Underwater Photography News

Olympus has released their new flagship mirrorless camera, the OM-D E-M1 Mark II which made lots of improvement from its predecessor.  It is packed with new interesting features such as  20 megapixel live MOS sensor, advanced 5-axis image stabilization, 121 point dual fast autofocus with 4K video.  It has surely passed our expectations.

The final phase of Jason deCaires Taylor's monumental project “Museo Atlantico”, in Lanzarote, Spain is now completed and officially inaugurated on the 10th of January 2017 by the President of the island, Pedro San Gines. 

Consisting of over 300 works spread over 12 installations, it is the first time Taylor has installed  large-scale architectural works. The new installations include a 100 Ton 30m long wall, an underwater botanical sculpture garden referencing local flora and fauna, and a colossal formation of over 200 life size-human figures in a gyre.

In 2009, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California sent an ROV (remote operated vehicle), on multiple dives of the waters of California and Hawaii which reached the depths of 6,700 feet.  They have recently released the video taken from those dives, and they have captured something incredible.  They have filmed a Ghost Shark which is also known as Chimaeras.  Ghost sharks are dead-eyed, winged-finned fish and they don’t have ragged rows of teeth; that resides at great depths and no sunlight can penetrate.  It is believed that they have been

Scubashooters.net is a community composed of amateur and professional photographers binded by their passion for underwater photography.  Having this passion, they came up with creating monthly contests in order to showcase the beauty of the underwater world.  They have been organizing more than 20 monthly contests and partnering up with sponsors all over the world.