Title: "Leru Cut"

(Scuba Diver hovering in crack named "Leru Cut")

Solomon Islands, 2000

TOTAL EDITION: 500

SIIZE: 11.5" X 16.5"

(29 cm X 42 cm)

This image took second place in the 2001 Skin Diver Magazine "Cover Shot Contest" with 37% of the votes.

The site is a large crack penetrating the side of an island. The image was shot in existing light, from the back of this giant crack. Metering was tricky, so I bracketed my exposures to be sure I got at least one keeper.

The back of the cut has a surface access to the jungle on the island, and allegedly a crocodile is often there. We looked for it, but it wasn't there at the time.