Scuba Diving – September 2019

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PIER MANE

TROU-AUX-BICHES,

MAURITIUS

BEHIND THE SHOT:Grand

Baie and Trou-aux-

Biches on the island of

Mauritius are hotspots

for recently sunk artifi-

cial reefs. I was shooting

the KT Mawar, a Chinese

fishing vessel. While try-

ing to light the beautiful

aft deck using remote

strobes, I was caught in

an invasion of silversides

seeking refuge from the

attacks of a group of

trevally, setting the shot

up beautifully.

CAMERA GEAR:Olympus

E-M1 Mark II; Panasonic

8mm fisheye lens; two

remote Subtronic 270

strobes; two remote

Inon Z-240 strobes;

triggering Sea&Sea

YS-D2J strobe

SETTINGS: f/6.3, 1/160,

ISO 200

PRIZE: SeaLife Sea

Dragon 2000F photo-

video light

3 RD
PLACE
WIDE-ANGLE