My Shot(s)

Pete Atkinson · Issue 131, Mar/Apr 2023 · pp. 57–58

Products mentioned: Nikon D800, Nauticam housing, Sigma 15mm fisheye

My Shot(s) by Pete Atkinson Do you have a favourite shot or an image/s which made a dive special. E mail yours with some text to peter@uwpmag.com and yours could be the next My Shot/s Phuket has many beautiful pools. One of my favourites is the 5m pool at Club Freedom in Rawai. The recalcitrant owner closed it over the pandemic and seems reluctant to open, even now. Many of his clients were Japanese. It’s 22m long with a 5m section perfect for dive training, or blowing bubble rings. Blowing these toroidal bubbles takes practice. I lie on the bottom, puff my cheeks out, stick out my tongue a with a round section rather than flat, then pull my tongue back enough for air to be forced out of my buccal cavity by the elasticity of my cheeks. I’m not blowing from my lungs. Technical divers, mermaids, freedivers and other divers used the pool for training. The water clarity is excellent, and bei…