photo.mpora.com — The often haunting photographs in this collection were all taken by immensely talented Jacob c**kle who lives "for art, music and good tea". An entrant in this year's Nike 6 Apprentice competition, I don't know how he didn't win.
Aug 7, 2009 View in Crawl 4
blitzkrigAug 7, 2009
You don't have to have a dry lens to take an underwater photograph like that, during my trip to costa rica last fall I brought my waterproof digital olympus, and got several shots similar to these shown here. Most of them were after submerging the camera for the wave before.I also got a couple videos from the ocean bed of surfers surfing the wave right above me. Awesome stuff :)
homer00Aug 8, 2009
You're you, indeed.
oathyAug 8, 2009
Most DSLR camera's have underwater housing cases you can get for them now (e.g for my camera <a class="user" href="http://www.backscatter.com/learn/article/article.php?ID=42)." rel="nofollow">http://www.backscatter.com/learn/article/article.p ...</a> As for keeping the drops off of the lens you can (as amnesiac87 said) keep a bag over the lens until you come out of the water and then pull it off to have a drop free lens housing.Also keeping it underwater until just before you take the shot helps, especially if you spit shine your lens (think scuba divers and their goggles, they don't spit in them just for fun). There are some chemical solutions you can use as well to make it more drop resistant, but spit works pretty well in my and other photographer's experience.Hope that explains it.
tdclark23Aug 10, 2009
Thanks everyone. I forgot about spit, and I am a scuba diver who should know better. Thanks!
v0jiasuAug 19, 2009
rocks
chocchunkoatiesAug 26, 2009
I was in Cornwall on holiday last year and went to Chapel Porth. It's a beautiful beach off the beaten track, makes for some nice turquoise shots.
robotvsbadgerMar 21, 2010
*Jacob
42ndstreetphotoOct 27, 2010
great photos
skookum86Nov 7, 2010
Awesome!