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One of the best investments you can make as an underwater photographer is in quality lenses. Your lens selection becomes even more important because not all lenses are practical for underwater photography. We have limited the lenses in this section to only the ones that are appropriate to underwater use.
Filters are attachments that go over the front of the lens. They produce photo effects and help reduce certain issues by 'filtering' what the lens sees. With digital photo enhancement the way it is today, many people don’t believe they need filters. However, there are just some things you cannot change, even with a photo editor. Underwater the camera needs the addition of a red filter to help correct your images from being all blue or all green. Every diver has noticed that the underwater environment is one of the monochromatic hues rather than distinct colours. Depending on your location, objects will take on a blue or green cast at the expense of all things yellow, orange, red, etc. This is because water acts as a filter of red light. The deeper you dive the more the red spectrum is filtered from the ambient light. You can, however, emphasise the existing red light by filtering out the blue spectrum with a red filter of the right hue for the water type and depth.
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Nursery Bay
Reef Dive |
Shore access
Depth: 1 m (3.28 ft) to 5 m (16 ft)
Level: Open Water and beyond.
Nursery Bay lies just to the east of the Falls of Halladale shipwreck. The access track is steep and care is required.
Nursery Bay lies on the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria and is part of the Bay of Islands Coastal Park which continues on from the Port Campbell National Park at Peterborough and extends through to Warrnambool.
Nursery Bay features plenty of reef structure and marine life.
As Nursery Bay is somewhat protected it often provides sheltered diving when the sea conditions aren't good elsewhere. See WillyWeather (Wild Dog Beach) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.
{{southern-ocean-warning}}Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Eastern Maar people of south-western Victoria between the Shaw and Eumerella Rivers and from Yambuk in the south to beyond Lake Linlithgow in the north. This truly ancient Country extends as far north as Ararat and encompasses the coastal townships of Port Fairy in the west, Warrnambool, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Apollo Bay, Lorne, and Airies Inlet in the east, including the Great Ocean Road area. It also stretches 100 metres out to sea from low tide and therefore includes the iconic Twelve Apostles. "Eastern Maar" is a name adopted by the people who identify as Maar, Eastern Gunditjmara, Tjap Wurrung, Peek Whurrong, Kirrae Whurrung, Kuurn Kopan Noot and/or Yarro waetch (Tooram Tribe) amongst others. We wish to acknowledge the Eastern Maar as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging.
Nursery Bay Location Map
Latitude: 38° 36.312′ S (38.605195° S / 38° 36′ 18.7″ S)
Longitude: 142° 51.800′ E (142.863334° E / 142° 51′ 48″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
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Added: 2021-06-01 19:45:50 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-23 19:43:15 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Wild Dog Cove, 495 m, bearing 67°, ENE
Peterborough, Shipwreck Coast.
Depth: 1 to 5 m.
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