Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia

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Samurai Shiatsu says:

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WOW!! This picture is BONZA
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

This photo has been used in the article about Great Barrier Reef at russian non-commercial travel blog community.livejournal.com/foturist_ru
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Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

thusi99 says:

how did you take these pictures? under water? I'm going to Cairns in August. Appreciate if you could educate me on how you took these photos.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

The Lightworks says:

Hi there thusi99,

These pictures were taken with a Nikon D70s Digital SLR camera, housed inside a waterproof polycarbonate casing, and with extra light provided by an external underwater strobe.

It's quite expensive to acquire this kind of setup (about $10,000), but the good news is that in the years since that photo was taken, prices on smaller compact cameras with great resolution have really come down. This means that in the excellent light that's available at the Great Barrier Reef, you should be able to take some great underwater photos using a much more basic underwater kit.

You can buy compact digitals that are waterproof to a depth of about 10m now, without an extra casing, and these are the cheapest way to get underwater photos at the Reef if you aren't planning on scuba diving below a relatively shallow depth (and there's really no need to to get great reef pictures). However, if you'd like to be more cautious, I'd recommend a compact digital camera that is itself partially waterproof, housed inside an extra polycarbonate case. This will mean that the camera itself never comes into contact with corrosive salt water; and that any splashes that might get on the camera can be rinsed off without worries.

Hope this gives you an idea of how to start out in underwater photography. :)
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

The_Circumference says:

Hello!

Just wanted to let you know that your photo has been featured in a travel article on The Circumference with a link back.

You can view the article here:
www.thecircumference.org/experiences/great-ba rrier-reef
Thanks for sharing your fantastic photo!

- The Circumference
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lefty_xray says:

This pic is amazing!!
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