You know the shots I'm talking about!! Don't be shy - let's see those "would have been so great..." images:
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Almost a Parrotfish
Theme 29 Jun - 05 Jul: Almost, so very close, if only
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scubajunkee
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Gosh, I throw a lot of those types of shots out. I'll see if I can dig them out of the recycle bin.
Ericson
Ericson
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Hmmm, this category was suggested by a lot of people but where are the shots??
How about thinking about it as not only bits cut off, but "if only I'd been closer" "if only he posed" "If only the second guy was facing me, too" "if only I'd been lower" "great pose, but too blue" "neat creature but too much backscatter" etc...
Here's another example of mine...if only I'd been closer!
How about thinking about it as not only bits cut off, but "if only I'd been closer" "if only he posed" "If only the second guy was facing me, too" "if only I'd been lower" "great pose, but too blue" "neat creature but too much backscatter" etc...
Here's another example of mine...if only I'd been closer!
DennisW
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I got this shot off Ft. Lauderdale. A Balloonfish sitting in a barrel sponge.
Cecil
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It took me quite a while after I got back to figure out what I was taking a picture of.
It's an aerial view of a Smooth Trunkfish.
It's an aerial view of a Smooth Trunkfish.
StevenB
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Three swings and a miss. Dang shutter lag. 
Now, if only #3 had been in focus.
Now, if only #3 had been in focus.
10X
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Here's almost a shark from Bora Bora. Shutter lag #$%&@
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In Sipadan, on one of my first dives with a camera, I patiently edged closer to this whitetip with my Nikonos V and kit 35mm lens (no autofocus, no through-the-lens preview). I hadn't quite gotten the knack of estimating lens-to-subject distance and got too close. Note the excellent focus on the dorsal and tail fins, the blurry face, and the other shark obligingly filling in the background. I'm still waiting for that shot to set up again.
the_cat_keeper
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I waited and waited for the eel to open its mouth, and for the cleaner shrimp to go into the eel's mouth, and finally it did... but the shot didn't came out the way I wish it had:
Waited forever for the squat lobster to move out of the feather star... when it did, ... the shutter didn't shut at the right moment:
Waited forever for the squat lobster to move out of the feather star... when it did, ... the shutter didn't shut at the right moment:
SeaYoda
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These three came from one dive. There are many more from the same dive - that's pretty much the usual for me. My rule is shoot a lot keep a little .
The first one I tried to get a pic of the fish in back yet an intruder zoomed by.
The second one the burrfish had one eye on me and one behind him.
The third was a try at supermacro with flash in slave mode - too little light in front and cut off part of the anemone while trying to get it out of the lens shadow.
.The first one I tried to get a pic of the fish in back yet an intruder zoomed by.
The second one the burrfish had one eye on me and one behind him.
The third was a try at supermacro with flash in slave mode - too little light in front and cut off part of the anemone while trying to get it out of the lens shadow.
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