Today I want to show you a selection of photos on the theme of water, or to be more precise, on the theme of wrecks and people — and all this under water. Water is literally everywhere around, and for me it is a wonderful experience and an interesting feeling. I hope that the photos turned out good :)
Last year we went on a dive safari in the north of the Red Sea, and the main purpose of this trip was to visit wrecks — sunken ships. We dived to 6 wrecks, photos of four of them are included in today's post. Here is a list of those ships (two photos each):
1.Giannis D — a cargo ship built in Japan, then bought by a Greek company, carrying bulk cargo. Sunk in 1983.
2.Carnatic — a British steamship, carried passengers and gold on its last voyage. Sunk in 1869.
3.Chrisoula K — a Greek ship carrying a cargo of Italian tiles. Sunk in 1981 next to the Carnatic.
4.SS Thistlegorm — a British cargo ship that carried military cargo. Sunk by German aircraft in 1941.
All of these ships are available to recreational divers who are limited to depths of 30-40 meters, which is actually quite a bit if you really want to dive on the wrecks often: most of them end up in deeper water after sinking.
When shooting underwater, I usually rarely focus on people, because most of the time I shot fish, marine animals and corals. But being under water next to such significant objects as sunken ships, I really wished people would get into the picture more often. This gives an understanding of scale, and sometimes adds mood and story to the shots. Therefore, today all photographs include both ships or their parts, and people. Well, and water, of course — there is nowhere without it, it provides the opportunity to see it all the way we see it.
Giannis D, 99.5 meters long and 16 meters wide. On the deck, a lot of things are in good condition, and on one of the sides there is a staircase that runs from the bottom to the deck. It's fun to climb it — you can do it with your hands without using legs
The ship lies on its side at a depth of about 25 meters. Well accessible to divers and due to its size and good water clarity, it is excellent for photographs.
Carnatic, length 89.4 m, width 11.6m. The oldest ship I've seen (however, I haven't seen many of them). Its condition, of course, is much worse due to age: more destruction in the hull, more overgrown with corals.
But still interesting for diving. After the shipwreck, a cargo of gold was lifted out of the water, although, it is said, something could still remain there... :)
Chrisoula K, 100 meters long, 15 meters wide, it looks larger than the first two. The ship lies at a depth of 5-26 meters on a sloping bottom, so there is such a difference in depths.
The ship (as any wreck) is very interesting to look at, searching for what is there between the layers of metal. Who lives in all these cavities and depressions now, when not people now command here, but fish?
SS Thistlegorm, 126.5 m long, 17.7 m wide. This is the largest ship in today's selection and the one I most wanted to see — and I was not disappointed. Lies at a depth of about 30 m.
There is so much to see there! Two or even three dives are usually made to it in order to look at it both from the inside and outside. We did two dives, and I, from excitement and the desire to take pictures, was running out of air rather quickly.
I plan to tell more about these wrecks in the future and show more photos from the dives to them, but for now — just a small selection of those shots that I like. This post participates in the Deranged Photography Contest with the theme "Water", Professional tier.
Camera: OLYMPUS E-M5 Mark II
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You are truly a lucky person and are in a special place.
That is a very amazing thing, not just anyone can have the opportunity like you and your team.
In fact, you actually managed to bring us all to see things that were almost impossible for us to see and what's even more amazing is that you present very complete data on the sunken ships. What are you most afraid of while out there @sharker? (don't you mention a shark ha.. ha..)
Thank you :) I was really happy to be there and see all those ships. Almost everyone has the opportunity to get trained and dive, this is a fairly developed industry in many countries of the world. The issue rests on money, time or fear of being under water - these are the main difficulties, I understand this.
I'm always happy to show something interesting and beautiful, and I'm glad you liked it! I got into photography to share my images with the world and encourage people to travel more and see the beauty of the world with their own eyes.
I'm not afraid of sharks, yeah :) In fact, I would like to look at them. Sometimes there is a small fear that some part of the ship will suddenly collapse... But the chances of this are small. In general, under water, I am afraid of a strong currents that can pull me to the depths.
Stunning pictures! Have you used a filter? I've tried underwater photography but not at a diving depth and the colours are always off, no matter how I use the WB and Tint sliders. Is it simply that the water here is so greenish-yellow?
Thank you! :)
I didn't use any particular filter. Colors are always lost with depth due to lack of light, underwater photographers use flashes and underwater lights to compensate. And the blue color of the water in the photo appears the deeper, the stronger (as long as there is some light though) and with relatively clean and transparent water. Plus, of course, I do post-processing in Lightroom or Photoshop to bring the photo to a more realistic look, including colors.
