On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 02:27 PM, John Wheeler wrote:
My wife Helen and I just got back from ten days in Cairns, FNQ (that's
Far
North Queensland,Oz) where we did all the touristy stuff including
spending
time out on the outer reef (the Great Barrier Reef, that is). They have
these semi-submersible boats where you can sit down behind glass
several
metres below the surface and enjoy the passing panorama of sea, fish,
and
coral etc. I had my OM's and Epic with me and tried to capture some
underwater images. Less than satisfactory with the results being very
murky.
When shooting through the glass I used a polariser which seemed to
banish
reflections but I found that the prints bore only a passing
resemblence to
what we'd actually seen.
Isn't that where all those giant sea going crocodiles are supposed to
hang out? Brave person.
I imagine they use the same plastic for windows in the boats that are
used in my local aquarium. Unless you are looking exactly perpendicular
to the surface everything is blurred and color fringed. Miserable for
photography.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
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