Green as Grass

Mark Webster · Issue 35, Mar/Apr 2007 · pp. 41–45

Products mentioned: Nikon D100, Nikon D200, LMI Titan, Subal ND20, 105mm micro, 12-24mm zoom, 28-200mm zoom, 18-200mm zoom, Inon Quad flash, Subtronic Mini

For many photographers the image of a perfect dive site may be clear warm waters and a colourful coral reef teeming with life and I will be the first to admit that sites like these feature high on my preference list. There are, however, a wide range of alternative habitats which offer interesting and unusual subjects for the camera even if conditions are not always easy for photography. Amongst my favourites are sea grass beds (sometimes referred to as turtle grass or eel grass) both in temperate and tropical seas as they are often home to a wide range of macro subjects, juvenile species and every now and then some larger surprise denizens. Although sea grass is found at numerous locations around the globe, for the purposes of this short account I am going to concentrate on just two locations - one very close to my home in the Atlantic waters of South West England and the other on the so…