Underwater Photography 2
Over spring break, I scuba-dived for the first time in Puerto Vallarta,Mexico. Having gone to aquariums as a child, I have always marveled at how much vibrance, color, and life exists beneath the surface of the water. To actually be apart of that underwater environment is an experience that is indescribable. You feel as if you are in a different universe from the world above, suspended in mid-air, with all these wonderful and different species around you. What a challenge it would be, I thought, to take a camera underwater and try to capture that all those splendid creatures and landscapes on film. The very first underwater photograph was taken in 1856 by William Thompson, an Englishman. It was a blurry photo of sand and seaweed using a camera housed in a watertight box, mounted on a heavy tripod, lowered 18ft from a rowboat. The shutter operated manually from the boat by pulling a piece of string, with an exposure time of 10 minutes. While the photo was indeed a remarkable achievement, critics have been known to say that the image itself was not considered a success. It was not until 1893, Frenchman Louis Boutan, had what was considered sucess with underwater photography. A zoologist for the
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