First Decent UW photo

[jefffalcone]

I just started to learn UW photography. This is the first decent pic I've taken. More to come as I learn.

 

[Brewski]

Very nice shot. Stay with macro at first, its easier than those darn fish that are always moving on you.

 

[AndyT]

Great pic - ditto the advice. Well done !!!!

Which camera are you using?

 

[Geoff_H]

Looks like a compact point and shoot to me, something like one of the small Canon's (Ixus or Powershot)

Nice shot - could have used a drop of flash, then some cropping around the nudi I think. I think that's around the minimum distance the camera will focus on. (I have a similar model).

Here is a similar photo I took that is flashed and cropped

 

[jefffalcone]

Good eye. It is taken with a cannon powershot. It was actually very poor vis and quit dark. I only have an internal flash, which I used. I couldn't get the flash to illuminate the entire thing from the distance that I shot it.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Geoff_H]

Good eye. It is taken with a cannon powershot. It was actually very poor vis and quit dark. I only have an internal flash, which I used. I couldn't get the flash to illuminate the entire thing from the distance that I shot it.

Thanks for the advice.

Wow - thats really surprising! Are you sure your flash fired? The internal flash should comfortably light up a nudi from 8-12 inches away.

Also - if the viz was poor and the flash fired I would expect to see at least some backshatter from the flash being reflected by the suspended particles - but I don't see any in that shot? Compare with my photo, which was also in poor-ish viz and you can see the small particles in the water in the blurry background at the top.

 

[mig_diver]

Looks like a compact point and shoot to me, something like one of the small Canon's (Ixus or Powershot)

Nice shot - could have used a drop of flash, then some cropping around the nudi I think. I think that's around the minimum distance the camera will focus on. (I have a similar model).

Here is a similar photo I took that is flashed and cropped

I have a photo like this (same nudis n everything) where one is on top of the other. Naughty nudis...

 

[Eskasi]

Hmmm...could it be that the camera was so close that the flash could not cover the area right in front of the port? An issue sometimes with 1:1 macro and PnS cameras using internal flash...

You got some decent illumination to the top left of the picture...

Some quick adjustments on Lightroom could possibly bring back a little more detail to the shadows. Good shot though....

 

[Saltwater Junky]

Jeffalcone....facing your camera is your flash to the right of the lense or above it?

 

[Geoff_H]

I have the same camera - the port doesn't block the flash. That is only an issue with the larger G9 if you get very close.

I really love the texture you can see on the nudi though, I'm going to pay special attention next time I see one like this since it's really very attractive.