Great White Highs And Lows

Nigel Marsh · Issue 131, Mar/Apr 2023 · pp. 38–41

Products mentioned: Nikon D500, Tokina 10-17mm lens, Isotta Housing, Inon Z330 strobe, Nikkor 18-300mm lens

I enjoy leading photography groups to great dive destinations in Australia and overseas. You can always guarantee a wonderful range of subjects for divers to photograph on these trips. And everyone generally comes home having improved their photography skills, and hopefully with some amazing images. But when it comes to a great white photo trip to the Neptune Islands off South Australia you can never guarantee good photos or even any photos at all! I have travelled to Port Lincoln four times over the last thirty years to photograph great white sharks and Australian sea lions. The photographic challenges on these trips are immense and always keep you on your toes, and often leave you wanting more, or in some cases anything. On my first trip we had perfect weather, but no sharks, even after four days of throwing smelly burley off the back of the boat. We even had to take turns doing this s…