Prints · Dampier Strait · Limited edition of 20

Out of the Current

Turtles pair fans · Size 1 m

The story · in my own words

Raja Ampat is where the Pacific and Indian oceans meet, and the water moves accordingly. On days like this one the reef fish come out to ride it, and a diver does the opposite, staying low and close and using the coral heads as shelter.

Behind a bommie the current stops. Ahead of it, when you look out, the reef is still running.

The photographer came round the coral and found two turtles resting together under the sea fans, out of the flow, as surprised by him as he was by them. Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat.

Turtles a pair of them, the Dampier Strait.

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02How it was made
How it was made · from the file

Eight lines from the dive

Exposure
ISO 100 · 1/100 · f11
Camera
1DX MKII + EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM
Housing
Nauticam 1DX MKII
Lighting
Dual Retra strobes, Gen I
Accessories
Zen dome
Technique
Wide and back
Conditions
Particulate and current
Visibility
25 m
The technique and lighting lines link to the craft articles that explain them. A dash means the record does not hold it, and I would rather show the gap than fill it.
03Where
Where · Raja Ampat

Photographed in Dampier Strait

When you would see it in Dampier Strait
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Copper is high season, grey is shoulder, a stub is closed. The same calendar the destination publishes.
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