Hantu 17Apr2005 - Nudi Time

[siaoon]

Ah.. so you're the bullet train....

Well done mate.... You're making Singapore/Hantu proud.

A few of which are a tad bit overexposed, but rest are pretty good, Let me guess C5060 with FL20?

I like your white balance adjustment. the sand are white-ish instead of brown-ish.

Composition wise, the last two could have been better, but hey.... i know sometimes it is just impossible...

For the sea snake shots, i'd love for it to be a bit lower, at least closer to eye level... again i know how hard it is.... did it attack? or was it docile?

Nudibranch shots are pretty good.... wah think you are shooting towards advance composition lor... well done

me? bullet train? cant be lah.. lotsa shots still CMI..
havnt master the art of strobe placement yet wor.. still a long long way to go.. as u ppl can see.. i dun dare to take much of wide angle stuff.. coz i know sure wont be nice.. anyway, i still depending heavily on TTL ability of FL20.

ya.. a few shots got some spot OE.. thinking if i adjust down in RAW..the whole pic will be quite dull.. and i oso too lazy to use dodging tool to reduce that area.. so juz post loh.. so as to remind myself to try harder next round.
used AUTO WB for all my shots. Remain as it is for RAW adjustment.. From that, can see that the original shots were mainly slightly to the reddish sides wor.. then did a AUTO LEVEL AND COLOUR for final images which added back some blue.

oh.. for the shrimps? hee.. armed with only an UCL330, i cant do much decent shots with it.. so only manage to take and crop it out.. so in term of focusing.. its more of a guessing game.. so no room for better composition.
only during 2nd dives.. i tried using S.Macro Mode and hey, didnt know for 5060/FL20 combo, the strobe can still fire!!! NOTE i didnt switch to SLAVE! still set it to EXT FLASH ONLY. hmm but think the working distance is really to shallow for comfort.. think i got to get a UCL 165 soon. Anyone selling 2nd hand??

Banded sea snake( also known as sea krait) , or yellowtip sea snake.. was kinda caught in surprise.. fumbled with removing the macro lens to take some decent shots.. was worrying the strobe light cant even hit the subject then. hmm, anyway can only do a side lighting can u can see in the pic. no time for me to get to eye level as it.. coz its moving around quite fast.. dunking its head into silts.. looking for food.. ;p

Nah... cropping out the "best" position is the key to all those pics above..
cant really able to "get" into ideal composition most of the time.. haha..

 

[siaoon]

man.. you really making me regret on going on for that trip! hahahaa

really nice composition especially the 2nd sea snake photo!

i need to work harder liao kakaka

hee.. think ivan oso got some gd gd findings wor.. ;p

hmm thanks.. lucky for me.. the sea snake was coming towards me. so able to take that shots.. but thinking was the side lighting a bit too harsh? and the head area was a bit OOF liao... nevertheless.. happy to capture it on photos

 

[siaoon]

Wah, maybe you should change your nick name to bullet train! Your photos on this trip are pretty amazing! Well done......

hoho.. thanks for yr kind compliment everytime!! still need to learn lotsa things from u wor!! yr proven track records of being twice the winner of UWCS competition says everything!! ;p

 

[siaoon]

SiaoOn,

A side note, have the creatures ID'ed and post into the marine resident of Singapore sticky... I think at the rate of which you guys are going, i'd be paying some local DM's to show me nudibranchs in Singapore's Hantu.....

Let me know if you need help in the Identification... (I'm a bit old though... :embrass: )

sure sure!!! still trying to get most of the creature IDed.. hmm.. as for those nudis posted above.. think i only left the top not confirmed..

and i need help with that 2 shrimps and the cowry with patterns.. ;D

 

[siaoon]

great photos ah !!!! ....

Siaoon, did you use a macro lens for some of your pics? ...

i agree with (lovells), need to work harder .. sob sob..

Thanks.

hmm.. yes, most of my previous trip photos were taken with macro len/s..
as for this trip, i'm using a UCL330 which has around 1.2x magnification only.
nudi around 20mm big still a bit manageable.. but best using a UCL165, PCU01 or epoque macro lens which they offers 2.0x to 2.4 magnification.. for even smaller nudi.. u probably need to stack 2 of those to get a decent shot. If not.. u can always use Super macro mode (for oly users only) but note u may hav difficulty to lit up yr subjects as yr focusing distance cuts down to 2-3cm away from the subject..
hee u r always welcome to join us in future hantu trips lah.. then all can learn together mah..;p

 

[chubbyman]

Thanks.

hmm.. yes, most of my previous trip photos were taken with macro len/s..
as for this trip, i'm using a UCL330 which has around 1.2x magnification only.
nudi around 20mm big still a bit manageable.. but best using a UCL165, PCU01 or epoque macro lens which they offers 2.0x to 2.4 magnification.. for even smaller nudi.. u probably need to stack 2 of those to get a decent shot. If not.. u can always use Super macro mode (for oly users only) but note u may hav difficulty to lit up yr subjects as yr focusing distance cuts down to 2-3cm away from the subject..
hee u r always welcome to join us in future hantu trips lah.. then all can learn together mah..;p

thanks for the note.
I don't have a macro lens yet, pocket a bit empty... guess i have to go really really really *holding breathe* close ..... :sweat:

would love to join one of the Hantu trips ...

 

[lovells19]

hee.. think ivan oso got some gd gd findings wor.. ;p

hmm thanks.. lucky for me.. the sea snake was coming towards me. so able to take that shots.. but thinking was the side lighting a bit too harsh? and the head area was a bit OOF liao... nevertheless.. happy to capture it on photos

don't add salt to my wounds leh.. :cry:

he showed me already.. DOH! :sticktong

 

[siaoon]

hee.. bet most of the ppl here dun like this kind of pic.. but nvrtheless.. juz wanna to c u ppl view on this plain pic..

 

[lovells19]

artistic!

i like it!