A couple of months ago I found this guy on Youtube. He is doing a really nice job. I love how he packs a lot of wonderful stuff into relatively short episodes efficiently and smoothly. Great for kids, but good for general audience too. Plus he wears a neoprene hood all the time underwater and […]
18/8/2016 It was low tide and there was some swell on the beach which certainly did not help the water clarity. I swam to Shag Rock. Visibility improved a bit, but not enough for my wide-angle lens. I could not see many snappers; I mean there were many of them there, but not as many […]
I have a friend who is a video producer, we discuss photography a lot. When I was this picture for the first time I recalled back some of our discussions about light, filters etc. Above water to change the colour of light one uses a filter on the light source. Once the light leaves the source, […]
There is that dead tree in the shallows of Otarawao (Sullivans) Bay near the mouth of Mahurangi Harbour. I usually don’t pay attention to it. It’s covered with silt, not much stuff lives on it except a few anemones and ascidians. Plus I saw a conger eel in its hollow trunk once. Last spring (end […]
My friend Konstantin had an important visitor last April. His brother Aleksandr came from Russia. As both of them are scuba divers, they did not want to miss the opportunity to dive together. New Zealand is famous for its landscapes and outdoor activities, but not so for its underwater environment (we need to change that), yet […]
I put this picture on sale somewhere with a comment it reminded me of those great kelp forests in California. It’s just that these weeds were only 3-4 metres tall, but the California forests can grow to about 20 metres. Somebody purchased the picture recently. I don’t know who he was, but the buyer was […]