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HAIGH QUARRY OPENING FOR THE 2012 SEASON IN jANUARY?
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
1/7/2012
No, the season at Haigh Quarry is not opening this weekend! It will open for the 2012 season on Saturday April 7th, but because of our unusually warm weather Tina has decided to give Midwest divers a chance to scratch th...

SCUBA DIVERS LEFT BEHIND IN FLORIDA
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
10/6/2011
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it was investigating RJ Diving Ventures of Miami Florida. The investigation was initiated because the dive operator left behind two tourists while they were scuba diving.   D...

10 WORST MISTAKES MADE BY RECREATIONAL DIVERS
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
9/30/2011
1.      Don’t make safety decisions based on financial considerations! Many fatalities and injuries occur because people want diving, dive training or dive travel to be cheap, easy and fast. Always use the proper equipme...

MSD FORUMS - UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
TOPIC: lighting and bringing out full color
vivareptilia01@yahoo.com

Joined on
5/31/2008

 is there a specific temp. of light that should be used to get full spectrum at depth? say at a distance of about 10 feet, and with great visibility, down about 60ft...

what type of bulb would you use? halogen?
twow/atwist

Joined on
1/26/2006

At those depths, ambient light is often much better than flash when using a digital camera.  But, BE SURE to adjust your white balance to bring out colors.  This is easy to do with most cameras.  Set your camera to "program" mode, with the white balance on "manual."  Most cameras have an easy one-step manual white balance proceedure you can quickly perform with a blank white slate at the desired depth.  Properly adjusted, your camera will produce amazing pictures with vivid colors and great depth of field -- without using any flash.