Cuttlefish Conundrums

Alex Mustard · Issue 24, May/Jun 2005 · pp. 46–50

Products mentioned: Nikon D100, LMI Titan housing, 105mm macro, Inon quad flash, 18-35mm zoom, Subtronic Mini TTL

Spending long periods working away from home, in Angola currently in my case, makes the heart and mind yearn for a spot of UWP in temperate or tropical waters. I had been keenly anticipating a month at home in August with visions of brilliant summer sunshine and calm seas around the Atlantic coast of my home in Cornwall UK. Anyone who spent the month of August in the UK this year will know that this vision was shattered by high winds and heavy rain with scant opportunity to get into the water let alone concentrate on photography. The few times I ventured into the water I was faced with heavy swells and poor visibility due to freshwater run off and plankton blooms. I was keen to play with my new digital toys and beginning to despair that I would produce any images let alone find interesting subjects. Living on the coast fortunately gives me the choice of choosing to dive as soon as the co…