Khao Sok caverns

Ayesha Cantrell · Issue 49, Jul/Aug 2009 · pp. 59–62

Products mentioned: Subal housing, Nikon D200, 10.5mm lens, Inon strobes

As a dive instructor it’s amazing to show your students a cuttlefish with its dinner tightly lodged in its beak dancing in your torch light. They surface amazed, something they will never forget yet while the scene is captured in my mind it wasn’t captured by my Nikon! There are many such images I have mentally stored, what a photographic library I would have now if only I’d been out with my camera instead. So when one of my good friends asked me to come and photograph a largely unexplored underwater world, I jumped at the chance. Khao Sok National Park in Thailand is an area usually visited for the ancient rain forest, jungle trekking and wildlife spotting opportunities. This lush area is dominated by 165kmsq lake which was created by a damming project, limestone pinnacles tower out of the water creating a stunning vista all around. Transport is by traditional Thai longtail boat only an…