HMS Yukon Photos

Here are a few shots from the Yukon - a 377' Canadian (go Todd!) destroyer sunk in San Diego a few years ago:

I made this dive on 12-27 and rstark was along. What do you think Bob? It was a pretty deep and dark dive for photography, but I shot my dual DS125's at 1/2 power. Shots were taken at ISO400 F4 and 1/90th

Full gallery at:

Yukon Underwater Photos - Fuji S2pro

Cheers

James Wiseman

See our Navy is good for something. Our contribution to the US effort.

ps You really have to get a drysuit and head up to BC next time I put a trip together. You would love it.

I can feel the cold water running down my spine looking at these...

Digital stills - as with digital video make the soup look much clearer than it actually is - Good thing.

I would have dropped to 1/30 @ f8 for a bit more depth personally and played around with the strobes to get a more defined 3D rendition.

But having said that these are perfectly ok, apart from the bottom lit fish in the kelp.

Thanks Bob. Coming from a pro, I consider "acceptable" to be not too shabby...

I am stuck with this thought that I have to shoot faster than 1/60th if possible. I guess it's from my last trip. The thing is, I could have easily shot 1/30th on this dive because all of the fish were half frozen. They weren't going anywhere fast.

It was one of those experiences where you jump in the water, and as you're waiting for them to hand your camera down, you are saying to yourself "why in hell am I doing this??!?!?"

Cheers

James

Wrecks can be difficult subjects to photograph from the point of view of finding something that is going to be interesting to 3rd parties (Large wrecks are infinitely more difficult, especially in bad viz). So, look for something that is unusual but still in keeping with the metalwork.

I find close-focus WA is good in these situations (main subject within 1m), concentrating on unusual foreground subjects (marine growth or a typical wreck feature) with maybe superstructure features as a blurry backdrop.

When you get hold of your new WA zoom you can take more advantage of these situations.