PEOPLE & 



PLACES 



onors 



L/oe Poe of Durham started 

 taking underwater pictures about 1 5 

 years ago. 



He was so excited by the scenes 

 during his diving trips, that he wanted 

 to share the images with his friends and 

 family. 



This year, Poe's eye for underwater 

 scenes earned him a top honor in the 

 regional scenes category of the SEAS 

 Scuba Expo underwater photography 

 contest. 



His image — of a sand tiger shark 

 that is surrounded by bait fish — was 

 taken at the scene of the wreck of the 

 Mcmueia. A German U-boat sunk the 

 400-foot freighter in 1942. 



The site is about 40 miles out of 

 Beaufort's harbor, about 140 to 1 60 

 feet deep. 



"We have been to this particular 

 wreck several times," he says of the 

 Mcmuela, which is deeper than many of 

 the wrecks off the North Carolina coast. 



"It is very broken up — spread over 

 a football field size. The stern and bow 

 are upright. The hull is upside down," 

 he says. 



Shutterbugs may be interested in 

 the image details: Taken at a depth of 

 approximately 1 55 feet with a Canon 

 A2, in a Delphinus housing, with an 

 Ikelite Ai strobe on full power (100 

 watts), and a 28-1 05mm Canon lens 

 set at 28mm, at 1/60 sec. at f5. 6, with 

 Kodak E100VS film. — K.M. 



26 HOLIDAY 2000 



