Parting shot

Simon Brown · Issue 23, Mar/Apr 2005 · pp. 60

Products mentioned: Nikonos V, 15mm lens, Fuji Velvia 100F

Parting shot 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 Images from the somewhat abstract underwater world often lack a sense of scale or size, and as underwater photographers another diver in the frames gives our images an instantly recognisable feature, but what if you find yourself without a buddy or model? In December 2004 I was diving Te Waikoropupu Springs, in New Zealand. Diving the spring exceeded my wildest expectations, with fantastic visibility and amazing colours, but with no other divers at the site I felt that the images I had taken lacked the sense of scale. To get a diver in the frame would need some creative thinking. I may have lacked an underwater model but I had one valuable asset - a topside assistant. Perhaps I should qualify the use of the word “assistant”.... My assistant in th…