PTO Galera Pics

lanxx · 2nd February 2004

My so so pics. Was very cloudy and raining everyday. Little ambient light, so no WA shots.

Also, so damn freaking cold, cannot focus the camera and compose shots properly. Was shivering every dive.

Our group recorded 21 degrees celsius water temperature.
Another group recorded 20 degrees.

Was on 3mm shortie for the 1st day, 2nd day change to 3mm longie, then 3rd and 4th day, using 3mm shortie+ 3mm longie. Still not enough. Still cold...

http://public.fotki.com/lanxx/kel_pi..._galera_23-29/

Oh, pls kindly comment in my album. Thanks!

beivied · 2nd February 2004

wa!~you guys saw so many types of nudibranches and eels!~ gimme time to run through your photos, and will comment later, keke..

lanxx · 3rd February 2004

actually, took 1000+ shots, screened down to 200+ now. Took me abt 12 hrs to organise, do a little editing, rename, delete.... the whole chunk

beivied · 3rd February 2004

wa! so many!? nightshades told me he took some video clips too.. did you? would have to see them at SEED if possible!

waisj · 3rd February 2004

Photograph Taken By Lanxx
WOW you nailed it with this one. nice Nembrotha sp

Wonderful composition and the pose of the Nudibranch is SPOT ON

Hope you don't mind me Hot-linking your photos for all to see
Do let me know if you want otherwise

Wonderful shot a sure keeper, would be better with a tighter crop i reckon.

pipefish · 3rd February 2004

quite impressed that you could capture a pygmy seahorse with your camera. always thought you would have to go down the slr+housing path to do those shots.

anyway, my friend will be going down to PG too. hopefully i can get him to post some shots too!

cheers,

Alan

waisj · 3rd February 2004

Photograph Taken By Lanxx
Nothing else needs to be said about this one either.!

As usual a tighter cop (which you already know i think... with the INON macro lense i suppose?)

Simply sensational. man

kthan · 3rd February 2004

lanxx, I am leaving for PG this Sat. Anything you missed out and strongly recommends?

Will be the first time using a SLR underwater.

lanxx · 4th February 2004

Originally Posted by kthan

lanxx, I am leaving for PG this Sat. Anything you missed out and strongly recommends?

Will be the first time using a SLR underwater.

ok, Verde Island is a must go.
For the pygmies, go to monkey beach.
There also got 2 buddha statues underwater, under some overhanging rock there, as the DM if he can show you where. Some diver for Manila died there, so the statues are for protection.

Shark cave, you must have a power torch, or not can barely see the shark, what more take pics of them. Big whitetips+ some juvenile ones.

Batangas channel and atoll got lots of nudis, but heard sinadigan has tons of it, but never go there myself yet..... bad weather.

Canyons is also a good site. But go there when have strong currents, cos lots of huge fishes that you can get very very close to.

Rem to bring extra wetsuits or anything to keep warm.
Water will be from 20-25 degrees. Mostly ard 23 avg.

Elma Jane wreck is not bad, but sabang wreck not too gd, IMHO. So is St Christoper wreck.

Hope you have better weather then me there.

Oh, the beef /cheese frundue(how u spell it) there is good and cheaper. Got to try. Can avoid going to the main town, boring as hell.

cheers!

lanxx · 4th February 2004

Originally Posted by waisj

Photograph Taken By Lanxx
WOW you nailed it with this one. nice Nembrotha sp

Wonderful composition and the pose of the Nudibranch is SPOT ON

Hope you don't mind me Hot-linking your photos for all to see
Do let me know if you want otherwise

Wonderful shot a sure keeper, would be better with a tighter crop i reckon.

sure, no prob hotlinking them

Yeah, to tired cropping them, with the amt of pics I had, I am just too tired to edit anymore.

lanxx · 4th February 2004

Originally Posted by kthan

lanxx, I am leaving for PG this Sat. Anything you missed out and strongly recommends?

