Winter is Here

While a few determined snowflakes ground the Dutch Railroad Company to a halt, the mercury stays around freezing point and keeping things all pretty... Winter has arrived.

And what a winter it has been so far. Exceeding expectations, this is by far the most determined winter in the last 25years.. Below a few pictures i took while just walking around in my hometown Rotterdam..

Liveaboard RedSea, Wreckdiving "Salem Express"

Finaly, found some time to update this blog with new photos taken during my first liveaboard in the Red Sea. The following pictures are taken from the wreck "Salem Express"
Location: 26° 39’ 01" N, 34° 03’ 48"E. Hyndman Reefs, southeast of Saafag.
I have not yet seen many photo's from inside the wreck, so i think these are quite uniq and rare.
The story is quite the dramatic one, hundreds of pelgrims returning from Mecca found here their last resting place. During this last voyage it hit a small reef and sank quite fast, what i have been told it sank within 8 minutes. The ship is laying on its portside which at times when i was cruising inside the ship can be confusing and disorienting. The dive was done with a small group of 5 on the 9th of Augustus 2009.

Gear used: My standard NikonD90 with a 18-105mm kitlens set to 18 mm.

Underwater Photography

Finally, after waiting some time to get the opportunity to get submerged to test my new underwaterkit. All photo's are taken with a Nikon D90 & Nikkor AF-S Micro 60mm f2.8G Ed lens, Ikelite Housing & flat port and the DS160 Strobe.
All Photos are taken at: ISO100, 60mm f/14, 1/100sec

macro

In preperation of shooting underwater.. some land life

Streetshots