Below the waterline.

I’ve been toying with the idea of buying a new camera lately – yes, I know, another one… but one that can be used underwater when snorkelling or sailing etc.  Mostly I am keen to acquire one because I missed some great opportunities for beautiful photographs when I was up in the Whitsundays recently… but what is putting me off is that the underwater digital camera feels like the waffle iron of the photographic world – the single use appliance that will rarely get used, which, when weighed up against the cost, turns out to be a rather poor consumer decision.  Then I saw all these gorgeous photos on Distractify (No, I will not link to it – ridiculous, bullshit click bait website that it is!) and it is rapidly stiffening my resolve to acquire my own waterproof camera…

Underwater fishes off Sipadan Island, Malaysia Underwater in Iceland Underwater in Cuba Underwater in the Caribbean Sea, off Mexico Underwater in the Flores Sea, Indonesia Underwater ice in Switzerland Underwater in Brazil Underwater diver off the coast of Spain Underwater at the Palawan Islands, Philippines Underwater in the Blue Grotto, Isle of Capri, Italy Underwater at Pig Beach, Bahamas Underwater in Green Lake, Austria Underwater in The Everglades, Florida Underwater in Bora Bora, Tahiti Underwater bathing elephants in Andaman Islands, India Underwater Mystery? Underwater seal in the Magdalen Islands, Canada Underwater trout in the Smalblaar River, South Africa Underwater diver in Fiji Underwater fishes at Raja Ampat, Indonesia Underwater at Crystal River, Florida Underwater in Zanzibar, TanzaniaUnderwater in Mare, New Caledonia Underwater off a jetty at Nuweiba, Egypt. Underwater off Eilat, Israel

Underwater in Argentina

Underwater at Laguna de los Burros, Mexico Underwater in the Mediterranean Sea, France Underwater in Jellyfish Lake in Palau Underwater off Danko Island, Antarctica Underwater in a French Lake Underwater sharks off South Africa Underwater in Papua New Guinea

As someone who travels as much as they can (see tag: ‘twavel’ on the right) I think that maybe I might be able to get some good use out of it after all.  I’m off to New Zealand at the end of this year and hopefully off to Japan in the middle of next year… so maybe it would be a good time to buy a photographic waffle iron.