Shooting with a Snoot

[mjh]

So in another thread it was mentioned I might want to try a snoot, well Bvanant might be clairvoyant. These were done with a Inon Z240, their snoot, and the "medium" aperture nozzle (??). I was hand holding the snoot, while hovering so it was very challenging. To use a smaller aperture snoot I think you would have to go with a Tripod mounted one. I struggle with this as it goes against my "no more than one finger on the reef" rule. But here a few samples of a first try.

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[bvanant]

I like the demon stinger fish and the first anemone a lot. Keep up the good work. Check out the snoot tutorial on uwphotographyguide.com, many of the pics in that article were mine.
Bill

 

[Gilligan]

Your snoot photos are great but i have to ask you this as I entertained using one but ruled it out.

Is it not a lot easier to get the same or similar results in post-processing with Photoshop?

 

[mjh]

Without a doubt I think you can get much of the same effects in post processing. But there is something to be said for "capturing the moment" (flamboyant cuttle eating). Without a doubt it will be the way I go vs. risking damage to the subject matter or environment. For all of those who say "oh it is ok to lay down in the sand", mud, rocks, etc.... I would have never seen this little guy if the guide had not pointed it out.

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[DazedAndConfuzed]

with the snoot, you are limiting the light output in a 3D space, but in PS, you are doing it in a 2D space from the perspective of the camera.

Shots like the cuttlefish could be done in PS due to the snoot's lighting the subject in a circular outline, but for picture like the scorpionfish, it would not be so easy

 

[BluewaterPhoto]

Your snoot photos are great but i have to ask you this as I entertained using one but ruled it out.

Is it not a lot easier to get the same or similar results in post-processing with Photoshop?

I think most people take photos because they enjoy the art / challenge of taking a photo themselves. Most, but certainly not all. - Scott

 

[bvanant]

I think most people take photos because they enjoy the art / challenge of taking a photo themselves. Most, but certainly not all. - Scott

And many of us really suck at Photoshop.

Bill

 

[DazedAndConfuzed]

I think most people take photos because they enjoy the art / challenge of taking a photo themselves. Most, but certainly not all. - Scott

That's definitely true. I keep hearing people say this could be fixed in photoshop or that could be fixed in photoshop. I could also grab a picture off the web and say I took it, it obviously could fool everyone but there is no satisfaction in it.