Parting shots

Colin Robson · Issue 25, Jul/Aug 2005 · pp. 50

Products mentioned: Nikon F90x, Subal housing, Nikkor 60mm lens, Inon Z22 ring flash, Fuji Velvia 50

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 Over Christmas and New Year I was diving at one of my favourite places, The Lembeh Straits in Indonesia, which has frequently been the subject of articles in this and other magazines. Incidentally this area was completely unaffected by the Boxing Day tsunami. At the resort we only knew of it through the reports on satellite television and like everyone else were horrified as the estimated death toll grew day by day. On one dive at the site known as Hairball Two I saw and photographed a succession of the normal subjects, a fingered dragonet, leaf scorpionfish, tiny cuttlefish, dragon sea moth etc without getting very excited about any of them. That was until I noticed a cloud of stirred up sand. As the cloud settled slightly I saw a flying gurnar…