{"id":16706,"date":"2009-02-26T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T17:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwphoto.onpressidium.com\/book\/underwater-photography-guide\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:30:31","slug":"underwater-photography-guide","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/book\/underwater-photography-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter Index &#8211; Guide to Underwater Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the online guide to digital underwater photography. I hope you find this guide useful. Please feel free to leave comments, suggestions, or corrections after any section. All content and photos copyright by <a href=\"\/about-0\">Scott Gietler<\/a> unless otherwise noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Browse the chapters below (or the column to the left) to navigate through the articles you&#8217;re interested in. 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Easy as that.<\/p><div style=\"background-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/popular_chapters_bg.png&#039;);background-position:50% 0;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:100%;\" id=\"popular_chapters_section\" class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\" data-aos=\"slide-up\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most popular chapters of the Underwater Photography Guide<\/h2>\n\n<div id=\"home_guide_menu\" class=\"wp-block-group home-guide-menu popular-chapters has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><nav class=\"has-text-color has-base-color homepage-navigation wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container has-text-color has-base-color homepage-navigation wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item popular-chapter-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"\/underwater-photography-guide-beginners\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Guide for Beginners<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"\/underwater-photography-underwater-photography-equipment\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Fisheye Lens vs. Wide-Angle Lens<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"\/book\/underwater-photography-guide\/underwater-settings\/underwater-camera-settings\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Settings for Macro and Wide-Angle<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  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