Foxtrot16
Contributor
The diving in all of my local sites is usually in poor vis with 3 - 4m being considered good vis with very cloudy / milky water with lots of particles and crud floating around.
We dive every weekend and do it in these conditions because it is great practice for our underwater photography because if we can get great images in poor conditions then when we hit the tropical waters with vis of > 20m then we will nail every image.
Poor vis means you have to concentrate on all of your camera skills and in particular your lighting / strobe positioning and therefore you learn more about your camera and your skills in poor vis than someone who dives in excellent vis.
The upside of being used to diving in poor vis conditions is that when you go on a dive holiday and if the vis drops then you are used to it and will still dive - I have been on trips where the vis has dropped to 10m and people have refused to dive!!
Karl
We dive every weekend and do it in these conditions because it is great practice for our underwater photography because if we can get great images in poor conditions then when we hit the tropical waters with vis of > 20m then we will nail every image.
Poor vis means you have to concentrate on all of your camera skills and in particular your lighting / strobe positioning and therefore you learn more about your camera and your skills in poor vis than someone who dives in excellent vis.
The upside of being used to diving in poor vis conditions is that when you go on a dive holiday and if the vis drops then you are used to it and will still dive - I have been on trips where the vis has dropped to 10m and people have refused to dive!!
Karl