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Be The Champ! – Seagrass Beds
Continuing his ‘fieldcraft’ mini-series, ALEX MUSTARD turns his attention to a habitat too easily overlooked by divers – seagrass beds. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
Anemonefish are great subjects, but so are anemonefish eggs and the parental behaviours that they evoke. Read more...
Be The Champ! – Photographing Anemonefish
If you know the term ‘field craft’ from topside photography or spy novels, here’s how it applies to anemonefish. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
"How many teeth has a crocodile got?” goes the old joke. “Who knows – nobody has ever hung around long enough to count them!” Read more...
Be The Champ! – Cuba
If you thought the Jardines de la Reina was all about winning shark shots, it’s time for a rethink. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
Palau’s jellyfish lake has been closed to visitors for the past few years to allow the population of jellies to recover, after unusually hot weather in 2016 severely reduced their numbers. Read more...
Be The Champ! – Misool
The Micronesian destination of Palau opens up big vistas for divers lucky enough to get there. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
Palau’s jellyfish lake has been closed to visitors for the past few years to allow the population of jellies to recover, after unusually hot weather in 2016 severely reduced their numbers. Read more...
Be The Champ! – Palau
The Micronesian destination of Palau opens up big vistas for divers lucky enough to get there. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
Marine Iguanas are found only in Galapagos. For many photographers they are top of the list. Read more...
Be The Champ! – Galapagos
When underwater photographers find themselves in one of the world’s richest magnets for big marine-life, the question is how to use all those precious moments to best effect. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
Open-apeture shooting is useful for more than just re-creating Martin Schoeller style fish faces. Read more...
Be The Champ! – Ultra Narrow Field of Focus
Young sea-lions make for potentially prize-winning subjects, says ALEX MUSTARD but the energy, speed and manoeuvrability. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
The classic Nikonos viewfinder cameras that dominated underwater photography from the 1960s to the 1990s. Read more...
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Not so much a camera, more a way of life – that was the Nikonos. Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
Manta Rays are such a graphic shape, it’s no surprise that they feature on everything from dive T-shirts to tattoos. Read more...
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How best to capture images of one of the ocean’s most emblematic animals? For this month’s Shark & Ray Special issue, ALEX MUSTARD zeroes in on manta and devil rays – and the importance of group discipline Read more...
Be The Champ! – The Spread
Sea-lions are constantly in motion. In fact, I’m convinced they enjoy demonstrating their acrobatic superiority of the underwater world to divers Read more...
Be The Champ! – Young Sea-lions
Young sea-lions make for potentially prize-winning subjects, says ALEX MUSTARD but the energy, speed and manoeuvrability Read more...
Strobeless Manatees
Last month’s column covered photographing manatees while under the US Fish And Wildlife Service’s regulations. As explained Read more...
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Those who have yet to meet a manatee in person may fail to see the attraction, but few who have had that experience have Read more...
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With his 2014 DIVER article I-SPY the Thistlegorm, in a Whole New Light, ALEX MUSTARD transformed the way in which Read more...
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It’s an experience unlike any other in scuba-diving, and needs to be reflected in your photography in all its vertical glory Read more...
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As ALEX MUSTARD points out, you don’t see the sort of images that appear on this spread too often in magazines such as DIVER Read more...
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In last month’s column on producing photos of contest-winning standard, ALEX MUSTARD looked at schools of fish. Read more...
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It’s drummed into us to get close to our subjects, but all that goes out of the window when it comes to photographing Read more...
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This month marks a significant landmark, as ALEX MUSTARD presents the 60th in this series on taking potentially prize-winning Read more...
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The best formations in cave systems such as the cenotes of mexico’s yucatan tend to be a little deeper inside, where it’s dark. Read more...
