Kudos to...

I've been searching for some time for a way to increase the size of the knobs on my Inon Strobes. As I am forced to shoot in manual mode on my D2Xs (no TTL) and I am currently diving in 4 degree water, I needed a way to get hold of the knobe while wearing bulky dry gloves. I posted onto wetpixel (http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28156) and got lots of responses. Jonas Odell from Sweden posted showing that he has made some excellent extenders designed exactly to solve problems like mine

Anyway, I ordered two last Friday (20 euros including carriage)and they turned up today.  Perfect fit! I'll dive them this week, but I'm sure that they have answered my prayers! Such an excellent item, and such a quick turn around is amazing! contact Jonas on jonas.odell@bredband.net

Sharkwater

I think this film is madatory watching for anyone who spends anytime on or in the water. I shows the level of ignorance and commercial greed that exists in our relationship with sharks, although it act as a euphemism for our relationship with the seas in general.  Farmers practise husbandry, reaering animals and growing  crops for our eventual comsumption. Whether it is moral to eat other animals or not, at least these animals are in affect bred for that purpose. The seas are a virtual free for all without regulation, and as Sharkwater shows clearly, even when this regulation exists, it is flouted or ignored by the people at the sharp end. I don't think there can even be a concept of "responsible" comercial fishing in the light of the plight of the vast majority of marine species.

Too late it's done!

Ok it was easier than I thought! I've still got a few small things to sort out-like getting it aligned correctly, but in essence the blog is now on the smugmug site. Wow!

Sorting out my Smugmug site

If you have found this blog, chances are you have found my site already! I've spent a lot of time recenly getting my site working and looking as I want it, and am getting there. I am fortunate to have found smugmug (www.smugmug.com) - their service and product are so good, and so flexible for individual customisation that it has really meant that I can do the things I wanted to do. I can shoot pictures, load the card into Lighroom, do any tweaks, and then upload straight onto my site. It means that I can get pictures onto the web, literally within minutes of taking them. The site is not finished, I want to embed this blog into a smugmug page so that it keeps the theme and navigation the same as on the site-in fact  Imay do this shortly, and by the time you read this it may be done!