Clark's anemone fish
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DazedAndConfuzed
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pretty nice. What were the f-stop/shutter speed/iso of these shots? Lighting looks relatively soft, so I assume a bit of the light comes from ambient light. Plus the tip of the anemone's tips are sometimes white, other times blue.
jetlife2
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Hi there! I see you live in Guam so I guess you have the opportunity to go back and change some settings easily? I hope you don't mind if I am honest because it might help you.
1. I think you are very over-exposed - it looks like some of the white areas are "blown out" entirely. Can you explain the settings you used? I think this looks like a jpg that has been "auto-leveled", but that started very over exposed.
1b. Can you shoot RAW with the XZ1?
2. I think the white balance is way off because of the big range of colors in the anemone and the stripe of the fish. I think this must mean that your strobe is not firing, or is not aimed at the subject...because with a strobe this will not happen, you would have consistent white light provided by the strobe.
3. We can only see a small copy here (few pixels x few pixels), but can you tell us if this is the whole frame? It seems out of focus. This could be a too-long exposure, or a problem with the focus, or the lens or port is not clean...or maybe that what you are showing is very small part of the original (extreme crop).
You can get excellent results with your camera and strobe! I suggest you practice in a dark room, and experiment with the settings, before your next dive.
Sorry if I seem critical, that is not my intention, we all need help!
1. I think you are very over-exposed - it looks like some of the white areas are "blown out" entirely. Can you explain the settings you used? I think this looks like a jpg that has been "auto-leveled", but that started very over exposed.
1b. Can you shoot RAW with the XZ1?
2. I think the white balance is way off because of the big range of colors in the anemone and the stripe of the fish. I think this must mean that your strobe is not firing, or is not aimed at the subject...because with a strobe this will not happen, you would have consistent white light provided by the strobe.
3. We can only see a small copy here (few pixels x few pixels), but can you tell us if this is the whole frame? It seems out of focus. This could be a too-long exposure, or a problem with the focus, or the lens or port is not clean...or maybe that what you are showing is very small part of the original (extreme crop).
You can get excellent results with your camera and strobe! I suggest you practice in a dark room, and experiment with the settings, before your next dive.
Sorry if I seem critical, that is not my intention, we all need help!
DazedAndConfuzed
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Maybe the user has to use the focus light so he knows that he is aiming the strobe at the subject. Or that he just point the strobe straight forward all the time and never touch them, thus even with the strobe's 100 deg of coverage, it still mostly misses the subject.
hi guys, just had the time to go online. Actually most of the pictures were shot with f5.6 and 1/80 and those were underexposed a bit so I actually edited those pictures with adobe lightroom. Regarding the strobe positioning, should I point it directly to the subject? Coz I read some tutorials that You shouldn't point the strobe to the subject coz it'll coz backscatter? Can you give me some advices for the strobe positioning? Thanks guys!
smoore
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I do not aim the flash directly at the subject. I have had better results using the edge lighting techniqe described in Martin Edges's book. The name of the technique is descriptive and not named after the author of the book.
I cannot comment further on the lighting but I agree that the focus looks very soft. This might be caused by the slow shutter speed. I might try a faster shutter speed but I also realize you may have chosen the slower speed for exposure reasons.
I really like the composition of your pictures. The proper exposure wi come with practise but on the whole the pictures are quite nice.
I cannot comment further on the lighting but I agree that the focus looks very soft. This might be caused by the slow shutter speed. I might try a faster shutter speed but I also realize you may have chosen the slower speed for exposure reasons.
I really like the composition of your pictures. The proper exposure wi come with practise but on the whole the pictures are quite nice.
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