It often happens that initially almost the entire picture turns out to be dull green or dull blue, with almost no other colors - this is when there is not enough light. And of course, the color of the water depends on itself - if it is initially yellowish-green or muddy, then to make it blue, it would have to be forcibly shaded when processing the photo, this is a rather inconvenient process.
These are incredible photos with every perspective imaginable. Why is it that you can only dive 40 meters down? Is that when the pressure becomes too great? Diving is something that has always interested me but have never taken the leap to do it.
Thanks a lot!
Physically, of course, I can dive deeper, but without appropriate (longer and more serious) training, this is recognized as unsafe, and without the appropriate certificates, dive guides will not take you deeper. This is connected with physiology and with a greater complexity of diving - you need much more skills, self-control, attentiveness and other things.
If you want to go deeper than 40 meters, you have to become a technical diver (and there are several stages of training). In general, it is more difficult, more dangerous and more expensive. The most colorful things under water are just at shallow depths, and this is more accessible to a wide range of people. I think people want to go deeper only after they decide what they need it for, what they want to see.
I advise you to try it if you are interested - it is very exciting! And there is nothing difficult when diving up to 18 meters, which allows training and certification in the basic programs, for example, Padi Open Water Diver.
Thanks a bunch for the information!
It makes sense what you are saying. After a certain depth, you no longer see the reefs, and so much sea life is within close proximity to the shoreline.
Possibly, if one was a sunken ship seeker, that may make it worth diving deeper. Not sure the risks are worth it from what you are saying. The training sounds intensive as well.
I look forward to seeing more of your photos.
You're welcome!
Yes, wrecks are definitely one of the reasons to dive deeper. But I'm not going to big depths yet :)
Wow, the pictures look cool, but the reality hurts me.
Thanks for sharing ❤️
Thank you!
Yes, of course - people often die in shipwrecks, and this is really sad. But life is like that and there is nothing we can do about it now. By the way, sometimes old ships are bought and sunk especially for divers, that is, there are no sufferers there, everything is calculated in advance.
Wow, really... I never knew some ships are sunked on purpose. Mainly for content creation and exploration right?
This is mainly done specifically for the entertainment of divers where there are no sunken ships and the diving entertainment industry is growing. Ships are interesting to explore and photograph, as well as to watch how they are overgrown with corals and fish settle inside :)
Ok, thanks for sharing.
Nice photo of the Gannis D did you get into the engine room ?
The Gorm is a great wreck but it’s deteriorating rapidly.
Thanks! :)
Yes, we were in the engine room, the heart of a ship is always interesting to look at.
I read and watched a lot about the Thistelgorm, and yes, I heard it. It's a pity, but at least now I managed to get to it and saw what I could. It will be sad when it completely collapses.
Nice photos
Thank you! But still, those that I did outside, I like more :)
What a great adventure and awesome pictures!
For me it was an adventure, yes :) Although, probably, for dive guides, all this already seems like a routine. I wish I could go back in time and participate in Cousteau's expeditions, that would be a real adventure! :))
Thanks a lot!
Looks had story !!!!
Definitely! :)
I love to see how the sea (lol) took charge of these ruins and how corals grew on the metal rusty giants...lovely photos!
Yes, the sea changes them surprisingly quickly, it is always so exciting to look at this result both from the outside and from the inside.
Thank you! :)
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Thanks a lot!
Impressive!👌
Glad to hear it, thanks! :)
Cool!!! images 👍
Thanks a lot! :)
No problem hope you having a great day......
Hope you too :)
what an amazing place, The ocean remains a largely unexplored place
I agree, great places!
Big depths are really difficult to explore. I hope people do it one day.
This is the dream. I would love to be able to dive and take underwater photos.
I dreamed about this for several years, and finally realized it :)
Maybe in the future you will be able too?
Deeeep
Oh yeeees :)
Wooooow, is amazing 😍💗💗🤩
Thank you very much :) Depths hide wonders!
Больше понравились те карточки, где что-то на переднем плане, лучше освещенное (вспышкой?). карточки, где темная толща воды куда свет не пробился - не очень зашли.
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Да, я там фотографировал с подводными вспышками. В первый раз за два или три года после того, как купил их - это было первое успешное испытание :)
Мне нравятся и те, и другие фото, при этом те, что тёмные и издали, мне кажутся более эпичными, что ли. К тому же я хотел показать больше воды на фотографиях для конкурса, ведь тема - вода. В любом случае, спасибо за мнение! И спасибо за пиво :)
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