More underwater shots

Here's some more underwater shots from last week.
first one is a blennie in a hole and the second is a cinnamon clown over some corals and its anemone

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Octopus and gorgonian polyps (sea fan)

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Crinoid at night and a shot into the sun

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and the last one...a brittle star in a gorgonian

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wow! underwater shot never fail to awe me. i love the colours in the second one. very vivid and vibrant!

Like all the shots but the shot into the sun is my personal favorite. I got certified a while back and am working on getting point and shoot to learn underwater. Do you need a strobe for that sun shot to prevent backscatter or no? What depth was it shot from?


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On that particular shot I did not use a flash due to the amount of light from the sun. I believe this was taken at about 20m or 65ft or so. The visiblity was pretty amazing that day. A strobe would really help your shots and also prevent backscatter but not really needed for that particular shot. Although without a strobe you get really good at cloning out backscatter . If I wasn't a poor college student trying to save for a used canon digital slr I would have a strobe at the moment. WIth that said the flash on my Powershot S1 IS is pretty strong though you do get a flash line on closer subjects from obstruction by the housing. The only problem with an underwater housing is that its a whole new side of photography which usually takes more time and costs more money to practice your shots.
Aaron

Exactly, I just want to spend about 1000 - 1100 for the camera and housing. A decent point and shoot with minimal shutter lag, a decent housing (either canon or an ikelite). Get comfortable and safe with that first, work on technique then possibly add a used DS-50 strobe using TTL for $300-400.

Currently dive the Kelp Forests off Catalina. The environment and creatures are simply amazing.I have been renting scuba gear and first need to buy a BCD, (maybe Knighthawk), reg/octo (possibly scuba pro mk25/s600) and other stuff. After that then the point and shoot.

I'll be watching for your shots - amazing work you are doing with that camera on a tight budget. I can't imagine what is going to happen once you get the dslr. Forget the strobe, go straight for a used dslr (20D or whatever you want) and a used housing then a strobe.

Thanks Again


Also, I have asked the admins to set up a dedicated under water photography section. No word yet.

firef0x wrote:
Exactly, I just want to spend about 1000 - 1100 for the camera and housing. A decent point and shoot with minimal shutter lag, a decent housing (either canon or an ikelite). Get comfortable and safe with that first, work on technique then possibly add a used DS-50 strobe using TTL for $300-400.

Currently dive the Kelp Forests off Catalina. The environment and creatures are simply amazing.I have been renting scuba gear and first need to buy a BCD, (maybe Knighthawk), reg/octo (possibly scuba pro mk25/s600) and other stuff. After that then the point and shoot.

I'll be watching for your shots - amazing work you are doing with that camera on a tight budget. I can't imagine what is going to happen once you get the dslr. Forget the strobe, go straight for a used dslr (20D or whatever you want) and a used housing then a strobe.

Thanks Again


Also, I have asked the admins to set up a dedicated under water photography section. No word yet.

Well I'm partial to my Powershot S1 IS because its been such a great camera. I'd recommend the S2 IS which you can get an Ikelite housing for it which are really nice. Shutter lag isn't all that bad if you turn off IS. But you still can take some great pictures even with shutter lag...I just fine myself focusing on slower moving things such as nudibranchs and whatnot.
I think I'm planning on either getting a 350d or a 20d used. Depends how long I want to wait. I think I'm going to go for the 350d because come next spring I'll be graduating from college and I bet a nice 30d would do nice for a graduation present .
I bought my bcd used of ebay which really paid off. I got a zeagle tech bc for 300 when its normally $650. But as always ebay can be hit and miss. I personally was looking at the mk 25/s600 but because of a deal I went with the Oceanic Delta 4 with the FDX-10 second stage. Haven't had any problems thus far. Leisurepro.com and scubatoys.com have some really good deals sometimes. I got my computer through scubatoys. Now I'm looking forward to buying a used drysuit when I get home....greeeeaat. To my girlfriend I'm a poor person with far too many expensive hobbies.
Aaron

I had more that I hadn't post processed yet that I got done.
The first is a crown of thorns starfish arm. quite beautiful creatures despite their bad reputation.
the second is some kind of eel not sure what kind

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Another sea fan and some tubastrea polyps notice the cutoff of the flash from the housing.

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mods can you delete this post...thanks

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Well, sorry about the duplicate...I tried deleting it but it didn't work. Here's the basket starfish

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Nice shots. That's a Giant Moray eel above. A 7 foot one chased me for a bit in Tahiti. They're pretty much blind and just thought we had food.

I've shot with a G2 in an Ikelite housing using the onboard flash. You can see various underwater shots in several of the galleries at http://www.pbase.com/d​ougsturgess/main_galle​ry if you want to take a look.

I'm planning a trip to the Great Barrier Reef in March on the Spirit of Freedom (www.spiritoffreedom.co​m.au) for a 7 day liveaboard. Can't wait. Hopefully some more good shots.

Thanks for sharing.

Extremely nice work.... Post more if you have them...