Into the Deep - Underwater Gannets

Bouncing around in a small inflatable boat I was heading to one of the remotest coastal cliffs in Shetland, and I was starting to feel a little nervous. There is nothing between these cliffs and Norway, and they get pounded by massive storms and large swells. For me to make the images of diving gannets underwater I had to pick my days carefully, it needed to be relatively calm.

As I ploughed through a wave and a wall of spray hit me in the face leaving me squinting to see the shoreline, I wondered if I had overdone the loading of the boat. Weighted down by the 150 kilograms of mackerel, camera gear and dive kit and the fact that thick fog was making navigating around the headlands difficult, I started to question my sanity. I knew once I made it to the cliffs I would be sheltered, but the fog seemed to be getting denser. I had gambled as the forecast was for the fog to clear.