Digital Techniques Workshop

Alex Mustard · Issue 31, Jul/Aug 2006 · pp. 42–46

Products mentioned: MY Typhoon, Magic Filter, Auto-Magic Filter, Nikon D2X, Nikon D70, Nikon D100, Nikon D200, Subal housing, Sea & Sea housing, Ikelite housing, Hugyfot housing, Nexus housing, Olympus C40, Olympus 7070, Coolpix 7900, Panasonic FX01, Ricoh G3, DX 8000g

The Northern Red Sea it at its best in late June – the strong winds of winter have died away, the water has warmed to a pleasant 26˚C and large schools of fish gather at prominent divesites, such as Ras Mohammed in spawning aggregations. I was first introduced to the wonders of the Red Sea in this season in 1998 on Peter Scoones’s charter to film for the coral reefs episode of the BBC series Blue Planet. And ever since I returned each year at exactly the same time. This year I thought it was finally time to share these wonders with a wider audience and decided to run my Digital Techniques Workshop with the help of Peter Rowlands of UwP Magazine and in collaboration with Tony Backhurst Scuba. The Red Sea in summer has always been a popular time for Red Sea workshops and if I was to join the party I only wanted to get involved if we could offer something a bit original. For starters we cho…