Post by waterlicked on Dec 15, 2011 21:40:36 GMT 1
hi guys, as i'm sure all who have enjoyed my company on the bank will know, i'm not much of an angler and have become the new "yanglers whipping boy". however, i'm not completely useless at everything. i'm sure we all know that yanglers has it's own resident photo bug (boff) who provides us with some great photo's of our matches and catches. well... i think i am also a talented photographer, only underwater!
underwater photography has a unique set of problems. first problem is that usually, i try to photograph fish, and fish are not the best models in the world... they keep swimming off and won't pose for me
second problem is water absorbs light far greater than air. this means that by the time you have gone just 3 meters deep (in clear water), you start to lose the colour red. at just 5 meters, you start to lose yellow too and have almost lost red. to counteract this, you need to manually adjust the white balance.
this is the gear i use. it's a panasonic lumix ft2 camera, with an ikelite 60 meter housing and an ikelite af35 strobe.
the first time i used the camera, i came across this green back turtle. i didn't know how to set the white balance. that is why it is all blue
when you get everything right, i.e. you have the right white balance, correct iso setting, right focal length and get the exposure right.... and in focus, you get pictures like this nudibranch
sometimes you get everything right... then you're dive buddy kicks all the sand up at just the wrong time a lionfish
when snorkelling, i only use the camera alone (cos it's waterproof to 10 meters). here's a couple of photo's taken while snorkelling.
a blue spotted stingray. my son found this hiding under a moored pedalo
a nice pair of threadfin butterflyfish
a banded butterflyfish
a parrotfish
a baby moray eel. i had to dive a couple meters to get this photo. we followed it for ages and i had several poor attempts before i got a decent shot.
this is a whale shark in the maldives. the lad in blue fins and red lifevest is my son
this is the same shark. the man in the background is about 2 meters behind. this should give you some idea of if it's size. my estimate is about 12 meters.
this is about as close as i got
when you go diving, you also find interesting shipwrecks. these are some photo's of the kormoran in the straits of tiran. it collided with laguna reef in 1984. as you can imagine, a wrecked ship does unimaginable damage to the local ecosystem. not only does it physically damage the reef, but it also spews out loads of poisonous oils and other contaminants. however, in just 3 decades, the wrecked ship has become part of the reef, and is recovering quite nicely
of course, there are also loads of nice corals to see... but i prefer fish
table coral
not sure what type of coral, but i like it anyway.
as i said above, i prefer taking photo's of fish, and no collection of underwater photo's would be complete with a clownfish and anemone.
who you lookin at?
clownfish and a purple anemone in the maldives
although this photo is not one of the best i have taken, it is one of my favourite fish. it's called an emperor angel
this is a blue trigger fish found at about 30 meters
a blue green chromis with anthias (the pink ones) in the background
a powder blue tang (or surgeonfish)
this is an oriental sweetlips. notice the water clarity is very poor, we had strong winds the night before this dive
some of these pics have been posted on another forum so some of you might have seen some before.
if you've managed to read this far, i hope you have enjoyed looking at my photo's and enjoyed the read
underwater photography has a unique set of problems. first problem is that usually, i try to photograph fish, and fish are not the best models in the world... they keep swimming off and won't pose for me
second problem is water absorbs light far greater than air. this means that by the time you have gone just 3 meters deep (in clear water), you start to lose the colour red. at just 5 meters, you start to lose yellow too and have almost lost red. to counteract this, you need to manually adjust the white balance.
this is the gear i use. it's a panasonic lumix ft2 camera, with an ikelite 60 meter housing and an ikelite af35 strobe.
the first time i used the camera, i came across this green back turtle. i didn't know how to set the white balance. that is why it is all blue
when you get everything right, i.e. you have the right white balance, correct iso setting, right focal length and get the exposure right.... and in focus, you get pictures like this nudibranch
sometimes you get everything right... then you're dive buddy kicks all the sand up at just the wrong time a lionfish
when snorkelling, i only use the camera alone (cos it's waterproof to 10 meters). here's a couple of photo's taken while snorkelling.
a blue spotted stingray. my son found this hiding under a moored pedalo
a nice pair of threadfin butterflyfish
a banded butterflyfish
a parrotfish
a baby moray eel. i had to dive a couple meters to get this photo. we followed it for ages and i had several poor attempts before i got a decent shot.
this is a whale shark in the maldives. the lad in blue fins and red lifevest is my son
this is the same shark. the man in the background is about 2 meters behind. this should give you some idea of if it's size. my estimate is about 12 meters.
this is about as close as i got
when you go diving, you also find interesting shipwrecks. these are some photo's of the kormoran in the straits of tiran. it collided with laguna reef in 1984. as you can imagine, a wrecked ship does unimaginable damage to the local ecosystem. not only does it physically damage the reef, but it also spews out loads of poisonous oils and other contaminants. however, in just 3 decades, the wrecked ship has become part of the reef, and is recovering quite nicely
of course, there are also loads of nice corals to see... but i prefer fish
table coral
not sure what type of coral, but i like it anyway.
as i said above, i prefer taking photo's of fish, and no collection of underwater photo's would be complete with a clownfish and anemone.
who you lookin at?
clownfish and a purple anemone in the maldives
although this photo is not one of the best i have taken, it is one of my favourite fish. it's called an emperor angel
this is a blue trigger fish found at about 30 meters
a blue green chromis with anthias (the pink ones) in the background
a powder blue tang (or surgeonfish)
this is an oriental sweetlips. notice the water clarity is very poor, we had strong winds the night before this dive
some of these pics have been posted on another forum so some of you might have seen some before.
if you've managed to read this far, i hope you have enjoyed looking at my photo's and enjoyed the read