Parting Shots

David Fleetham · Issue 140, Sep/Oct 2024 · pp. 78

Products mentioned: Canon EOS R5, Ikelite dry-lock housing, Canon RF 100mm macro lens, Ikelite 230 strobes

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 (It’s very easy. Images can be any size bigger than 20cm (horizontal or vertical) @ 150dpi saved as jpeg format and about 500 - 750 words would be fine.) Parting Shots by David Fleetham I have seen many similar masses to the one that drifted through the beam of my light on this blackwater dive three miles off the coast of Guam. In the past I ignored them thinking they were some sort of snot from Poseidon brought up with the nightly upwelling of guests that were the target of this activity. As often occurs on blackwater dives, the last twenty minutes had been slow as far as critters went and I decided to exercise my Canon 100mm macro lens on this seemingly unattractive bundle. After several online inquiries it turns out that this bund…