Malta Wreck Photos

[bottlefish]

I've just finished touching up a selection of diving photos taken during a trip to Malta a couple of weeks ago, you can see the results here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37405&l=42e2d&id=503848551

The majority of the shots are of the HMS Stubborn, a WWII submarine scuttled off the coast of Malta in around 58 metres of water. The last few are of the HMS Maori, a WWII destroyer sunk in Valletta Harbour, Malta, on Feb 12th 1942 in 12 metres of water.

The photos were taken by Paul Toomer, using a Nikon D60 with fisheye lens in a Sea and See housing. I was on video for the Stubborn, using a Sony HC-7in Gates housing, Leigh Walker-Howarth looked after the video on the Maori.

The trip was put together to compile a pilot/show reel for a documentary we are planning to shoot in August and September. The footage is being worked on at the moment, I'll post a link once it has been completed and ready for viewing.

We've set up a web site to let people know how we're getting on (www.squidkid.com), you can also keep track of us in the following Facebook group.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=26241736728

Cheers

Stu

[seasnake]

Great photos! All natural light? Fantastic. Look forward to seeing the video!

[bottlefish]

Yep, all natural - we had ideallic conditions, minimal wind, flat calm on the surface, no current and a clear blue sky, couldn't have hoped for better :)

[acelockco]

Sweet!!!

I Love Submarines!!!

[amtrosie]

What was your profile, and mixes you were using on these dives?

[bottlefish]

We planned each dive as 60 metres for 25 minutes, giving us 45 minutes of deco, on the surface at 72 minutes. We used 20/30 for back gas in 12 litre twins, and then 32% and 72% in 7 litre slings for deco; two of the three in the team also carried a spare 72% in case of lost gas. I used vplanner to cut the tables.

Drop me a PM if you'd like the full plan, I'll fire it over.

Cheers

Stu