Basic kit is a Nikon 801s in a Subal housing, plus Nikon SB25 flash in a Cullimore housing with an additional Sea & Sea YS80 slave. All pictures were shot on Fuji Velvia using manual settings.

Shot 1 was taken using a 24-50 zoom lens, at the 50 end, in Little Cayman. Lots of these sponges about and I wanted a slightly different angle, so I shot them from above. This slide started the concept of "circles" as a theme for the portfolio.

Shot 2 was taken using the 16 mm lens on the Adelaide, off Chesil Beach, Dorset. Running like a steam train, and my buddy Hilary D is fighting hard to keep her posiiton within the circular frame of the wreck structure! I was hanging on another bit of wreckage with my knees, hoping not to puncture my dry suit! When I saw it, I thought that this circular bit of wreck and the 16 mm lens would be well suited to each other.

Shot 3 was taken with the 16 mm lens in Bonaire. These shoaling scad apparently appear for about 3 weeks every year, and here it is a matter of getting under the boat, metering the light, and waiting until the shoal had got into the right circling position. Incidentally, these fish appear to be more incontinent tjhan most, and being underneath several thousand of them looking up was a messy business! The fill flash had to be held at arm's length to counter backscatter and was stopped down 2/3 of a stop to avoid burn out.

Shot 5 was taken with the 105 mm lens, and is a standard clam mantle taken during daylight hours. Can't remember where!

Shot 6 was taken with a 200 mm lens in the Red Sea and is of Bloch's big-eye. I prefer to call it "the morning after the night before".