Tunnels Beach, Kauai: 9-16-04

[StingRob]

Good ones, the most I like the turtle one and the head above water...

Stingrob

I put together a small slide show of a dive at Tunnels Beach in Kauai. This was my first experience with underwater photography. As was to be expected for a first attempt, I had my best results when I was shallow enough to turn off the strobes and use natural light. I've got nothing but respect for those of you who are able to consistently get good results while shooting with dual strobes in manual mode. Anyway, I'm hooked. Can't wait to get more experience. I don't think I can imagine diving with out a camera on any future dives.

Tunnels Beach Slide Show

 

[dsafanda]

Next time on Kauai we will dive Tunnels for sure. Which operator did you use? Nice shots!

We used a small operator called SacredSeas. We dove with the owner Julie. She was great! Highly recommended.
http://www.sacredseasscuba.com/

 

[Luxury_yacht]

What lens / port did you have on your titan D100?

 

[dsafanda]

What lens / port did you have on your titan D100?

I was using the dome port and a 28mm f2.8 Nikon lens. I don't own the macro port yet. Hopefully soon.

My 17-35mm f2.8 zoom would have been nice but at the last minute I got nervous about bringing one of my most expensive lenses underwater. How do you guys deal with that? Do you figure the entire point of owning the lens in the first place is to use it whenever you want or do you have equipment that you're only willing to use above water? I don't have enough experience with housings to know the risks.

 

[DustyDiver]

Great photo show. We are heading to the island next fall and your shots are a great intro.