Parting Shots

Morris Gregory & Joe Dovala · Issue 56, Sep/Oct 2010 · pp. 88–90

Products mentioned: Nikon D700, Nikon 17-35mm, Aquatica housing, Ikelite DS-125, Nikon D300, Subal Housing, Inon Z-240, Sigma 12-24 lens

Parting Shot 1 “Always be looking down current!” OK, Jim, I get it. This must have been the forth time he’s mentioned which way to be looking during our dive briefing. By the time he stopped talking he said it two more times. We were over the Little Bahama Bank and I was ready to get wet. There were now quite a few large slowly swimming animals under the boat. No giant strides here; you do a quiet head first seated entry and proceed to the sand below. It didn’t take long before we were in position with some ten good sized lemon sharks doing their version of pacing around us. I, of course, immediately got distracted and focused in on a pair of photogenic lemons. I felt completely calm and was enjoying the warm water when suddenly I was being shaken like a tambourine. At the same time I heard through a cascade of bubbles JJOOOOEEE…BLUB BLUB….WAH WAH…LOOOOK and there was Jim Abernethy about…