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Palm Beach Blackwater

August 25, 2024 Walt Stearns Florida's East Coast, Latest, Local Diving
Using Rear Curtain Sync

August 2, 2024 Walt Stearns Diving, Imaging Techniques, Latest, Photography
Wakatobi Dive Resort

July 12, 2024 Walt Stearns Geographic Regions, Indo-Pacific, Latest, Resorts & Liveaboards, Wanderlust, World Dives
Diving with the Sperm Whales of Dominica

July 2, 2024 Walt Stearns Diving, Latest, Marine Life
How to Shoot Your Dive Buddy

June 14, 2024 Walt Stearns Diving, Imaging Techniques, Latest, Photography
The Allure of Alor and Arenui

June 4, 2024 Walt Stearns Indo-Pacific, Resorts & Liveaboards, Wanderlust, World Dives
Mystery of the Whale Cave

May 29, 2024 Walt Stearns Diving
Whale Sharks of Oslob

May 28, 2024 Walt Stearns Diving, Latest, Marine Life

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A nighttime encounter with a shoal of pelagic squid six miles offshore of Florida’s Palm Beach coast.

Palm Beach Blackwater

August 25, 2024 Walt Stearns

An open ocean diving adventure by night offshore of South Florida’a Palm Beach Coast. It’s[…]

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When implemented properly, the technique of using a camera’s slow shutter speed paired with its Rear Curtain Sync mode can create a glorious ruse, creating the illusion that we are seeing a state of motion in a still image.

Using Rear Curtain Sync

Wakatobi Dive Resort off the tip of Southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia in the Banda Sea.

Wakatobi Dive Resort

A shot of this sperm whale’s eye (the whale measured roughly 35 feet in length, with the eye itself not much larger than golf ball) required the placement of my camera to be somewhere between 10 and 12 inches away.

Diving with the Sperm Whales of Dominica

Diving

When implemented properly, the technique of using a camera’s slow shutter speed paired with its Rear Curtain Sync mode can create a glorious ruse, creating the illusion that we are seeing a state of motion in a still image.

Using Rear Curtain Sync

A shot of this sperm whale’s eye (the whale measured roughly 35 feet in length, with the eye itself not much larger than golf ball) required the placement of my camera to be somewhere between 10 and 12 inches away.

Diving with the Sperm Whales of Dominica

- Diver with Green Moray – When you come across a great moment like this scenario of a diver coming up on very large green moray, clear communication is imperative. Get your signals crossed and it could result in a complete disconnect between your buddy and the subject, leaving your buddy looking like a deer in the headlights.

How to Shoot Your Dive Buddy

The bones of two short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) inside a deep underwater cave in the Fiji Islands.

Mystery of the Whale Cave

A medium size whale shark between 20 and 30 feet in length cruises just below the surface at Oslob, Philippines.

Whale Sharks of Oslob

Travel

A nighttime encounter with a shoal of pelagic squid six miles offshore of Florida’s Palm Beach coast.

Palm Beach Blackwater

August 25, 2024

Wakatobi Dive Resort off the tip of Southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia in the Banda Sea.

Wakatobi Dive Resort

The dive yacht Arenui follows the look of a Pinisi-rigged sailing ship once commonly used for most types of wooden ships that transported goods throughout Indonesia.

The Allure of Alor and Arenui

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting on the reef in Bunaken National Park.

Siladen Resort & Spa, The Sublime Side of Bunaken

Anna Celica wreck off Palm Beach Florida

Palm Beach Wreck Trek

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