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scuba_katt
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SPUD looks like a pretty good website - good on you for getting your fotos on there!
I'm hoping to start underwater photography soon, but am being held back by the lack of funds for a good camera/housing.
Do you think its worth hiring one from a dive shop just to see if I actually have any talent for it?
Cheers
I'm hoping to start underwater photography soon, but am being held back by the lack of funds for a good camera/housing.
Do you think its worth hiring one from a dive shop just to see if I actually have any talent for it?
Cheers
As usual, you've captured an image that many of us have seen (and wish we were seeing now...)
wb416
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Nice work Dee! I can't access the site right now, but I managed to see them the other day.
wb
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Katt....renting/hiring a camera is actually a very good idea. Not everyone enjoys u/w water photography or has a talent for it. It's best to find that out BEFORE you spend alot of money on it.
Some shops and dive resorts have added digital cameras to their rentals so you may have a choice of film or digital. With the resources of the internet, it's possible to learn out to work the camera in question before you take it out so you'll have a shorter learning curve.
Let me know if I can help...
wb416
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Sounds like you saw some of my pictures ;-)
wb
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I think the conditions were working against you! They weren't THAT bad..
wb416
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Dee once bubbled...
I think the conditions were working against you! They weren't THAT bad..
I was reviewing your Twin Lake shots, figuring that you probably have similar viz conditions at times.
How close do you try to get when the viz is in the 15-30ft range?
tx, wb
Finesse
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Dee those pictures must be so great that all the traffic the site is seeing must have overloaded his server
..I cant open that link......Just curious if its me of if everyone is have the same trouble?????
Scott
..I cant open that link......Just curious if its me of if everyone is have the same trouble????? Scott
OP
It's been down all morning. Dang...I didn't mean to break it! 
WB....I try to keep diver subjects within 3-4 ft when the vis is less than 10 ft. The green algae in the water, even when it's 'clear', really sucks the light out of the picture and a strong flash just highlights the algae giving it an overall hazy look. Try angling your strobe to the inside about 20º, that will help with the backscatter.
Since we seldom every get 30ft vis, I don't have an answer to that one!
WB....I try to keep diver subjects within 3-4 ft when the vis is less than 10 ft. The green algae in the water, even when it's 'clear', really sucks the light out of the picture and a strong flash just highlights the algae giving it an overall hazy look. Try angling your strobe to the inside about 20º, that will help with the backscatter.
Since we seldom every get 30ft vis, I don't have an answer to that one!
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