Parting Shot

Peter Bamborough · Issue 46, Jan/Feb 2009 · pp. 70

Products mentioned: Canon Ixus 75, Canon housing, Inon wide angle lens, Motormarine II

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 My annual liveaboard holiday had started on a real high note - the check dive was on a cleaning station and the mantas were there in numbers. At one time we had 10 in sight and there were others we saw during the dive. During that first dive I took over 160 pictures - I still wonder how Iíd ever managed with my old Motormarine II - even though a good number were later discarded. The rest of the week didn’t disappoint. We snorkelled with two whale sharks, saw good numbers of white tip reef sharks, got close to a number of turtles most of whom ignored us, and saw loads of small critters. But my favourite photo was taken on the last day before flying home after all the diving was finished. We’d done one last dive on the cleaning station but the mant…