Sea Turtles in B&W

JimFox

JimFox

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Hey Jim,

To swim with the turtles seems like such a cool experience. I really like #3, 4 and 5 a lot as the turtles are separated from the background nicely. In #1 and 2 the sea turtle is getting lost a bit with the B&W into the background.
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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Great set. The fish following along in the first two images are really neat but for some reason the pose and lighting in the third image is the one that grabs me the most. Must have been a fun set of shots to take.
 
MonikaC

MonikaC

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I'm glad to see you got to play with some underwater photography on your trip. Did you like the rig you got?
In the 1st set, the last is my favorite, with the turtles head poking out of the water. The new post with the reflection is pretty sweet & takes the prize for me!
 
Jim Dockery

Jim Dockery

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Monika, for the price (~$25) my bag was great. I cut some foam to fit around the lens on my RX100 to keep the lens back from hitting the plastic, and a couple other pieces below and to the side to try to keep it centered, although I still had to work on that a bit when shooting. Big problem was glare on the plastic such that I had a very hard time seeing the LCD on sunny days so I was just pointing the best I could and hoping (many misses - thank god for digital, and the turtles that always hang around near our condo so I could visit every day). I also see a lot of distortion/softness on the edges of the plexiglass lens cover. Not a pro rig by any measure but a good intro for a casual snorkeler like me.
 
MonikaC

MonikaC

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Jim Dockery said:
Monika, for the price (~$25) my bag was great. I cut some foam to fit around the lens on my RX100 to keep the lens back from hitting the plastic, and a couple other pieces below and to the side to try to keep it centered, although I still had to work on that a bit when shooting. Big problem was glare on the plastic such that I had a very hard time seeing the LCD on sunny days so I was just pointing the best I could and hoping (many misses - thank god for digital, and the turtles that always hang around near our condo so I could visit every day). I also see a lot of distortion/softness on the edges of the plexiglass lens cover. Not a pro rig by any measure but a good intro for a casual snorkeler like me.
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Jim,
Even with a "real" underwater housing, there's still the problem with glare. Over time, I just got to know approximately where I was pointing the camera (which comes in use for night photography) and trying to 2nd guess where the fish or turtles or whatever was going to go. Fish turn really quickly, so that's little more than a guess. Turtles sometimes either let swimmers get close or, in certain places, get really close to swimmers so you can stay really wide & crop as needed. There was a place on Oahu's North Shore where I'd read that the turtles were "aggressive". Wondered what that meant. Turned out that what it meant is that I had to back off to get any pics of them as they came swimming right up to me... Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is that turtles are more forgiving than fish when there's glare. Dolphins are pretty predictable as they keep the same circles going until they decide to surface. But you have to swim deeper for them.
 
beavens

beavens

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Jim,

Last 3 are very good and I think the additional pic takes the cake.

Jim is on to something with the first two - there isn't enough tonal separation for these to really work. Compare the contrast in play with the first pic vs. the very last. Night and day IMO!

Love the subject very much!

Jeff
 
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