LOOK: Photographing Russia's White Sea
A diver's fins seen through the melting ice on an entry hole.
Franco Banfi
WHITE SEA, KARELIA, NORTHERN RUSSIA
I visit Russia’s White sea several times in winter for its impeccable ice diving. Every time is a new adventure. When I captured this shot, the temperature was close to 32 degrees F, warmer than the typically below-freezing climate. The ice on the entry hole for the dive was melting, creating a granita-icelike layer that blocked the view to the outside — in this case, leaving only the fins of my partner visible!
HOW I GOT THE SHOT
I used a Canon EOs 5D MARK III camera with a Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens in a subal CD5 MIII housing and two INON 240 strobes at full power. To focus the shot under the dark ice, I used a sola Photo 1200 from Light & Motion. ISO 200, 1/125 sec, f/11
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Franco BanfiA diver's fins seen through the melting ice on an entry hole.
WHITE SEA, KARELIA, NORTHERN RUSSIA
I visit Russia’s White sea several times in winter for its impeccable ice diving. Every time is a new adventure. When I captured this shot, the temperature was close to 32 degrees F, warmer than the typically below-freezing climate. The ice on the entry hole for the dive was melting, creating a granita-icelike layer that blocked the view to the outside — in this case, leaving only the fins of my partner visible!
HOW I GOT THE SHOT
I used a Canon EOs 5D MARK III camera with a Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens in a subal CD5 MIII housing and two INON 240 strobes at full power. To focus the shot under the dark ice, I used a sola Photo 1200 from Light & Motion. ISO 200, 1/125 sec, f/11
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