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Sometimes a beautiful photograph is much more than that. The image below, which comes from The Ocean Agency, may be visually stunning, complete with vibrant colors, but it showcases the stark reality facing the world's coral reefs. In the last 30 years alone, it's estimated that over half of the world's live coral reefs...
Nikon has announced the next model in its lineup of rugged adventure cameras, this time in the form of the Coolpix W300. The main upgrade to the previous AW130 is the addition of 4K UHD video capture, allowing users to capture videos in UHD (3840x2160/30p) resolution.
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Underwater housings can be very expensive, with prices sometimes running into the thousands. However, photographer David Wahlman didn't want to pay the high prices so he built his own underwater housing for less than $50.
The materials Wahlman used include a sealable container, such as Tupperware; an extra lid or flat...
We're partnering with Underwater Photography Guide, an excellent resource for all things dive-photography, in order to bring those of you interested in learning more about dive photography a closer look at this exciting and decidedly different photographic frontier. I got to meet their editor, Brent Durand, on a dive...
For adventure photographers, diving is often one of the more thrilling photographic excursions they can experience. There is something visually distinct and special about underwater photography. In the case of Norwegian photographer/videographer Lars Korvald, he travelled to Norway’s own Atlantis, a lake called...
Even for amateur photographers, the sky is quite literally the limit these days as a raft of clever robot drones have taken our cameras -- and our passion for photography -- aloft. But there's another frontier which remains the preserve of the specialists: Deep-ocean diving. Now, a new robot drone of a very...
Getty Images photographer Al Bello is well-known for his sports photography, having been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Fox Sports, Yahoo Sports, New York Times and many more publications over his career. At this year's Olympics in Rio, Bello's 11th Olympic Games, he enlisted the help of underwater robots.
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Cave diving is dangerous, but it offers up the chance to see wonderful sights and natural formations unlike anything else on the planet.
Christoffer Brenna, Jonas Pedersen and Sebastien Keller recently made their way to the El Toh cave in Yucatan, Mexico. The resulting video seen below is stunning.
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Photography deep below the water's surface and far from the beaten path offers unique challenges. Conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier shared her advice from years spent photographing disappearing cultures and species.
Photographer Benjamin Von Wong recently went to Fiji to photograph sharks in such a way that would "promote their beauty while advocating for their protection."
Sharks are often portrayed as dangerous, vicious animals, and Von Wong wanted to flip the script by creating a series of images that showed sharks and a human...
Underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen and MIT theoretical physicist Allan Adams might seem unlikely partners, but the pair have just teamed up to produce high-speed videos for the New England Aquarium. If the early results are anything to go by, that's very good news for ocean research!
The two met at a dinner party...
Do you have a vacation trip planned, with an opportunity to go snorkeling or scuba diving? You don't have to be an accomplished diver; if you're a decent swimmer, a lot of resorts offer on-the-spot classes that will having you diving in no time. And you can have a blast snorkeling, even without extensive training: The...
It's official: the Sony RX100 III is a great little pocket camera, and a magnificent followup to the earlier RX100 and RX100 II. One thing it's not, though, is an underwater camera -- or at least it wasn't until very recently. That's all changed with the release of Fantasea Line's latest product.
The Fantasea...
Last July, you may remember, we told you about a new entry in the 360-degree video market, Florida-based VSN.Mobil. The company's first imaging product is the V.360, an unusual camera that uses contoured mirrors to capture a 360-degree view of the world around it. Now, that product has officially hit the market with an...
Despite all the (admittedly often justified) criticism at Discovery Channel's Shark Week, the marine predators exert a somewhat creepy fascination on many of us. Even though sharks only very rarely attack (let alone devour) humans, it is their frightening looks combine with the fact that they could tear a person to shreds in no-time that makes us so...
These days, it seems like everybody is crazy about camera-equipped aerial drones such as the DJI Phantom series. And while we probably all agree that multicopters are great for achieving beautiful aerial video footage, it seems that the "other direction" on the vertical axis is getting much less attention than it deserves.
Because let's be honest,...
In my first piece on underwater photography, I offered some quick tips to improve your underwater photos. Here I go into greater depth on a particular style of photography: “Close-focus wide angle” (CFWA). I find this style to be an especially appealing and straightforward form of photography that serves as a great entry...
With the summer upon us, we'll be running a series of underwater photography tutorials, starting off with five quick tips from writer Cullen Welch. If you've spent any time photographing terrestrial subjects, these lessons will be emminently familiar.
Getting close, working with off-camera strobes and respecting your...
Our Firmware Friday roundup comes a little earlier than normal this week, with news editor Mike Tomkins filling in from his vacation in Hong Kong (and hence running 12 hours ahead of US Eastern time). This week, we have but one update to cover: the Fuji XQ1 compact camera
When Fujifilm announced the...
When it comes to underwater photography, Alexander Semenov is one of the best around—and his Flickr feed is a chronicle of some of the most amazing sea creatures you'll ever encounter. His newest subject? Polychaetes, or sea worms. And these photos of the deep sea creepy crawlers are absolutely stunning.