Pics from Curacao trip last week

[mintaka]

We had a wonderful trip to Curacao last week. We stayed at Habitat and did 16 dives, 15 of them with my D300 setup. Here is a site with some of the pics. I really would appreciate some criticisms despite their bitter taste ! I'm going to Indonesia in a week (Banda Sea) for 11 days on a live aboard and I think some criticism on these pics would be a good learning experience. I always tried for the best position possible without any impact to the reef or its inhabitants.

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Thanks for looking
Dan

 

[AUTiger]

Loved the peacock flounder and the juvenile drummer (particularly that one). For the seahorse, try to get lower and a little more head-on. That is of course a tall request since they usually anchor themselves in inconvenient places. Interesting looking slipper lobster - looks like its a hundred years old and covered in dust bunnies. The white-spotted filefish is interesting because of the colors, patterns, and textures. Nice pics. Overall, get lower (maybe even looking upwards, sometimes) and more head-on. The photos will be more interesting than profile pics. More like a 3/4 profile, though. Straight on photos look strange and are hard to keep fully in focus because of the extra long depth of field needed.

Nice pictures.
David

 

[mintaka]

Good advice AUTiger-- and thanks for your comments, ... you were the only one nice enough to say anything and I really appreciate it.

 

[Belce]

I think that shrimp that is the thrid last would be a better pic if you cropped the right out of focus bits out.

 

[deeper thoughts]

nice pix thnx for sharing

 

[hammerhead man]

Hmmmm, what advice can I give...........How about, keep doing what your doing! Just great pics. I enjoyed looking at them.

Regards,

Bill

 

[NJ to FLA]

Great pictures, thanks.

 

[Larry C]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

[mintaka]

Thanks for the feedback

 

[Justincase]

I love the schooling shots ! what site was that ? it looked like in one of the photos that there was some over hang also ..very nice photos!