Cape Town has it all! From macro, to wide angle and everything in between…

Kate Jonker · Issue 105, Nov/Dec 2018 · pp. 69–72

Products mentioned: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Sea & Sea housing, Inon Z240 strobe, Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe, Canon 60mm macro lens, Canon 100mm macro lens, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens, Mini Gear MS-03 snoot, Iardino snoot

Cape Point. This warmer water tends to be clearer and bluer, providing a wonderful blue backdrop to the sharks one can encounter out there. Macro Photography There are many colourful and fascinating macro subjects to photograph in Cape Town’s nutrient-rich waters. Macro life is plentiful and incredibly diverse, with a large number of unique species that can only be found on the reefs in Simon’s Town, Gordon’s Bay and Hout Bay. As diving conditions can be unpredictable, many dive shops advise their customers “when in doubt, go macro”. Underwater photographers will be kept busy an entire dive with the numerous critters that can be found on the reefs and in the kelp forests. Double Exposure – Silvertip Nudibranch at Blousteen, Gordon’s Bay Canon EOS7d Mark II, Sea & Sea, Single Inon Z240 with Iardino’s snoot, Canon 60mm macro and Tokina 10 – 17mm fisheye, f18 and f22, 1/250 and 1/800. ISO 1…