Marine life comprises the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of seas or oceans, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries (Wikipedia). For the photographer it poses the obvious problem of how to shoot underwater, and for some this is a specialist pursuit that can yield the most stunning exposes of the normally hidden marine world. Don’t be put off if your camera needs to stay dry though, exploring the shallows, shooting down into rock pools, or maybe you’ve snapped whales or dolphins from the side of a boat.
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