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Underwater Photography
 
 
 

 
 

 

Equipment

http://www.digital-dive.de/ : A good selection of underwater cameras and accessories in Germany.

http://www.mike-dive.de/ : Individual solutions for underwater photography.

http://www.heinrichsweikamp.net/ : Digital adapter and converters to connect almost all kind of underwater flashes on the market to a large number of digital cameras.

http://www.hartenberger.de/english/hartenberger.html : Home of the “nano contact” dive and focusing lamp and other dive lamps.

http://www.ulcs.com/ : Trays and flash arms.

http://www.nautica.at/ : Large shop in Austria with excellent selection for underwater photography.

http://www.nightsea.com/ : Equipment for seeing fluorescence underwater.

http://reefnet.ca/ : Home of the SubSee adapter and the interactive Reef Fish ID.

 

General Underwater Photography and Magazines

http://www.digitaldiver.net/.

http://www.wetpixel.com/.

http://www.digideep.com/.

http://www.uwpix.net/.

http://uwpmag.com/ : A free magazine on underwater photography.

http://www.xray-mag.com : Online dive magazine.

http://www.unterwasserwelt.de/ : Tauchsportmagazin im Internet auf deutsch.

 

Homepages of Underwater Photographers and Guides

http://www.awoosh.com/.

http://www.sergeyphoto.com/index.html.

http://www.edge-of-reef.com/.

http://www.starfish.ch/.

http://www.marinelifephotography.com/.

http://www.norbertwu.com/index.html.

http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/ : Excellent guide to underwater photography with many tips. This is basically an online book.

 

Dive Centers

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

http://www.heronisland.com/ : Heron Island Resort.

http://www.calypsodive.com/ : only company going to the Eddy Reef.

Hawaii

http://www.konahonudivers.com/index.shtml : one of the operators for the famous "Manta Ray Night Dive" in Kona on the Big Island, Hawaii.

http://www.bigislanddivers.com/ : smaller and more individual dive company in Kona I did a couple of dives with.

http://www.mauiscuba.com/index.html : Ed Robinson's Diving Adventures, highly recommended for diving in Maui, very professional dive company. Ed Robinson is an underwater photographer with many pictures on his web site.

Cuba

http://www.yellowsharkdiving.de/ : Cave diving in Cuba! Peter Dietz is an expert in cave diving in the cenotes of Cuba. In his book you find all necessary details including maps. It is written in German but should not be difficult to read for those not speaking German.

http://www.cuba-diving.de/ : German travel agency specialized in diving in Cuba. They now the country and have even an office in Havana. Here you can book all the famous dive sites in Cuba (German and English information available).

http://cubandivingcenters.com/ : Company operating the diving activities in the Jardines de la Reina.

Europe

http://www.thescubaexperience.com : Dive center "De Kabbelaar" in Scharendijke, Netherlands.

http://www.grn.es/calypso/ : Dive center "Calypso Diving" in L'Estartit, Spain, serving the Medas Islands.

 

Fish and Creature Identification

http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/home.htm : The FishBase, largest database on fish in the net.

http://www.marinespecies.org: The World Register of Marine Species. From here you find links to other databases and pictures in the web. Great source of information.

http://www.marinespecies.eu/index.php : Another very helpful page for the identification of marine species.

http://reefguide.org/index.html : A private web page with more than 500 marine species, mostly from the Caribbean.

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/index.cfm : Australian Museum Fish Site. Helps to identify fish.

http://www.seaslugforum.net/ : Australian Museum site on sea slugs (nudibranches).

http://www.seaslug.com/ : Everything you always wanted to know about sea slugs.

http://www.nudibranch.com.au/index.html : ... and another one.

http://coralpedia.bio.warwick.ac.uk/ : Guide to Caribbean corals and sponges.

http://www.onderwaterwereld.net/oww_ml/php/home.php?&TLC=UK : Fish and creatures in the Netherlands.

http://www.marlin.ac.uk/ : Marine life in Britain and Ireland. Useful for the identification of species in the north sea.

 

Other Interesting Pages

http://www.whalesong.net/index.htm : Listen to the whales in Maui in real time! Great site.

http://www.sharkproject.org/engl/index.html : Help to save the sharks!

http://www.tauchclub-hattingen.de/ : My dive club. Have a look!

http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/oc2/ : My other hobby.