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Review: Underground Worlds Calendar 2018

Review: Underground Worlds Calendar 2018

The internationally renowned Underground Worlds calendar for 2018 is now available from Wild Places Publishing, better known to most of us as the publishers of the cavers’ magazine, Descent. The calendar contains 12 beautifully printed A3 pages (plus the cover) featuring caves from around the world. Not only that, the final page has a bonus…

Graham Mullan December 17, 6 Caving News, News, Non Fiction, Photography, Reviews Read More...

Behind the Scenes at the Mendip Cave Photography Exhibition and Competition

Behind the Scenes at the Mendip Cave Photography Exhibition and Competition

Caver and photographer Mark Burkey impressed the judges so much at the recent Mendip Cave Photography Exhibition and Competition that he swept up the prize for three winning entries. Mark has kindly taken the time to give us a behind the scenes look at his photographs, telling us something about them and how he takes…

Linda Wilson June 17, 15 News, Photography Read More...

Robbie Shone on National Geographic Live

Robbie Shone on National Geographic Live

Most British cavers, and many more around the world, will know or have heard of Robbie Shone and know his work. The National Geographic live site now features a lecture by Robbie, in which he reveals more about his career and showcases many of his superb shots. When we spoke to Robbie he explained “Last November…

Tony Brocklebank February 17, 2 Caving News, News, Photography, World News Read More...

Photo Salon: Old School Caving

Photo Salon: Old School Caving

Peter Glanvill has dug out some of his older photos to show the nature of cavers’ attire from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. Although not an old photograph, we see here what cavers may have worn when the sport was in its infancy. Basically, you would be concerned to keep warm, and…

Peter Burgess March 16, 11 Photography Read More...

Darkness Below Photo Salon – February 2016

Darkness Below Photo Salon – February 2016

Welcome to our February Darkness Below photo salon. We hope you enjoy these, and please do keep sending us your photos to share. Duncan’s image was captured with just a Fuji X30 compact camera, handheld at 1/2s, f2.0 ISO 1600; the image stabilisation in modern cameras is absolutely amazing. He says: “I asked the group…

Tony Brocklebank February 16, 17 Deep Thought, Photography Read More...

Photo Salon – Pilot

Photo Salon – Pilot

Darkness Below plans to run a monthly photo salon so that a selection of readers’ photos can be enjoyed by everyone. As a trial, here are a few that were sent in to us in the past few days. If you would like to see one or more of your photos included in a monthly…

Tony Brocklebank January 16, 18 Deep Thought, News, Photography Read More...

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