E-PL1, Back to Anilao, Philippines

[TSandM]

It's a fun camera, isn't it?

There are a lot of really nice, crisp, well exposed shots there. I'm going to pass along one tip from the photo workshop I took weekend before last -- too many of the animals are centered right in the middle of the frame. If you imagine cutting the frame into thirds both vertically and horizontally, the eye likes to rest where the lines intersection. Moving an animal a little off center, and if it is moving or appears to be moving, having it move INTO the frame rather than out of it, will make the pictures more vibrant.

Please don't be offended by this; it just struck me as I went through your photos. You got to see a lot of very cool things! And I love the boxer crab photo -- it met a LOT of the ideas that my photo instructor offered to "pep up" composition, including the use of diagonal lines.

 

[Scubanomad]

Nice. thanks for sharing your images. Im just looking through your settings in the EXIF data. Do you set all manual? I just started with the E-PL3 and Oly housing but single S&S YS-01 strobe. Same focus light as you have, love that one.

 

[DSR-3]

Doug - enjoy your new toys. I seem to require taking about 250 pictures to get 5 keepers!

TS&M - Thanks for the comments and advice, and I agree about the 3'rds. I wish I would have shared more pic's with Mike & Scott (this was a Bluewater Photo trip) earlier in the week. I got the same feedback from Mike! 25 years of designing things to be symmetric and making engineering drawings seems to make me think every picture should be centered and fit for an encyclopedia! This may also help explain my inability to get good WA shots? I need more trips to practice! In the mean time, I will keep your points in mind as I process more from the trip.

Scubanomad - Thanks. Yes, all manual.

 

[Lizard Leg]

Were these all taken with the 14-42 kit lens and stock housing?

 

[DSR-3]

Were these all taken with the 14-42 kit lens and stock housing?

.Yes.

 

[Lizard Leg]

Thanks!!