2013-2015 Rena shipwreck & Astrolabe Reef { 4 galleries }
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Underwater 360-degree panoramic images taken in the Rena debris field 2014 and 2015 to show how much debris & wreckage was removed from the salvage operation.
The images were shot on a custom built underwater tripod using a Nikon D800 camera in a Nauticam underwater housing. Took about 19 images that were stitched together to make up the 360 degree image. Astrolabe reef. New Zealand. If you would like underwater 180 to 360 degree panoramic shots at your location please contact me.
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General images, did not get much time to shoot general reef pictures on the reef, as the client was mostly only wanting pictures of the wreckage. Astrolabe reef needs to be a marine reserve, have dived it before the Rena crashed into the reef, it was not very exciting very little fish life, did one dive and never went back. Now the fish-life after being closed for four years or more for the salvage, the fish-life has bounced back, never seen underwater such huge schools of Kahawai. Shame that the reef has now been opened to fishing. Like this facebook this page if interested in keeping the reef closed to fishing. https://www.facebook.com/Save-Astrolabe-427844497411239/
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General shots of the wreckage on the reef, there are a lot of handheld panoramas to show the size of the wreckage, these have "pano" in the file name where I take a number of images and stitch them together using photoshop. The images range from 2013 to late 2015.
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The transects are essentially aerial views of the seabed, the distance above the bottom was set at 3m with a line and lead weight in 2015 and 4m in 2014, the distance above the bottom was governed by the water visibility and available sunlight. I followed a compass course, the compass being fixed to the camera to help keep the camera always pointing in the right direction. As one can see my transects were not that straight, had strong water currents which I was pushing into in 2014 and in 2015 I had a strong side water current which made doing the transects very difficult to follow the compass line.
The photography was done with a Nikon D800 in a Nauticam underwater housing. The images were then laid up in photoshop to produce the final images.
6 imagesUnderwater 360-degree panoramic images taken in the Rena debris field 2014 and 2015 to show how much debris & wreckage was removed from the salvage operation. The images were shot on a custom built underwater tripod using a Nikon D800 camera in a Nauticam underwater housing. Took about 19 images that were stitched together to make up the 360 degree image. Astrolabe reef. New Zealand. If you would like underwater 180 to 360 degree panoramic shots at your location please contact me.
40 imagesGeneral images, did not get much time to shoot general reef pictures on the reef, as the client was mostly only wanting pictures of the wreckage. Astrolabe reef needs to be a marine reserve, have dived it before the Rena crashed into the reef, it was not very exciting very little fish life, did one dive and never went back. Now the fish-life after being closed for four years or more for the salvage, the fish-life has bounced back, never seen underwater such huge schools of Kahawai. Shame that the reef has now been opened to fishing. Like this facebook this page if interested in keeping the reef closed to fishing. https://www.facebook.com/Save-Astrolabe-427844497411239/
63 imagesGeneral shots of the wreckage on the reef, there are a lot of handheld panoramas to show the size of the wreckage, these have "pano" in the file name where I take a number of images and stitch them together using photoshop. The images range from 2013 to late 2015.
2 galleriesThe transects are essentially aerial views of the seabed, the distance above the bottom was set at 3m with a line and lead weight in 2015 and 4m in 2014, the distance above the bottom was governed by the water visibility and available sunlight. I followed a compass course, the compass being fixed to the camera to help keep the camera always pointing in the right direction. As one can see my transects were not that straight, had strong water currents which I was pushing into in 2014 and in 2015 I had a strong side water current which made doing the transects very difficult to follow the compass line. The photography was done with a Nikon D800 in a Nauticam underwater housing. The images were then laid up in photoshop to produce the final images.