| Garden eel,
Nigali Passage, Gau Island. Everybody else
was excited about the shark feed, but I was torn. On the previous dive at the same
site, I'd gone through a whole roll of film on a garden eel, ooching ever closer until I
was almost to 1:1. Unfortunately, I was also almost to the end of the roll.
Now I wanted to go back and not use much film until I was almost on top of the eel.
The 200mm is the right lens for the eel, but it's not much good for sharks. There
was a fair current running. Did I dare take two cameras? I did, and some kind
soul offered to take one down for me (she said she really got down fast!), so it wasn't
hard at all. I stayed through the shark feed, left the Nikonos with the 15mm lens on
the sand, grabbed the F4 with the 200, and settled down for a little tete-a-tete with the
eel. He was just as cooperative this time.
Nikon F4, 200mm f/4D Auto Micro Nikkor, Aquatica
Housing, 2 Ikelite 200 strobes, f/22, Kodak Royal Gold 100. |