Parting shot

Mark Webster · Issue 26, Sep/Oct 2005 · pp. 60

Products mentioned: Nikon D100, LMI Titan housing, Tokina 12-24mm zoom, Subtronic Mini TTL

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 Late spring and early summer brings the first plankton bloom around the coast of Cornwall, the UK’s south west peninsula. This first plankton bloom heralds the arrival of basking sharks around this coastline and many enthusiastic (some may say obsessive!) underwater photographers eagerly await reports of the first sightings in the hope of getting close to these denizens. This year they seemed to appear only briefly during a calm spell in May and then reports dried up and I thought I had missed my chance for another twelve months. Fast forward to late July when I had joined a group from the local Wildlife Trust who were conducting an eel grass survey in the shallow waters of Mounts Bay. These beds are full of life and are a great place to find juv…