I am currently running running a story about the Sharks of Cape town in the South African diving magazine DiveStyle. I love South Africa and I do love Cape Town. Our latest trip to South Africa brought us to various places including Cape Town. This is really a town that I can recommend. The city is great. The Table Mountain is great. The diving is more than great. Imagine a place where you can easily find Seven Gill Sharks, Mako's, Blue Sharks and Great White Sharks just to name a few. We visited Cape Town together with our twin girls who were only 18 months at that time.

In de vorige aflevering hebben we gezien dat kleuren onder water verdwijnen doordat water niet alle kleuren van het zonlicht even gemakkelijk doorlaat. Hierdoor ontstaan blauwe, contrastarme opnames. Dit kun je voorkomen door een roodfilter te gebruiken. Een roodfilter werkt alleen goed als er voldoende licht aanwezig is. Als dat niet het geval is, kun je altijd zelf nog licht meenemen: flitsers.

Tekst & Fotografie: André Crone

André Crone together with African Watersports will organize a photography trip to South Africa for the Sardine Run next year. This trip is planned from 5-11 July 2012. The Sardine Run is the most impressive showcase of natural predation in the world. Vast schools of Sardines are swept along the eastern coast of South Africa by an enormous body of cold water. These Sardines attract Dolphins, Humpback Whales, Brydes Whales, birds and many different kinds of sharks that all predate on the Sardines.

Volg nu een cursus onderwaterfotografie of een workshop onderwaterfotografie bij André Crone. André kan vanuit zijn ruime ervaring als internationaal publicerend onderwaterfotograaf jou verder helpen om betere onderwaterfoto's te maken. Ben je teleurgesteld door de foto's die je de laatste vakantie hebt gemaakt? Wil je meer leren over onderwaterfotorafie? Dan is deze cursus voor jouw! De cursus onderwaterfotografie, welke is gebaseerd op de NOB specialty die voor een groot deel is geschreven door André Crone, gaat vooral over de basis van de onderwaterfotografie.

I received a stack of the newest issue of Duikmagazine today. That issue holds four articles by me and my wife. I personally like how they have published our biological story about Dolphins. Our other biological story in this issue is about Caribean Reef Sharks. Both the Dolphins and Shark article were shot in the Bahamas last year. Snorkeling with these magnificent animals is always a treat.

We just returned from South Africa today. We visited one of my favorite diving countries for three weeks. Our first stop was at Umkomaas where we stayed for over a week. Umkomaas offers great diving and lots, lots of Sharks! We had great luck with the visibility at the wrecks of Umkomaas, really Red Sea visibility. More about Umkomaas and our South Africa trip later on this blog and "Duikmagazine". We are organizing a fantastic South Africa expedition for next year for which we will have six places available.