Underwater photography

Inspired by some of the great underwater photographs you see on the Internet, I was motivated to try and incorporate it into my photography repertoire. I already owned a Canon A-80 digicam so an underwater housing is all that is required to take my new hobby to the next level. After some time hunting, I parted my cash for the DC-WP900 - made specifically for my camera! Sweet.



I took the plunge! Adjusting for the additional buoyancy, I dived into the depths of Perhentian Island's many sites & snapped away, thrilled with the anticipation of snapping every fish that swims by & every critter that made its home on the corals. And how "thrilled" I was with the results:



I was devastated! Looks like it is not as easy as swim, spot, snap! I will have to part with more moolah to get myself a strobe & more dives to find the perfect shot. Sigh, why is it that I always gravitate towards expensive hobbies? I should have stuck with stamp collecting.

Nevertheless, I did get some "decent" shots. Check them out on my photo album or slideshow.

But I comfort myself because if all else fails, you can always FIND NEMO - it is probably the easiest fish to photograph.