Caves

[allanc]

Canon Digital Rebel (D300)

Devil's Sinkhole, Texas
Entrance Chamber

Natural light and 1 Press 25B flashbulb
http://www.oztotl.com/allan/DS%20Feb%2027%202005.jpg



Devils Sinkhole, Texas
North Lake Room

1 M2B flashbulb
http://www.oztotl.com/allan/DS%20Feb%2027%202005_2.jpg



Stuart Bat Cave, Texas
Almost the End

1 Press 25B flashbulb
http://www.oztotl.com/allan/sbc6.jpg



Red Arrow Cave, Texas
First Big Formations

1 Vivitar 283 and 1 M2B flashbulb
http://www.oztotl.com/allan/shannon.jpg



Red Arrow Cave, Texas
First Room

4 Press 25B flashbulbs
http://www.oztotl.com/allan/first_room.jpg



Red Arrow Cave, Texas
Dome Room

2 Press 25B flashbulbs and 1 M2B flashbulb
http://www.oztotl.com/allan/dome_room.jpg



Red Arrow Cave, Texas
Almost the Last Room

3 Press 25B flashbulbs, 1 Vivitar 283, 1 Vivitar 2600
http://www.oztotl.com/allan/almost_last_room.jpg

[lomond]

That's an amazing place.
Beautifully photographed in obviously difficult lighting conditions.

[Skip Souza]

Really fantastic photos. I like the awesome colors in the first one best.

[lomond]

Oh! and welcome to the forum.

Great set of pics for your first post.

[allanc]

Thanks, the lighting was incredible the morning I took that first shot. It's fun mixing flashbulbs and digital.

[Mills]

Great shots. Number three makes me think X-FILES. Thanks for letting us see them.

[stoneylonesome]

Beautiful shots, Will I know I could get down. but I doubt I'd ever get out if I had to climb up the ropes. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[MarkoPolo]

Obviously, you have figured out the right settings to use flash bulbs and electronci flash. Very interesting photos, not something we usually see on the forum. I take it you are not claustraphobic.:D

[sparker1]

Nice shots of a fantastic place.

[Michaelmjc]

Those are so awesome! They look so good, Very impressed. You're lucky you had a chance to go to a place like that.

[thomascanty]

These are all very good. It was a good idea to put people in them, too. It really shows how big some of those caves are.

[michael.luczkow]

Great shots! some of them would be sellable if they had a wider dynamic range.

[Richard51]

Nice photos!! Looks like a really neat place to explore.
Richard

[bookster]

Great captures!
Here's some similar stuff from New Zealand:
http://www.pbase.com/bookster/nz2003

[PhotosGuy]

Those look great!
"Press 25B flashbulb" :D I think the only place left that still makes those is in England!

[allanc]

Those look great!
"Press 25B flashbulb" :D I think the only place left that still makes those is in England!

The only flashbulbs still produced are made by a company called Meggaflash in Ireland. All the bulbs I use are "old stock" and are all 30 or more years old.

[amazingimages@bellsouth.n]

I love number 3.

[PhotosGuy]

I think mine go back to the mid '50s. Maybe I should use them up, too.

[jgbeam]

Awesome set of shots! :shock: Thanks for including people in them for scale. They wouldn't have the same impact without them.

Jim

[Arsonist lolol]

Wow those are amazing, I think i'd like to look into some caves to travel to now haha.

[allanc]

Update:

Over the weekend, I entered several of these photos in a Cave Photography Competition. Photo #1 won Second Place in the Technical Division.

[PhotosGuy]

Way to go! (Get 'em next time! )

[Rob612]

Amazing, all of them !!!

[MazerRakhm]

Update:

Over the weekend, I entered several of these photos in a Cave Photography Competition. Photo #1 won Second Place in the Technical Division.

Well deserved, it's a great shot!