The "Pearl of the Atlantic"

Augusto Salgado · Issue 64, Jan/Feb 2012 · pp. 78–80

Products mentioned: Nikon D300, Sealux housing, Sigma 17-70mm lens, Nikon 60mm lens, Nikon 105mm lens, Tokina 10-17mm lens, Z-240 strobes, Sola 600P light, Triggerfish slave sensor

After more than 20 years diving and doing underwater photography, I decided that it was time to improve my photographic techniques, not as I had been doing just buy reading and practicing, but by direct exchange of experiences. With this in mind, I decided to participate in one of Alex Mustard’s workshop in the Red Sea, where I was able to achieve all my goals, including the workflow after we returned to the boat. All of this in a friendly and highly cooperative mood, between all of us. Having gained a new approach to my underwater photography, I was ready to put in use all that I had learned in my next holiday in the Madeira Island, also known as “The pearl of the Atlantic”, where my family roots are. The Madeira archipelago, as two main islands – Madeira itself, and Porto Santo –, plus the Desertas group and the Selvagens, both unhabitated. Madeira Island, is at a latitude 32º 40’ N, s…