Will be the first time using a SLR underwater.

oh, forgot to add. Some SG divers (when I was there), spotted mimic octupus just in front of the sabang beach during nite dive. No such luck for me. Maybe you can get lucky.

kthan · 4th February 2004

tks man. I'll definitely look out for them. Received news from the operator that they have spotted mimic octopus, mandarin fish and 3 diff colours of pygmy.....my hk friend is a serious amateur photographer and she is a regular tehre so they cater to her needs.

I wanna see the harloquin shrimp the most. Only have a 60mm lens so can't do much with the pygmy seahorses....

lanxx · 4th February 2004

Originally Posted by kthan

tks man. I'll definitely look out for them. Received news from the operator that they have spotted mimic octopus, mandarin fish and 3 diff colours of pygmy.....my hk friend is a serious amateur photographer and she is a regular tehre so they cater to her needs.

I wanna see the harloquin shrimp the most. Only have a 60mm lens so can't do much with the pygmy seahorses....

not to mention ghost pipefishes too, just infront of Sabang beach

kng · 9th February 2004

Originally Posted by waisj

you already know i think... with the INON macro lense i suppose?)

Simply sensational. man

Stunning photos lanxx

All v good - am v impressed!!

Was the pygmy seahorse photo taken with an Inon macro lens? Or just using the native macro mode of the 5050??

lanxx · 9th February 2004

Originally Posted by kng

Stunning photos lanxx All v good - am v impressed!!

Was the pygmy seahorse photo taken with an Inon macro lens? Or just using the native macro mode of the 5050??

Just the with the Inon macro lens in normal mode with almost full zoom.

where's ur pics!? *drools*

2nd February 2004	#1
lanxx Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 897	PTO Galera Pics My so so pics. Was very cloudy and raining everyday. Little ambient light, so no WA shots. Also, so damn freaking cold, cannot focus the camera and compose shots properly. Was shivering every dive. Our group recorded 21 degrees celsius water temperature. Another group recorded 20 degrees. Was on 3mm shortie for the 1st day, 2nd day change to 3mm longie, then 3rd and 4th day, using 3mm shortie+ 3mm longie. Still not enough. Still cold... http://public.fotki.com/lanxx/kel_pi..._galera_23-29/ Oh, pls kindly comment in my album. Thanks! Last edited by lanxx; 2nd February 2004 at 06:36 PM.

3rd February 2004	#5
waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	Photograph Taken By Lanxx WOW you nailed it with this one. nice Nembrotha sp Wonderful composition and the pose of the Nudibranch is SPOT ON Hope you don't mind me Hot-linking your photos for all to see Do let me know if you want otherwise Wonderful shot a sure keeper, would be better with a tighter crop i reckon. Last edited by waisj; 3rd February 2004 at 12:41 AM.

3rd February 2004	#6
pipefish Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 347	pygmy seahorse quite impressed that you could capture a pygmy seahorse with your camera. always thought you would have to go down the slr+housing path to do those shots. anyway, my friend will be going down to PG too. hopefully i can get him to post some shots too! cheers, Alan

3rd February 2004	#7
waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	Photograph Taken By Lanxx Nothing else needs to be said about this one either.! As usual a tighter cop (which you already know i think... with the INON macro lense i suppose?) Simply sensational. man Last edited by waisj; 3rd February 2004 at 12:40 AM.

2nd February 2004	#2
beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	wa!~you guys saw so many types of nudibranches and eels!~ gimme time to run through your photos, and will comment later, keke..

3rd February 2004	#8
kthan Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,318	lanxx, I am leaving for PG this Sat. Anything you missed out and strongly recommends? Will be the first time using a SLR underwater.

4th February 2004	#12
kthan Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,318	tks man. I'll definitely look out for them. Received news from the operator that they have spotted mimic octopus, mandarin fish and 3 diff colours of pygmy.....my hk friend is a serious amateur photographer and she is a regular tehre so they cater to her needs. I wanna see the harloquin shrimp the most. Only have a 60mm lens so can't do much with the pygmy seahorses....