Parting Shot

Nigel Marsh · Issue 77, Mar/Apr 2014 · pp. 74

Products mentioned: Nikon D90, Ikelite housing, Inon Z240 strobe

Parting Shot Do you have an image which has a ‘story within a story’? If so, we’d love to hear from you. E mail us and yours could be the next “Parting shot”. Capturing images of animal behaviour is one of the hardest things to do underwater. Some you can plan with a lot of research and being in the right spot at the right time, but the great majority of these shots are pure luck. On a recent trip to Loloata Island, off Port Moresby, I had one of those lucky moments, but didn’t even know it! I was on my second trip to Loloata Island to explore its many wonderful reefs and wrecks, which most divers miss when they by-pass the capital to dive more exotic parts of Papua New Guinea. One of my favourite sites is very close to the island, a muck diving site at Lion Island. Located at the northern end of the island is a sloping sandy bottom which is home to a great range of critters. But the bes…