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'The Ghostly Giannis D'
John Parker

The Ghostly Giannis D was taken on a Northern Red Sea Photographic workshop on board Whirlwind. This was my first workshop and on day one disaster struck as my shutter release button broke off whilst attempting sunset splits at Ras Katy! I spent the next day or so experimenting with various ways to “bodge” my shutter lever to get it to work. I eventually fixed it and was able to shoot reliably. This shot was taken on the 3rd dive on day three. The previous two I dived with a camera that didn’t work properly so it’s a miracle this shot was taken at all!