I have started to experiment with filters to attempt to restore the colour balance when shooting underwater stills. Magic Filters is the barnad name of the filters that I am using. On my first outing I bumped into a hawksbill turtle allowing me to take this shot.

My only problem with them is adjusting the white balance when you change depth by more than aobut 10ft. But I am working on a solution to this.

Large animal encounters are where these filters are going to excell. I will be using perfecting the use of them in the coming months ready for Whaleshark diving in the spring.

The year started with a strong "norther" cancelling diving for a few days.

But this week the weather improved allowing some great diving. This feather duster worm was on a small patch reef on The Barrier Reef and is one of the largest I have seen. It is about the same size as my hand. I had no way of conveying it's size so I contented myself with a few macro shots.

Olympus E500, 50mm f2 macro, Ikelite housing, DS51 strobe