Theme 01-15 May, 2008: If only...

[alcina]

Thanks to Zeeman for this week's theme: if only I'd had the other lens on!

This is for those times when you had macro and the manta swam by or when you had wide angle and found a cool coral crab! Let's see those shots that you got but wish you would have had a different set up along that day!

Here's one of mine...I seem to never see this particular nudibranch when I have a real macro on, but put the Sigma 17-70 and they're everywhere! Happily that lens lets me do a good crops

 

[Gudge]

This is for those times when you had macro and the manta swam

Sadly this is the never ending story on my quest for a manta shot, one day I'll get a full shot of a manta and not just the remora hanging off of it with my 100 macro lens:

This guy was so close at one stage I had to push him off of me:

 

[Air One]

This Manta ray , the mouth wide open was trying to catch a schooling of pigmy sehorses ( about 2000 ). Unfortunately, she was too busy to see this big hammerhead ( Mokarran) coming behind...then I shot...
If only I had taken my strobe....'quite usefull during a night dive...

 

[UnderwaterBumbleBee]

This Manta ray , the mouth wide open was trying to catch a schooling of pigmy sehorses ( about 2000 ). Unfortunately, she was too busy to see this big hammerhead ( Mokarran) coming behind...then I shot...
If only I had taken my strobe....'quite usefull during a night dive...

That's a real photo?! It's pure black! That set up sounds pretty great, how did that play out?

 

[almitywife]

we came across the biggest nudi we had ever seen at Bare Island.... almity1 had a 60mm lense it was so big, this is the best he could do

 

[UnderwaterBumbleBee]

I have another remora one! I was trying to take a shot of some tarpon in Belize and suddenly I had a remora trying to attach itself to my lens.

 

[Air One]

That's a real photo?!

Of course it is ! What do you think ?
It is not pure black : if you look at it with attention , lights turned off, during 1 or 2 hours, you will clearly see the big dark manta's mouth and the black eye of the shark...
Scary isn't it ?

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I had many "if only" moments in Indonesia ... but in my case it was "if only I had a better camera" ... not sure I need to post the results of those moments ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Fastmarc]

Of course it is ! What do you think ?
It is not pure black : if you look at it with attention , lights turned off, during 1 or 2 hours, you will clearly see the big dark manta's mouth and the black eye of the shark...
Scary isn't it ?

You know, if I squint just right, I can just make out.....

 

[fairybasslet]

Of course it is ! What do you think ?
It is not pure black : if you look at it with attention , lights turned off, during 1 or 2 hours, you will clearly see the big dark manta's mouth and the black eye of the shark...
Scary isn't it ?

Sometimes it's advantageous to have a point and shoot so you can go back and forth and sometimes get the shot. I was taking many photos of a peacock flounder's eye in my macro setting and when I looked up, there was this turtle staring right at me. I was so shocked that I reacted slowly but got this shot in macro mode. I tried to quickly switch to wide angle but I scared him off and missed getting a good shot of him.