In Praise of British Fish

Mark Webster · Issue 9, Oct/Nov 2002 · pp. 47–53

Products mentioned: Nikon F90X, Subal housing, Isotecnic 33TTL, Inon Quad flash, YS120, YS30, Elitechrome EBX 100

I may be wrong, but I suspect that many readers of UwP Magazine perhaps only practice the their art of underwater photography when they depart these shores for warmer waters. I often have students on my workshops who look horrified at the suggestion they might dive in chilly British waters if only to improve their skills if not purely for pleasure! Apart from the prospect of getting cold, a common misconception is that visibility is usually close to zero and that there are no colourful subjects worth recording. Whilst I would be the first to admit that visibility is not always stunning, there are techniques which can be used to work around this and there are also a whole host of aquatic celebrities to keep a keen photographer busy for dive after dive. With this in mind I thought I might try to encourage more photographers to sample our temperate waters by singing the praises of British f…