Mucky Thoughts from Lembeh

Mark Webster · Issue 52, Jan/Feb 2010 · pp. 70–74

Products mentioned: Nikon D200, Nikon D300, Subal ND2, 10-17mm FE zoom, 18-200mm zoom, 60mm micro, Inon Quad flash, Subtronic Mini flash guns

Tropical reef diving is wonderful and perhaps offers the most appealing conditions for underwater photography with often crystal clear waters and an abundance of colourful subjects. In fact many divers, and some photographers, do not dive under any other conditions and regard temperate or turbid waters as strictly off limits. If you live in the UK or another temperate location then you will know all about photography in challenging conditions, although we are occasionally blessed with good visibility. Diving in these conditions hones your photographic skills and prepares us for unexpected poor visibility when travelling to more exotic destinations. However, we do sometimes expose ourselves to turbid conditions in warm waters quite deliberately. If you have been to the Lembeh Strait, or any other classic muck diving location, you will know that the experience is somewhat addictive simply …