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Scuba News..because we can’t be underwater all the time
Archive for May, 2007Dive the World: The Most Fascinating Diving SitesFriday, May 18th, 2007
Just released, this new book covers the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Polynesia, the Caribbean, the Great Barrier Reef and the Florida Keys. Three-dimensional reconstructions help the reader to follow the many underwater itineraries.
Healthy Coral Reefs Hit Hard by Warmer TemperaturesThursday, May 17th, 2007
Coral disease outbreaks have struck the healthiest sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, where for the first time researchers have conclusively linked disease severity and ocean temperature. Close living quarters among coral may make it easy for infection to spread, researchers have found. "With this study, speculation about the impacts of global warming on the spread of infectious diseases among susceptible marine species has been brought to an end," said Don Rice, director of the National Science Foundation.
Adobe Photoshop for Underwater PhotographersWednesday, May 16th, 2007
A new handbook for underwater photographers explains how to use the digital
darkroom to edit, fine-tune, retouch, and enhance underwater images with the
help of Adobe Photoshop, outlining the essential hardware, monitor
calibrations, and room lighting for a digital darkroom; analyzing the
leading editing tools and correction techniques.
The Underwater PhotographerWednesday, May 16th, 2007
The third edition of Martin Edge's hands-on manual has had a major revision. The author demonstrates how to take stunning underwater photographs that will not only give you a personal feeling of satisfaction, but will improve your chances of achieving award winning results. Written in a clear, non-technical style and illustrated in colour throughout this book has established itself as the introductory guide to underwater photography. It has now been expanded to include seven new chapters containing new techniques and examples, more inspirational images and the very latest equipment.
The Dive: A Story of Love and ObsessionWednesday, May 16th, 2007
Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras, a native of Cuba, is a world champion in the dangerous and controversial sport of freediving, in which athletes test the limits of their minds and bodies by diving to unthinkable depths without oxygen tanks. Audrey Mestre was a French marine biology student researching the physiology of freediving. When she decided to base her studies on the legendary Pipin, a romance was born. Pipin and Audrey soon married and moved to Miami, where she took up the sport herself and proceeded to break the female world record (115 metres). They became freediving's power couple, constantly training together and encouraging one another. But on 17 October 2002, Audrey pushed her body too far and died off the coast of the Dominican Republic while attempting to break the world record -- which was currently held by her husband. Now, for the first time, Pipin tells his own story. He addresses the controversy that has followed him throughout his career and defends his sport and his own records against criticism from peers.
Divers to attempt to visit un-dived wreck Stella PolarisTuesday, May 15th, 2007
On the 2nd September 2006 the famous first class luxury liner Stella Polaris sank off the coast of Kushimoto, Japan.
The ship sank to a depth of 72 m, and has never been dived by commercial or scuba divers. She lays upright on a sandy, gently sloping bottom. Her two masts reach a depth of 40 m.
An international technical dive team from Austria, Sweden, UK and Japan, will attempt visit the wreck between the 22 and 30 May to photograph and film the her.
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