Photo Sharing - Schooling Bumphead and Jacks

Photosmart · 28th July 2005

Pictures taken Mar 05 at Sipadan..South Point. Having difficulties balancing ambient light against sand bottom as well as the sky.

Equipment Credit : Gildow, Dylan and Skyjuice

Equipment Used
Camera : C-5050 (Borrow from Gildow. Thanks) in Ikelite housing (Borrow from Dylan. Thanks You)
Battery : Sanyo Rechargable (Mine)
Strobe : Dual Inon Z-220 (Borrow from Skyjuice. Thanks)
Lens : Epoque Wide Angle Lens (Left over from previous set)
Depth : About 5 - 10 m

Schooling Jack with Divers

Schooling Bumphead

mantaray · 28th July 2005

Love your first pic!!!

Photosmart · 28th July 2005

Originally Posted by mantaray

Love your first pic!!!

thanks.

This is my second time shooting wide angle at Sipadan.

Normally, the schooling bumphead and jacks are near the reeftop..where there are ample ambient light..

You have to move quite back if you want to frame and light up the school unless you have the fisheye (Dylan has one but he didnt manage to lend me tat time)

Strobe power tend to be on a higher side..These can be tricky when balancing against the sand or/and ambient light...
While schooling fishes can be properly exposed, the sand and sky tend to be over-exposed..

Just sharing my experience shooting wide at Sipadan. Hope these help. Will be heading back there in Sept again to re-shoot the school jacks, Baracuda and Bumphead..

kthan · 29th July 2005

Originally Posted by Photosmart

thanks.

This is my second time shooting wide angle at Sipadan.

Normally, the schooling bumphead and jacks are near the reeftop..where there are ample ambient light..

You have to move quite back if you want to frame and light up the school unless you have the fisheye (Dylan has one but he didnt manage to lend me tat time)

Strobe power tend to be on a higher side..These can be tricky when balancing against the sand or/and ambient light...
While schooling fishes can be properly exposed, the sand and sky tend to be over-exposed..

Just sharing my experience shooting wide at Sipadan. Hope these help. Will be heading back there in Sept again to re-shoot the school jacks, Baracuda and Bumphead..

bro, guess the only way to get rid of the overexposed sand is via PS.....

thought the 2 photos are very well balanced actually. the sandy patch is small, so the burnout isn;t very pronounced......

i li-ke!

seewhy · 29th July 2005

I like the first photo. Does the dual Z220 strobes make a difference in lighting up subject and balancing exposure when they are at that distance?

The strobes do light up the bumpheads in the second photo nicely.

I must practice how to do judge the amount of light. It is much easier to adjust the light output in Z220s than the ES150. I always have overexposure with ES150 when I only turn the knob slightly to give more light.

28th July 2005	#1
Photosmart Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 714	Photo Sharing - Schooling Bumphead and Jacks Pictures taken Mar 05 at Sipadan..South Point. Having difficulties balancing ambient light against sand bottom as well as the sky. Equipment Credit : Gildow, Dylan and Skyjuice Equipment Used Camera : C-5050 (Borrow from Gildow. Thanks) in Ikelite housing (Borrow from Dylan. Thanks You) Battery : Sanyo Rechargable (Mine) Strobe : Dual Inon Z-220 (Borrow from Skyjuice. Thanks) Lens : Epoque Wide Angle Lens (Left over from previous set) Depth : About 5 - 10 m Schooling Jack with Divers Schooling Bumphead

28th July 2005	#2
mantaray Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 195	Love your first pic!!!

29th July 2005	#5
seewhy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 297	I like the first photo. Does the dual Z220 strobes make a difference in lighting up subject and balancing exposure when they are at that distance? The strobes do light up the bumpheads in the second photo nicely. I must practice how to do judge the amount of light. It is much easier to adjust the light output in Z220s than the ES150. I always have overexposure with ES150 when I only turn the knob slightly to give more light.