Iced tea anyone?

[fpoole]

Wow, the Sunburst came out without the usual digital flare... really looks nice... and the others, even the above shot looks good...nice work.. enjoyed that... would kinda make it worth while to dive in that... whatever it is... ;-))

I'm assuming you were shooting natural light (no flash) and would be curuios as to the settings?? 1/40th at the 1.8??

 

[SeaYoda]

...I'm assuming you were shooting natural light (no flash) and would be curuios as to the settings?? 1/40th at the 1.8??

You're correct - no flash. ISO 64 on all shots. I did some adjustments with brightness in PS curves and used the unsharp mask as needed. I cropped the pic from 30 feet down pretty heavy - it was mostly black. I cropped a little on head side of the diver.

Settings were:

30 ft down - f4.0 1/80 sec
Diver and surface pics both - f4.0 1/50 sec
Sunburst - f2.0 1/125 sec

Attached is the out of camera sunburst shot.

 

[skeet]

A # 1 pictures!

 

[DesertEagle]

I really like the eclipse shot.

Only 1/125 on the sunburst? That's a lot of detail for a sunburst photo.

 

[SeaYoda]

I really like the eclipse shot.

Only 1/125 on the sunburst? That's a lot of detail for a sunburst photo.

Yeah 1/125. I was within 15' of the surface but the sun was already being obliterated by the tannic water. I had my meter on and tried to slightly under expose the shot. I was taking the pic on the fly while trying to keep an eye on my buddies so no fancy calculations just good luck. I'm surprised at how nice the colors turned out given all the parameters of the shot.