Editorial

Staff · Issue 133, Jul/Aug 2023 · pp. 4

Products mentioned: Chasing M2 ROV, Sony 16k TV

Editorial BBC Wild Isles Nearly every issue of UwP has what I think is a stand out article and this time it’s Richard Davies’ account of his involvement in the recent BBC series Wild Isles - the latest in a BBC/ Silverback Productions collaboration highlighting the wildlife in the UK from mountain to plain and from freshwater to the sea. As an ROV enthusiast it’s obviously right up my waterway but it’s a great example of longterm dedication to a subject matter which is often overlooked photographically but which, nonetheless, is iconically majestic - the Atlantic Salmon. The other point is that Richard was using comparatively off the shelf equipment - a Chasing M2 ROV - but the important thing was his subject knowledge combined with a photographic thirst to attain better and better footage. The goal, for him, was the launch of a salmon up a 3 metre rapid but, for the first time, from und…