Bonaire pics

are ready:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire

Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:18:14 -0800 (PST), Greg Mossman
<mossman@qnet.com> wrote:

>are ready:
>
>http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
>
>Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.

Good job. Cripes, I'd have to drag ESG (or you) around just to
identify the damned things. And with my luck I'd be hovering with my
nose to close to the coral trying to figger out what I was looking at
and I'd get a faceful of Green Moray.

JF

On Dec 11, 1:40 pm, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:18:14 -0800 (PST), Greg Mossman
>
> <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> >are ready:
>
> >http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
>
> >Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.
>
> Good job. Cripes, I'd have to drag ESG (or you) around just to
> identify the damned things. And with my luck I'd be hovering with my
> nose to close to the coral trying to figger out what I was looking at
> and I'd get a faceful of Green Moray.

The ID part is much easier with photos. If I could only still
remember what the fishies looked like after the narc, I could have
saved a lot of money on the photo gear.

At least you'll be able to ID the green moray!

On Dec 11, 5:02 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> On Dec 11, 1:40 pm, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:18:14 -0800 (PST), Greg Mossman
>
> > <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> > >are ready:
>
> > >http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
>
> > >Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.
>
> > Good job. Cripes, I'd have to drag ESG (or you) around just to
> > identify the damned things. And with my luck I'd be hovering with my
> > nose to close to the coral trying to figger out what I was looking at
> > and I'd get a faceful of Green Moray.
>
> The ID part is much easier with photos. If I could only still
> remember what the fishies looked like after the narc, I could have
> saved a lot of money on the photo gear.
>
> At least you'll be able to ID the green moray!

Great stuff Greg. Some awesome macro, especially on those blennies and
gobies. I loved the arrow crab with the eel in the background, and
your eel portraits were outstanding.

Tough part is the lighting on the macros. I could never seem to get
them aimed quite right, and when I did I forgot to change the settings
on the strobes. Fortunately, most macro subjects don't move a lot so
there are chances for do-overs.

Anyway, thanks for posting those. A high bar for me to shoot for next
time.

Great work, again.

gc

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:02:05 -0800 (PST), Greg Mossman
<mossman@qnet.com> wrote:

>On Dec 11, 1:40 pm, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:18:14 -0800 (PST), Greg Mossman
>>
>> <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
>> >are ready:
>>
>> >http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
>>
>> >Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.
>>
>> Good job. Cripes, I'd have to drag ESG (or you) around just to
>> identify the damned things. And with my luck I'd be hovering with my
>> nose to close to the coral trying to figger out what I was looking at
>> and I'd get a faceful of Green Moray.
>
>The ID part is much easier with photos. If I could only still
>remember what the fishies looked like after the narc, I could have
>saved a lot of money on the photo gear.
>
>At least you'll be able to ID the green moray!

Them I know. One cuddled me in Key Largo.

JF

On Dec 11, 2:18 pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 11, 5:02 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Dec 11, 1:40 pm, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:18:14 -0800 (PST), Greg Mossman
>
> > > <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> > > >are ready:
>
> > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
>
> > > >Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.
>
> > > Good job. Cripes, I'd have to drag ESG (or you) around just to
> > > identify the damned things. And with my luck I'd be hovering with my
> > > nose to close to the coral trying to figger out what I was looking at
> > > and I'd get a faceful of Green Moray.
>
> > The ID part is much easier with photos. If I could only still
> > remember what the fishies looked like after the narc, I could have
> > saved a lot of money on the photo gear.
>
> > At least you'll be able to ID the green moray!
>
> Great stuff Greg. Some awesome macro, especially on those blennies and
> gobies. I loved the arrow crab with the eel in the background, and
> your eel portraits were outstanding.

Thanks. It was frustrating trying to shoot since I can only manually
focus with the 6T close-up and on some of the subjects, I still
wouldn't get a clear shot even after 5 or 6 tries. Trying to get the
gobies to hold still while you're shooting only a couple inches from
their little faces isn't so easy either. I'm still waiting on L&M to
come out with the port upgrade so I can take my 105mm VR down with
me. That will make the little stuff a lot easier.

> Tough part is the lighting on the macros. I could never seem to get
> them aimed quite right, and when I did I forgot to change the settings
> on the strobes. Fortunately, most macro subjects don't move a lot so
> there are chances for do-overs.

I was shooting at ISO 400, with the strobe on very low power to just
provide a little fill, one strobe a notch higher than the other to
provide a little shadow and contrast. The light sensor is so good on
the D200 that I was able to shoot almost everything at 1/400 and f16.
Unfortunately, it's a pain to change the max ISO setting underwater,
so when I went to shoot fish from a bit more distance, I'd have to amp
up the strobes and that would create highlights and black out the
backgrounds. That's effective for some shots, but ruined others.

On the next trip, I'm taking the max ISO down to 200, which should
allow for more flexible usage of the strobes. The Titan housing lets
me control each independently with a thumb button, but when shooting
on this last trip, if I took them above low power, it was overkill.

> Anyway, thanks for posting those. A high bar for me to shoot for next
> time.
>
> Great work, again.

Thank you again. My next trip is a photo class on the Aggressor in
Palau, so I'll hopefully learn enough then and have the right subjects
to really make some decent shots. Next trick: trying to take decent
wide-angle.

On Dec 11, 4:18 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> are ready:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
>
> Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.

Excellent job Dude !!!!!!!!! Most excellent !!!! Your camera
skills are to be admired. Looking forward to the report part
too.

Thus spake Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> :

>are ready:
>
>http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
>
>Trip report to follow, maybe in a few days.
>

Damn, that's good. Thanks.
--
dillon

"They don't make Jews like Jesus any more.
They don't turn the other cheek, the way they done before.
You could hear the honky holler, as he headed for the floor.
They don't make Jews like Jesus any more."
-- the Kinkster. Support Utopia, the last home for many pets

Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire


> > Great stuff Greg. Some awesome macro, especially on those blennies
> > and gobies. I loved ...
>
> Thanks.

Agreed, the macro stuff looks quite stellar. It was also nice of you
to avoid posting any of the out of focus shots too

BTW, did you do much with wide angle, bluewater shots? I've heard
(but not seen) that digital systems don't perform the same as
classical WA on film. Was hoping that you had some insight and/or
examples.


-hh

On Dec 14, 7:22 am, -hh <recscuba_goo...@huntzinger.com> wrote:
> Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> > George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/Mossman.Photos/Bonaire
> > > Great stuff Greg. Some awesome macro, especially on those blennies
> > > and gobies. I loved ...
>
> > Thanks.
>
> Agreed, the macro stuff looks quite stellar. It was also nice of you
> to avoid posting any of the out of focus shots too
>
> BTW, did you do much with wide angle, bluewater shots? I've heard
> (but not seen) that digital systems don't perform the same as
> classical WA on film. Was hoping that you had some insight and/or
> examples.
>
> -hh

hh,

While waiting for Greg, take a look at my recent Bonaire stuff:
http://picasaweb.google.com/george.cathcart/Bonaire. The first seven
were shot with an Ikelite WA wet lens on my Ikelite housing with a
compact Canon A620. The faults in these shots -- especially lack of
edge and corner sharpness -- are the fault of the lens, not the
digital system. I plan to upgrade to an Inon lens one of these days.

gc