Pics from Aur 10-11 Jul

[eel]

Hi all,

First attempt to hotlink some photos taken over last weekend. All feedback welcomed. All photos have been been cropped with some PS adjustments on levels/colour. Camera: A70 internal strobe

[waisj]

Hi eel,

your image tags are done wrongly, it should be [img]xxxxxx[/img]

another note to take is that your current link wil not work. You will need to post the link of the JPG file itself rather than a viewing HTML link.
ie. paste this in between the img tags

http://gallery.greensg.org/albums/us..._Phyll_Oce.jpg

[Agila]

nice capture eel! i like them all..
how much is the uw casing for a70?

[eel]

Thanks waisj, let's see if this works



Phyllidia Ocellata?




Polyclad flatworm




Scorpionfish?




Cuttlefish




Hello nemo

[eel]

Originally Posted by Agila nice capture eel! i like them all.. how much is the uw casing for a70?

Thanks Agila! I got my case from http://oceanicfocus.com/ at just below S$300

[Agila]

thanks a lot eel!
the plyclad flatworn is very nice!
where did u capture it?

[kthan]

Nice pics eel.

Do you use strobes? Think they are a little overexposed, but it could be my monitor instead.

Nice composition. Can see you are trying the rule of the third. Remember to focus on the eyes, which is the soul of the picture.


Eric

[eel]

No, just the internal flash set on lowest. Could it be I'm too close? I usually compensate -1/3 stop. Either that or more likely its my monitor. Its very old and probably lost its calibration or something. Thanks for the feedback and tips.

[eel]

Originally Posted by Agila thanks a lot eel! the plyclad flatworn is very nice! where did u capture it?

House reef P. Aur. I think it was an excellent macro weekend. Phyllidias and 'Blue Dragons' everywhere and I saw a few of the brown variants too. Saw a Cuthona sp. which I have a pic of but which was too small and over exposed. Plenty of flatworms in the last dive including one white one with yellow strip.

[waisj]

Originally Posted by eel No, just the internal flash set on lowest. Could it be I'm too close? I usually compensate -1/3 stop. Either that or more likely its my monitor. Its very old and probably lost its calibration or something. Thanks for the feedback and tips.

Hi eel, you might want to ask our current underwater photography centest winner rifraf.

When i was sharing shooting tips with him. He did convey to me that the pics are overexposed. Ultimately i shared with him that he might want to try shooting at about F8.0 or more with flash exposure compensation at it's lowest setting -2/3 if i am not wrong.

Why not pop him a PM and see what he says??

[eel]

Roger. Will do that. Thanks again.

[Photosmart]

Very nice pics.

[Pufferfishy]

Fantastic Cuttelfish!

But a little bit overexposed. Ya... Hmmm... But it's a great shot anyway!

[kthan]

eel, posting a pic here to show u the effect when u get the eyes in focus.



Eric

[eel]

Yes I see. The eyes sort of jump out at you from the picture. Will try to keep that in mind. Thanks all for your comments.

[chinaik]

Hey eel, I am interested in taking UW pictures but have not started on it... Using Canon A80, wat were the settings you used on your A70? Manual? how about white balance?

[eel]

Originally Posted by chinaik Hey eel, I am interested in taking UW pictures but have not started on it... Using Canon A80, wat were the settings you used on your A70? Manual? how about white balance?

Hi chinaik, I used mostly 'cloudy WB' when in depths greater than 10m and 'Sunlight WB' in shallower waters. Using Aperture Priority set between F4 and F5.6. However as you can see from some of the comments, its a little overexposed so I'm gonna try doing what another CSer is recommending (excerpts of some pm shared with him):

by rifraf

For macro shots, flash is abit harsh so shots tend to overexpose. Tts why gotta reduce the flash and the aperture size.
I usually use manual mode and set the aperture small, from 6.3 to 8. I choose center-weighted averaging with subject in the middle.
The flash normally i set to the lowest at 1/3, but if abit underexposed, offset by increasing the aperture. i usually set to 1/125 for day shots and 1/250 for nightshots.
Actually i dun see much difference with shutter speed unless u r taking sunbursts and all



Hope that helps

[chinaik]

Thanks!