Still Life

Blogged by Simon on August 20, 2010 11:21am | Last updated by Simon on August 20, 2010 11:21am | Category: Underwater Photography |

Still Life

A still life scenery in fresh water, photographed at Crystal Creek in Townsville: seagrass, deadwood overgrown with algae and some unidentified fish in the background. There is too much flash hitting the silvery bodied fish, but it doesn’t disturb all that much in this photo.
Note to myself. Definitely improve on photographing schooling fish with [...]

Dead Tree

Blogged by Simon on July 02, 2010 1:53pm | Last updated by Irene on July 02, 2010 1:54pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Dead Tree

We found this cylon mothership dead tree at the bottom of Crystal Creek in 5m of water. This was our try dive and there weren’t many fish around so I started experimenting and tried to frame it against the surface, using the distortion of the fisheye lens for dramatic effect.
Edited in Aperture and Color Efex [...]

Crystal Creek Surface Reflection

Blogged by Simon on June 30, 2010 5:06pm | Last updated by Simon on June 30, 2010 5:10pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Crystal Creek Surface Reflection

My longest diving break in years is over and yes that feels great! I returned from a trip to Townsville last night, where we got to dive Crystal Creek, Magnetic Island, Palm Island and of course the SS Yongala. The trip was nothing short of spectacular and it was great to catch up with friends [...]