Parting Shot

Jean Michel Machefert · Issue 99, Nov/Dec 2017 · pp. 82

Products mentioned: Nikon D2x, Aquatica housing, Nikon 10.5mm, Nikon SB 910, Patima housings

Do you have a shot which has a story within a story? If so e mail it with up to 500 words of text and yours could be the next Parting Shot. peter@uwpmag.com and yours could be in UwP100 Parting Shot In September this year we went with some friends back to the Farnes islands (Northumberland, UK) for diving and photographing the seals. Of course they are here and almost everywhere always playing with the divers and biting their fins. On one of the dives there were plenty of seals at the surface but almost none under, they seemed to be shy or they are not in a mood for playing. So, since there is also plenty of interesting life other than the seals, I decided to have a look under the kelp for trying to take some pictures of the hidden inhabitants of the Farnes. This is not always easy to go inside the forest of kelp with all the diving equipment, but as soon as you go under the upper leafs …