Parting Shots

Tim Priest & Digant Desai · Issue 61, Jul/Aug 2011 · pp. 76–79

Products mentioned: Olympus E330, 10 Bar housing, Inon Z240 strobe, Olympus 50mm f2.8 Macro lens, Inon S2000 strobe, GorillaPod, Nikon D300s, Nikon 10.5mm lens

Parting Shot 1 It was with a nervous excitement that we all gathered at the Jetty before our night dive in Tioman, Malaysia. The boat that was to pick us up at 630 pm was nowhere to be seen and over 12 of us were joking about how this operator calculated time just as we do in India, where most people are invariably or purposely late for a meeting or a social gathering. At 7 pm just before complete darkness we could see the dive boat approaching. Once firmly set up against the jetty, we quickly jumped on, checked our gear, torches, signals, etc. Buddy teams were next on the agenda. Usually I was always the last selected to buddy up with, given the size of my camera gear, my ants pace underwater and the role of an underwater nurse that my buddy had to play for me, much to his or her chagrin. Jumping in and moving through the water I quickly found some really interesting subjects, a beautif…