Dive report for Sunday (Destin) August 16th

[GLENFWB]

Outstanding pictures as always. I am really surprised how good the conditions were on Sunday.

 

[Puffer Fish]

Really love that you caught the iridescence in the cardinal fins on pic#1, and the depth of field on your last shot is pretty damn awesome too.

Some of my images are a bit more than just snap shots.. remember I do a lot of large prints.. so some are.. well staged. Sometimes something minor.. sometimes a bit more...in the brittlestar's case, I put it there (sorry)...I went and found one (took some digging) and then put it in a spot for dramatic lighting...I feel so cheap for having done that)...

This might explain it better....

I've noticed that sometimes images that look good on a screen suck when you print them.. and the opposite..not sure what is going on with that.

 

[Puffer Fish]

Outstanding pictures as always. I am really surprised how good the conditions were on Sunday.

They were very good... but I can get sharp, clean images in 10 ft of vis...just from not that far away...

 

[grisgris]

The photos are very nice. What's the problem with the 110a strobes?

 

[Puffer Fish]

The photos are very nice. What's the problem with the 110a strobes?

Nothing, except I don't have them....the 110's have an issue with sensitivity to the in camera flash.. results in them turning on, but not turning off during the preflash ...the 110a fixed that. I get about 1 in 10 to 1 in 20 over exposed flash shots ...

 

[paulwall]

I think your large gag is actually a really large scamp?

I say yellowmouth grouper
Animal Guide - Kids Corner - The Georgia Aquarium

 

[Puffer Fish]

I say yellowmouth grouper
Animal Guide - Kids Corner - The Georgia Aquarium

I say you are correct. The fact that the books say they don't live up here is a bit odd, as that is obviously an adult. So it makes the ID a rather strange one.. good catch, by the way...also the grey color is rather strange..

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Neato, new food up for serving around Destin

 

[sladerer]

Hey Jim, awesome as usual.

I love the flounder shot - did my first spear fishing trip off OC, MD this past weekend, got 4 keepers.
This pic was a great way for me to show Maureen and Alex what hunting these was really like,
except without a flash at 70' in overcast conditions...

 

[mwhities]

Great pictures!

Man, I'm really wanting to get an underwater camera, just nothing big or expensive (anything over 200 or 300 is expensive for me.) like the G10.

Michael