St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve 'Splash In 2002' Aug 24/5th

Sarah Bowe · Issue 10, Dec/Jan 2002 · pp. 54–57

The competition was under threat from earlier in the week. The weather did not look promising on the previous Thursday, with big swells and windy conditions. Friday the sea started to calm down and low and behold, Saturday was calm enough to dive! The day started with overcast conditions and drizzle, but no one was complaining as long as they could get in the water! The films were handed out at 8am on the Saturday morning and the photographers then set out to capture the Marine Reserve in all its wonders and delights. The conditions were OK for close up macro lenses, but with the overcast conditions wide angle shots suffered from lack of natural light. Typically, as the deadline arrived at 2pm for handing the films back the sun came out and the afternoon was a scorcher! The Marine Life was the most popular category ranging from small sea gooseberries up to speedy squid and imposing jelly…