3543 x 5295 px | 30 x 44,8 cm | 11,8 x 17,7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
30 novembre 2002
Altre informazioni:
Nikonos RS SLR camera; Nikonos 50mm objective and Rene Aumann UW Services X2 teleconverter; two Nikonos S-105 strobes; Ektachrome VS 100 film; F5.6; 1/30s; TTL. Taken at 18m depth; diving from MS. Bilikiki. Trip organised by Chris Newbert of RS Tours. Shot on 11:00 30 March 2002; sunny day, big swell with moderate current. On dives when the resident large schools of barracudas, jacks or sharks are not performing, everything else on this reef is macro-territory, except for a few landmarks such as this 2m high coral pedestal capped with a helmet of brain coral. Over the years of diving here, the column has slowly eroded becoming thinner and forming cracks and necks. Many crinoids hang on to it as a convenient outcrop from the reef, often directly in strong currents, and so good places from them to feed on the stream of plankton rich water.
