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Layabout Reimagined

Landscape Photography

Layabout Reimagined

Layabout was an image I originally published in 2005 on my Flickr photostream. It is a personal favourite – I like the composition and the colours. With the dynamic range of the camera I was shooting on at the time (a Nikon D100), I recently wondered how its would look with

Rays of Light

This is another image from our trip to Uepi in September 2009. This one was made at a site called General Store, which featured swim throughs and overhangs. I was quite taken by the effect of light rays streaming down in many of these spots, and was quite keen to

Fort Impossible

Fort Impossible

Bare Island Fort, La Perouse was the setting of parts of one of the Mission Impossible movies, hence the title of this image. Its apt, because the beautiful colours and saturation aren’t really possible in traditional photography, and rely on HDR. Three images were made about 30 minutes before

Calm Beside the Storm

Solomon Islands

Calm Beside the Storm

Today’s photo the day is another image I made during our holiday to Uepi Island Resort in September 2009. From time to time they have a shark feed hear, at the “Welcome Jetty”. As someone who believes in protecting sharks, and also creating an appropriate understanding of them and

Mite on Nudi Action

Solomon Islands

Mite on Nudi Action

Today’s image was also made at Uepi in September 2009, and features a nudibranch (Phyllidia varicosa) that is quite common in tropical Pacific waters. It was captured at a dive site called BOTCH (Bottom Of The CHannel), which lies in the channel between Uepi Island and the adjacent island.

Solomon Islands

Vertical Wreck

My photo of the day today is a picture of the Taiyo wreck in Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. A Taiwanese fishing vessel on its maiden voyage ran aground on the adjacent reef. The sheer wall of the reef drops down to several thousand metres! During the salvage, the vessel slipped

The Underwater Photographer by Martin Edge (4th Edition)

The Underwater Photographer by Martin Edge (4th Edition)

Somehow I missed the fact that the fourth edition of my favourite book on UW photography has been released. The Underwater Photographer, Fourth Edition by Martin Edge is an amazing update of what was already an incredibly good book. Completely revised to completely focus on the digital age, this book

Gorgonians at Uepi Point

Gorgonians at Uepi Point

This image was made at a magical dive site called Uepi Point. Literally 2 minutes from the pier at Uepi Island, this site is at a point where a channel between Uepi and the adjacent island meets “The Slot” – a 3000m drop off into the open ocean. At this site

Uepi Island Palms

Uepi Island Palms

Starting today, my goal is to publish 1 new photo per day to my Flickr photostream and to this blog. This image was made at Uepi Island Resort in September 2009 during a wonderful week of diving and relaxing we had there. Its the first HDR image I’ve published,

Review: The Underwater Photographer

Review: The Underwater Photographer

The following review was originally published on my website BlueBeyond.com.au. I’ve decided to move it over here for reference. There is one underwater photography book that has journeyed with me on every dive trip I’ve made over the past 8 years. Although I’ve read Martin

Book Review Inner Game Outdoor Photography

Book Review Inner Game Outdoor Photography

The following review was originally published on my website BlueBeyond.com.au. I’ve decided to move it over here for reference. Galen Rowell’s Inner Game of Outdoor Photography is a book that I have been meaning to review for some time, but with the recent, tragic death of

Make or Take

Recently I read a great book called The Inner Game of Outdoor Photography by Galen Rowell1 , a renowned outdoor photographer from the US. This book is one of the best photography books I have read, even though it hardly even touches on technical aspects – there are no explanations of apertures