What’s the best photograph you've taken whilst scuba diving?

[XTAR]

During scuba diving, you experience the best visuals, and have exciting photographic opportunities! We know many uw photographers love the marine life, and have inspiring passion for shooting these incredible underwater creatures. Some divers also pursue shipwrecks, submerged cave systems, and portraits of fellow buddies... And how about your story of the best photo you've taken when scuba diving? Welcome to share your wonderful photos!

 

[Blackcrusader]

You should include video's as well.

 

[Dan]

I have several SCUBA diving “Kodak moments’. One of them is when I saw Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Longimanus Carcharhinus, on a bright sunny day, clear blue water of Elphinstone, Red Sea, Egypt.

 

[XTAR]

You should include video's as well.

Of course! Welcome to share

 

[Dan]

Another one was seeing Scalloped Hammerhead being cleaned by Barberfish in Manuelita Outside, Cocos, Costa Rica.

 

[АлександрД]

about place, where is it: Place for Scary movie producton (RUS)

 

[Dan]

This Zebra Shark picture is not my best fish picture, but it was my first time to see it at the deepest dive I ever made, 147 ft (44.8 m) on EAN32 (PPO2 1.75). It was in Palau. Diving at that depth was not in the plan at the time as my MOD was set at the time to 131 ft (40 m) for PPO2 1.6. However, when a Kodak moment happens, we’ll find a way to capture it. For a short, 2 minute dip to PPO2 1.75 apparently is OK. It didn’t seem to get me into Oxtox.

Before the dive, DM asked me what fish that I haven’t seen. I mentioned to him Zebra Shark. He said he knew where one would be hanging around (napping at noon time as Zebra Shark is nocturnal), a dive site called Bornums Wall. We cruised for a few minutes at 100 ft (30 m) in search of it. Then he turned around gave me a Shark sign (parking his open hand upright on forehead) and pointing to what looked like a foot stick on sandy ledge. I pointed to my camera and to it. He stuck 2 fingers to me, which I interpreted it as he was giving me 2 minutes to get down there, take the dang picture and get back up to 100 ft. I immediately descent to the site. It was indeed a 6-foot Zebra Shark (not a foot of stick that I saw in the beginning), sleeping perhaps at 150 ft depth as my DC showed I was at 147 ft depth. I took several pictures of it and what it seemed like just a few seconds, I heard tank banging, a sign indicating that my time was up. DM was waving me to get back to where he was. I ascent slowly for another 1.5 minutes to where he was and gave him a high 5 for spotting the Zebra Shark.

 

[Hoag]

Technically, I wasn't scuba diving, I was hooked up to a Hooka surface supplied air and hanging out in a cage off of Isla Guadalupe Mexico.

A 17 foot Great White Shark coming over to say "Hi."

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I don't have a favorite, but I like a couple more than most of mine. I like nudibranchs because they're colorful, easy to pose and they don't move very fast.

Snails are easy as well.

I don't shoot a lot of wide angle due to the usual poor visibility we have locally, but sometimes I play around with different lenses.

 

[Skeptic14]

Best and favorite aren't necessarily one in the same.

For me my best probably (and pretty favored) is a shot of a goliath grouper cruising by the Ocean Wind tug off Pensacola FL. Best because this photo was taken in green water conditions that were mediocre at best and yet I did things technically well enough to not introduce backscatter and composed it well enough in camera not to need to do any cropping.

This was shot with a TG-4 and it's tiny little sensor, which is not really suited for low light wide angle.

Definitely high on my favorite list and keeping with the shark theme, probably one of my better shark photos captured off Key Largo. This one wasn't nearly as technically sound, required some cropping but the rx100 is much more forgiving in that regard.