419 Dive Log Australasia AUGUST 2026

WIDE ANGLE PHOTOGRAPHY Wide angle photography brings the dive to life. It invites the viewer to share in the scene and to imagine themselves enjoying the adventure. Wide Angle offers so much in capturing colourful marine life. There are so many stunning images to capture in a kaleidoscope of colour. Wide Angle Photography is an absorbing and fascinating challenge enhanced by learning many of the deepset darkest secrets of photography. You have to consider the universal elements of good photography such as composition, framing and using leading lines. Lenses of choice: Nikon 16mm Fish Eye, 16 to 35mm Zoom and Tokina 10 to 17mm fish eye. Night diving It opens the door to a wonderworld of hidden treasures and secrets of marine life. My old web site has lots of helpful comments: www.mikescotland.com.au

Photo captions: Page one Top Right: Posing for each other with a golden Wobbe. Bottom Left: Siesta time for sharks Page 2: Top Left. Josie from Febrina doing a safety stop Top right: Sweetlip at Rajah Ampat Bottom Blue Groper portait using 16mm Fish Eye lens Page 3: Top. Black Tip Reef sharks at Imagination Is, Gizo Centre . Grey Nurse at Maroubra. Bottom left: Carmen poses in the sunlight Bottom right: Tiger shark being fed by Tukai Sekai, Aqua Trek Fiji NIkon D200 and Tokina 10 to 17mm zoom lens in 2011.

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DivelogAustralasia #419 August ‘26

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