Jim Abernethy gives a boat briefing |
Eric Cheng makes repairs to his wet suit (photo: Marty Steinberg) |
Jurg Vonwil, Karl Dietz, Larry Oberlander on the Shear Water |
Larry Oberlander (16 Gigabyte Refuge) |
Karl Dietz and Jim Abernethy (16 Gigabyte Refuge) |
The Wetpixel group on the back of Shear Water, photographing tiger sharks in the water (photo: Jim Abernethy) |
James Wiseman, Gadi Porat, Marty Steinberg, Larry Oberlander, Jurg Vonwil, Neil Hammerschlag, Jim Abernethy, Grey O'Hara on the back of the Shear Water (16 Gigabyte Refuge) |
Eric Cheng on the swim step (photo: Gadi Porat) |
Jurg Vonwil, Neil Hammerschlag, Gadi Porat, Jim Abernethy, Grey O'Hara, Karl Dietz on the back of the Shear Water (16 Gigabyte Refuge) |
This is what photography trips are like these days -- James, Jim, Gadi, and Jurg, on computers |
James and Jimmy working on computers |
Eric Cheng pokes Jurg Vonwil with a short version of a shark stick (photo: Marty Steinberg) |
Digital SLR housings on the floor of the Shear Water |
Marty Steinberg (photo: Jim Abernethy) |
James Wiseman (photo: Jim Abernethy) |
Doug Nevitt and Eric Cheng - modifying Doug's Olympus 4000 housing for proper fiber optic sync |
Jim Abernethy and James Wiseman with nail polish (planning an sneak-coloring of Neil) |
Neil Hammerschlag catches Jimmy trying to polish his toenails |
Eric Cheng violates one of his workshop presentation rules: always fire your camera before you jump in to make sure there is a compact flash card in it (photo: Marty Steinberg) |
Doug Nevitt and Chris Parsons pose with Doug's modified Olympus housing -- modified to block all light from the camera's internal flash |
Doug's modified Olympus housing -- modified to block all light from the camera's internal flash |
Marty Steinberg, Kurt Riehl, and Jurg Vonwil on the back deck of the Shear Water (Mt. Mokarran South) |
Jim Abernethy gives Chris Parsons a little surprise (photo: Chris Parsons) |
Larry Oberlander wears Jurg's Subal cap (Mt. Mokarran South) |
Jim Abernethy wears Jurg's Subal cap (Mt. Mokarran South) |
Jurg, helpless as his Subal cap is passed around (Mt. Mokarran South) |
Jim Abernethy gives Neil Hammerschlag a golden shower. With a hose, that is. (photo: Marty Steinberg) |
Grey with a great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) (photo: Chris Parsons) |
Karl Dietz, Eric Cheng, Marty Steinberg working on computers (photo: Larry Oberlander) |
Sunset over water in the Bahamas |
Larry, Karl, Jurg, and Marty tap away at keyboards, processing images |
The M/V Shear Water (photo: Chris Parsons) |
Larry Oberlander reads on the back deck |
Jim Abernethy and James Wiseman on the Shear Water |
Jim Abernethy and Grey O'Hara demonstrate how to stay upright during extreme ship rocking |
Neil Hammerschlag gives a presentation on his great white shark research |
Neil Hammerschlag gives a presentation on his great white shark research |
Eric Cheng, working into the night (photo: Chris Parsons) |
Rough seas, 40-knot winds, and torrential rain out in the Bahamas. Luckily, the front moved past pretty quickly. |
Eric Cheng and Grey O'Hara at sunset on the Shear Water (photo: James Wiseman) |
James Wiseman and Chris Parsons on the back deck of the Shear Water, at sunset |
Grey O'Hara, working hard as a shark wrangler (sunset on the Shear Water) |
Eric Cheng and Grey O'Hara at sunset on the Shear Water (photo: James Wiseman) |
Doug Nevitt offers his healing services to Chris Parsons on the Shear Water |
Jim Abernethy and Eric Cheng on the Shear Water (16 Gigabyte Refuge) |
Grey O'Hara prepares to clean out 7-day old bait coolers |
Jim Abernethy cleans out a bait cooler. The smell is INCREDIBLE. |
Doug Nevitt |
James Wiseman gets ready to get in the water |
Karl Dietz -- always ready with his camera |
Gadi, Neil, Eric, and Karl on the Shear Water. It sure looks like I'm wearing a skirt, doesn't it? (photo: Larry Oberlander) |
Sunset from the Shear Water (Bahamas) |
Wrangling tiger sharks: Eric Cheng, James Wiseman, Grey O'Hara, Jurg Vonwil (photo: Marty Steinberg) |
Eric Cheng (photo: Karl Dietz) |
Jim Abernethy with his polecam (photo: Karl Dietz) |
Jim Abernethy, polecamming (photo: Karl Dietz) |
