Parting shot

Vernon Heagy · Issue 22, Jan/Feb 2005 · pp. 55

Parting shots Do you have a nice shot with a short story behind it? If so e mail me and yours could be the next “Parting shot”. peter@uwpmag.com I have done alot of East Coast Wreck Diving [NJ, DE, MD] and I have photographed alot of different animals. But have never really taken an interest in any specific species until recently. After a trip to British Columbia, I fell in love with photographing Wolf Eels. But after returning to my native PA, there of course were none to photograph. Soon after I was diving off the coast of Delaware on the wreck Northern Pacific, a 500ft ocean liner lying inverted at 140fsw. I noticed these “eels” hiding everywhere. I started to approach and photograph them and they were not shy nor did they retreat into their holes. They actually seemed to enjoy the attention and were very curious about the bubble-blowing diver in front of them. “FLASH” and they were s…