jjwdiver:
Nice Pics Ron!!! I had a handfull turn out ok, the rest were about the quality of a throw-away camera. Dive & learn...that's what I need to do.
John
Hey John,
I love your new avatar! I wish we could have dove together, maybe some date in the future. Yeah, UW photography is 1 part equipment, 2 parts skill, and 3 parts luck IMO.
I have a number of shots that I thought would turn out great only to find they are soft, or the composition is not what I was hoping for, or whatever.
There are a LOT of GREAT photographers here that can help you with technique, but the reality is it takes practice as well. Man if I could only dive/shoot a few days a month, I would not be so rusty for these trips!
Ironically all these shots were from two dives, and most from one.... that's what I mean by luck. These are likely some of the better ones I got, and they will improve a LOT when I process the raw files, and clean up backscatter. But sometimes it's just lucky where you happen to be when you see critters. We saw 8 spotted eagle rays on one dive, but we were doing our safety stop, and they were at maybe 50 feet, so I got nothing very good, well maybe a couple.....
