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Photography under the sea

November 9th 2007 02:44
Sea Nettle


If you frequent Orble, you may have found a GREAT site that I look at almost every day. Katyzzz, stand up and take a bow because I'm taking about photography tips.com.au. She has some very helpful information in her blog plus a lot of super photographs!


A recent post she made about flash photography, inspired me to do a little digging and I came up with some underwater pictures that set the standard by which others are judged. Katyzzz, I dedicate this all to you and hope you don't think I'm trying to steal any of your thunder!

hogfish
This was the first underwater shot using color. Taken in 1926, it's like a lot of photographs from the era--a little grainy and the focus leaves something to be desired. Underwater flash equipment was not yet developed. This shot required plenty of flash powder!


Jacques Cousteau
This underwater portrait is Mr. Deepsea Diver himeslf--no, not Aqualung, not Mike Nelson--it's Jacques Cousteau.




Titanic propeller
We can thank Mr. Bob Ballard for this image of a propeller from the Titanic. Well know for modern salvage operations, Ballard is the latest diver to carry on the pioneering efforts of Cousteau.




Until next time--watch yourself and watch your line!



*All of these GREAT images came from nationalgeographic.com.
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Comment by katyzzz

November 9th 2007 03:48
Amazing stuff, James, and you can steal my thunder any time you please, haven't done any under water photography, myself, and these are wonderful, and thank you for your lovely comment, it's nice to receive a little praise now and again.

Comment by James Rickard

November 9th 2007 23:49
*S* Good to know. Do you wonder how they got the flash powder to ignite under water??????

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