Seasonal Selection

Mark Webster · Issue 42, May/Jun 2008 · pp. 54–61

Products mentioned: Nikon D100, Nikon F801, Nikon F90X, L&M Titan housing, Subal housing, 105mm micro lens, 60mm micro lens, Inon Quad flash, Sea & Sea YS50 flash, Sea & Sea YS30 flash, Fujichrome Velvia 50 ASA

Those of us of a certain age will remember the days when our mother’s used to plan the family menu based on the produce available during the prevailing season. Now of course we have global distribution and delivery of almost any food you can imagine at any time of year, which means that we can buy strawberries at Christmas time in the UK for example. Progress to be sure, but is it for the best? Despite the gloomy predictions of global warming the seasons do still prevail in the temperate seas around my home coastline of Cornwall in the UK. These changes provide an interesting variety of different photographic subjects to be pursued dependant on the time of year. Although there are hundreds of excellent dive sites around this coastline, I find that I make many of my dives in two of the bays in this area – Falmouth Bay and Porthcurno Bay, which is close to Lands End. Both of these areas of…