Underwater Images, Post them here.

**Donald** · 12th August 2010, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by timo2

Maybe it's the 'newness' or 'novelty' (because it's introduing new stuff) of this thread, but I find this just absolutely enthralling. I would happily have this in very big version hanging on my wall and stare at it for hours. I cannot imagine I'd ever get bored by it.

GT - I used to do a bit of clay pigeon shooting in my young days. I know exactly what you mean. Makes absolute sense.

**timo2** · 12th August 2010, 01:53 PM

Thanks Zack, I’m fortunate to live a couple of kilometres from the sea (north coast of Crete, Greece) so I usually get to snorkel twice a day, once early morning before breakfast and again in the evening around six or seven o’clock.

Thanks Donald, glad you like it. I love just floating above the sand and watching the hypnotic patterns of light.

Talking of hypnotic… a couple of years ago I put together a little video of some under water shots:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=38566047

Production notes:
The 3D/photo montages were made in Bryce, music and sounds recorded locally and assembled in Logic Audio (PC version). Video edited and produced in Sony Vegas.

**Donald** · 12th August 2010, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by timo2

Talking of hypnotic… a couple of years ago I put together a little video of some under water shots:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=38566047

I am running out of superlatives for what you guys have already put into this thread.

I will just sit back and enjoy and admire them as you post them up.

I once did snorkelling off Zanzibar. That was quite spectacular. Snorkelling off the very cold and dark waters of the west coast of Scotland doesn't quite have the same appeal. Although Scotland is a big diving centre, with such as Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands being very popular as it is where the German High Seas naval ships were scuttled after being captured at the end of World War 1. Many of them are still down there and attract many groups of divers.

**zack10** · 12th August 2010, 04:53 PM

Ok, here's a few more. Cool video Tim and I didn't get sleepy! The first image is from a snorkel trip out at Buck Island. This little Turtle was zooming all around us. The second is a green moray that lives out at Cane Bay.

GT

**Shadowman** · 12th August 2010, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by zack10

Hi John,
One of my past obession's was "Sporting Clays", shooting clay targets with a shotgun and to be good at the game you must learn how to point and shoot not aim, as aiming induces constant correction so any acurracy is lost. This method applies to the conditions UW because you and everything else is constantly moving in some direction. When snorkling point & shoot is very efective, diving the motion problem isn't as bad when you get past the shore and get into rocks and coral the sea surge diminishes and sometimes it gets real still. I don't use weights on my wrists but the camera/housing is weighted to make it neutrally bouyant, so you don't have to keep pulling it down.

GT

Thanks for the response. I wondered how this amount of sharpness could be achieved when their is so much motion and pressure involved.

**zack10** · 12th August 2010, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Shadowman

Thanks for the response. I wondered how this amount of sharpness could be achieved when their is so much motion and pressure involved.

John,
Even with a plan to shoot by there is still many images that fall victim to the delete button. I look at the images that are posted on CiC and hope to get close someday.

GT

**Peter Ryan** · 13th August 2010, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by zack10

Hi Peter,
I use a Canon G9 and housing with a D2000 Inon flash and .5 white diffuser to soften the strobe. The flash is triggered by the preflash from the cameras built in flash through an optical cable. The strobe's output can be controlled automatically by the light sensor on the flash or manually in 1/2 stop increments. This combination is great for tight spaces in the reef because it's compact. The colour you loose first is red then yellow. This starts at about 15' and by 30' blues/green is predominant.

GT

Thanks Zack. Great work and what fun you must have doing it.

**timo2** · 13th August 2010, 02:16 PM

Another seascape from the D80

(great shots of the turtle and moray Zack)

**zack10** · 13th August 2010, 06:54 PM

Tim, thanks. Outstanding shot! What type of bottom is in this image? Here is a group of fan worms that made their home on small piece of coral.

GT

**zack10** · 15th August 2010, 02:29 PM

One more.

**zack10** · 27th August 2010, 08:40 PM

French angel (juvenile)

**timo2** · 28th August 2010, 01:50 PM

Two very nice images again Zack

>What type of bottom is in this image?

Sorry, missed this last time... it’s a mix of rocks/weed/sand and dappled light.

**zack10** · 31st August 2010, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by timo2

Two very nice images again Zack

>What type of bottom is in this image?

Sorry, missed this last time... it’s a mix of rocks/weed/sand and dappled light.

Tim, Thanks, I apologize for the delay in answering but we had Hurricane Earl come by for a visit, a 30hr. one in fact. We have the same type of shore line here, turtles, rays and conch like this type of bottom along with an occasional octopus. Just look for small groups of open shells, they are a sign that a den is near by. They can be though to see, they're very good at blending in with the background. So, here is one.
GT

**Davey** · 31st August 2010, 05:31 PM

Wow! Must admit UW photography is something I'd never thought much of, these shots are al stunning, taken me a while to get through the 2 pagesof the thread due each image holding my attention moving on to next took effort

Thing that struck me is the amount of colour involved. I imagined as mentioned it would all look blue/teal coloured and so much vibrant reds and yellows present it stands out. Kind of not what you'd expect since under natural conditions at some of those depths you simply wouldn't see those colours I guess. Same thing initially struck me about night photography was the colour involved since I'd usually asociate night with lack of clolour.

Look forward to seeing more.

**Fleshpiston** · 4th February 2011, 04:53 AM

I am off to the Great Barrier Reef at the end of the month so I grabbed a Seashell case for the Fujifilm 200EXR. Shot down to the local beach (one of the many) and had some quick test shots:

Milk Point by Fleshpiston, on Flickr

Milk Point by Fleshpiston, on Flickr

We were very close to the shore so I expected sediment and sand but all in all looking forward to taking this out for a dive.

**Donald** · 4th February 2011, 02:17 PM

Jim

I'm delighted to hear that someone else on CiC is getting themselves into underwater shooting.

As you can see from the posts above, I thought this was a fascinating and magnificent 'strand' of photography coming on to CiC and I'm sorry that Zack in particular stopped being an active member.

So, look forward to seeing what comes back from The Reef.