily intimidated. I found this male animal at 22m depth at the Gap, on the same dive as in the previous post. At 14mm focal length you literally have to get into the animals face with the [...]