Parting Shot

Barbara Hinton · Issue 69, Nov/Dec 2012 · pp. 64

Products mentioned: Nikon D200, Seacam Housing, 60mm macro lens, Inon Z-240 strobes

Do you have an image which has a ‘story within a story’? If so we’d love to hear from you. E mail us and yours could be the next “Parting shot”. peter@uwpmag.com Parting Shot After a 16-day live aboard cruise, my husband and I decided to forgo the last dive on the last day of what had been a wonderful 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration for us. Our crew had been avoiding typhoon-impacted weather that had challenged everyone as we traveled from Ambon to Banda and back. We had already seen wonderful creatures, including a purple weedy rhinopias (scorpionfish), a paddle-flap rhinopias and a most cooperative juvenile batfish. What more could a dive trip offer? We sent our BCDs and wetsuits to the engine room to dry. I cleaned and dried my DSLR camera, housing, and strobes, and removed O-rings and batteries and packed them away. While most of the guests had already left the boat, two profess…