Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wendy, Beautiful creatures and beautiful pictures. I've been diving in Lembeh Strait with my wife, some years ago... The best muck dive we ever did. Hope to come back someday ! Thanks for bring back these memories with so fine photos. My very best regards, Marc > I've been off the list for a few weeks; spent a bit of that time in > North Sulawesi, Indonesia shooting in the Lembeh Strait. Over a two > week period, I managed over 1,500 images but in underwater work, the > reject ratio is very > high- particularly with macro photography. I'm moving, the subject is > moving, and TTL electronics do not work without the addition of a > module between the housing (camera) and strobes, which I do not have. > Exposure bracketing is a must underwater. I made the mistake of > taking only one strobe due to worrying about overweight baggage- hence > some bothersome shadows. At any rate, I got quite a few keepers and > here's an example of a few. All images shot with a Nikon D3x, 105mm > Macro VR, Aquatica housing, and Sea & Sea lighting: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC3039.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC3543.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC4342.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC4596.jpg.html > > Thanks for looking, > > Wendy