Aur 9th Oct

eel · 17th October 2005

Had the u/w stills cam for 2 dives. Viz was very good - 20m at least!
Here are some shots that somewhat can make it (for me that means in focus lah). All taken with my 'new' A70 with inbuilt strobe. PS applied including levels, curves and contrast adjustments + USM

Obligatory curious Batfish

Flatworm (cropped alot)

There were quite a few of these anemone shrimp?

More of the same. Both cropped by at least 50%

How many Gorgonian shrimp can you see? They were so tiny I didn't even know I managed to get so many. Just point, shoot and hope for the best.

lovells19 · 17th October 2005

wahhh

nice!!!

i like the bat fish shot

eudon · 17th October 2005

Nice detail on the bat fish

waisj · 17th October 2005

The second shot is overly cropped but it does work for me. As for the anemone shrimps, try to get them to face you.

Cheers and keep shooting

beivied · 17th October 2005

i like the third shot, nice

second one seems oversharpened/overcropped?

are those considered as gorgonian shrimps as well? but really quite a lot huh .... you finally got onto your trip, hehehe..

eel · 17th October 2005

The Batfish swam pretty close so I was quite fortunate but it still required some serious PS manipulation to bring out the details. As for the Flatworm, I must have cropped from a 3 megapix to fit 640 x 480 just to get it that size. Guess I'd seen this fella too often so I just wanted to get a record shot and forgo the macro. I think Beivied is right in that I over- sharpened. As for them being gorgonian shrimps, I also dunno, since they were there I assumed they were lor...Thanks all for your comments!

17th October 2005	#1
eel Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Thomson Posts: 825	Aur 9th Oct Had the u/w stills cam for 2 dives. Viz was very good - 20m at least! Here are some shots that somewhat can make it (for me that means in focus lah). All taken with my 'new' A70 with inbuilt strobe. PS applied including levels, curves and contrast adjustments + USM Obligatory curious Batfish Flatworm (cropped alot) There were quite a few of these anemone shrimp? More of the same. Both cropped by at least 50% How many Gorgonian shrimp can you see? They were so tiny I didn't even know I managed to get so many. Just point, shoot and hope for the best. Last edited by eel; 17th October 2005 at 12:14 AM.

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lovells19 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deep Deep in the sea Posts: 3,235	Re: Aur 9th Oct wahhh nice!!! i like the bat fish shot

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eudon Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Central Posts: 392	Re: Aur 9th Oct Nice detail on the bat fish

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waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	Re: Aur 9th Oct The second shot is overly cropped but it does work for me. As for the anemone shrimps, try to get them to face you. Cheers and keep shooting

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beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	Re: Aur 9th Oct i like the third shot, nice second one seems oversharpened/overcropped? are those considered as gorgonian shrimps as well? but really quite a lot huh .... you finally got onto your trip, hehehe..

17th October 2005	#6
eel Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Thomson Posts: 825	Re: Aur 9th Oct The Batfish swam pretty close so I was quite fortunate but it still required some serious PS manipulation to bring out the details. As for the Flatworm, I must have cropped from a 3 megapix to fit 640 x 480 just to get it that size. Guess I'd seen this fella too often so I just wanted to get a record shot and forgo the macro. I think Beivied is right in that I over- sharpened. As for them being gorgonian shrimps, I also dunno, since they were there I assumed they were lor...Thanks all for your comments!