Photos

Put some photos up from recent trip to Barbados, shot on a canon ixus
400, with casing.

Any critiques, comments etc welcomed.

http://photos.ianwatkinson.com/c101065.html
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IBW #36 APOSTLE#14

In article <luj770lb4snbr2g6ifoc3lpm8ogj2mlksf@4ax.com>, spam@ukrm.net
(really address ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net) (Ian) wrote:

> comments etc welcomed.

The water looks warm, what was the temp ? i notice that you wore no suit
or skin, were you not concerned about protection ?

There does not appear to be an abundance of fish life, was this the case ?

Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK
Take out the "goes diving" bit....
WWW.MORG.CO.UK trip photos on line.

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:56:00 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:

>Put some photos up from recent trip to Barbados, shot on a canon ixus
>400, with casing.
>
>Any critiques, comments etc welcomed.

Well you did ask......

- You need to get closer to the subject
- You need an external strobe to get some colour back
- A lot of the time your subject merges into the back ground, try and
frame things so that the subject is isolated from the background. See
how the pictures of people and the barracuda stand out a lot better
than the others. One way of doing this is to try and point the camera
up

HTH

Pete
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:56:00 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:

>Put some photos up from recent trip to Barbados, shot on a canon ixus
>400, with casing.
>
>Any critiques, comments etc welcomed.
>
>http://photos.ianwatkinson.com/c101065.html
>--
>
>Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas...
>R1150GS..just like it's owner, big, ugly but fun!
>IBW #36 APOSTLE#14

All I get is a list of picture sizes. Bugger all else.

Pete S.

www.derwentelec.clara.co.uk

The round window said it was Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:01:53 +0100,so
Pete Melbourne <psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> grabbed his blunt crayon and
scrawled:

>On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:56:00 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
>ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:
>
>>Put some photos up from recent trip to Barbados, shot on a canon ixus
>>400, with casing.
>>
>>Any critiques, comments etc welcomed.
>
>Well you did ask......

I did.

>
>- You need to get closer to the subject

I'm working on that.


>- You need an external strobe to get some colour back

Can't be fitted to the camera unfortunately, unless I can slave it to
the cameras flash, does such a beast exist?

>- A lot of the time your subject merges into the back ground, try and
>frame things so that the subject is isolated from the background. See
>how the pictures of people and the barracuda stand out a lot better
>than the others. One way of doing this is to try and point the camera
>up

Ah, now this is something I can do, and hadn't thought of.

>
>HTH


It does, thanks.

>
>Pete

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Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas...
R1150GS..just like it's owner, big, ugly but fun!
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On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:46:39 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:

>>- You need an external strobe to get some colour back
>
>Can't be fitted to the camera unfortunately, unless I can slave it to
>the cameras flash, does such a beast exist?

Check out the Sea & Sea YS25
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Pete

news 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

"Ian" <spam@ukrm.net (really address ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote in
message news:2j4970h55h7o6501ejd03ui2l7t5g9r79q@4ax.com...
> The round window said it was Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:01:53 +0100,so
> Pete Melbourne <psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> grabbed his blunt crayon and
> scrawled:
>
> >On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:56:00 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
> >ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:
> >
> >>Put some photos up from recent trip to Barbados, shot on a canon ixus
> >>400, with casing.
> >>
> >>Any critiques, comments etc welcomed.
> >
> >Well you did ask......
>
> I did.
>
> >
> >- You need to get closer to the subject
>
> I'm working on that.
>
>
> >- You need an external strobe to get some colour back
>
> Can't be fitted to the camera unfortunately, unless I can slave it to
> the cameras flash, does such a beast exist?

Try looking at the Digital Diver network lots of tips on UW digital
photography. Especially on the strope fittment etc. Also making the
best of natural light available, as already said get close and then
closer. Shoot up and and take pics till your fingers are numb, on a recent
trip I took 400 pics maybe 20 reasonable ones, its all part of a new
learning curve, and ofcourse yet another way of staying poor, not that
you have to try too hard when you're a diver.
Richard

> >- A lot of the time your subject merges into the back ground, try and
> >frame things so that the subject is isolated from the background. See
> >how the pictures of people and the barracuda stand out a lot better
> >than the others. One way of doing this is to try and point the camera
> >up
>
> Ah, now this is something I can do, and hadn't thought of.
>
> >
> >HTH
>
>
> It does, thanks.
>
> >
> >Pete
>
> --
>
> Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas...
> R1150GS..just like it's owner, big, ugly but fun!
> IBW #36 APOSTLE#14

The round window said it was Thu, 08 Apr 2004 09:16:03 +0100,so
Pete Melbourne <psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> grabbed his blunt crayon and
scrawled:

>On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:46:39 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
>ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:
>
>>>- You need an external strobe to get some colour back
>>
>>Can't be fitted to the camera unfortunately, unless I can slave it to
>>the cameras flash, does such a beast exist?
>
>Check out the Sea & Sea YS25

Hmm, nice, but the same price as the camera!

Does anyone hire these ?

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Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas...
R1150GS..just like it's owner, big, ugly but fun!
IBW #36 APOSTLE#14

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:52:29 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:

>The round window said it was Thu, 08 Apr 2004 09:16:03 +0100,so
>Pete Melbourne <psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> grabbed his blunt crayon and
>scrawled:
>
>>On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:46:39 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
>>ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:
>>
>>>>- You need an external strobe to get some colour back
>>>
>>>Can't be fitted to the camera unfortunately, unless I can slave it to
>>>the cameras flash, does such a beast exist?
>>
>>Check out the Sea & Sea YS25
>
>Hmm, nice, but the same price as the camera!
>

Not bad then....

My camera (top one)
http://www.marine-cameras.com/cameras/mmii.htm

My strobe
http://www.marine-cameras.com/strobes/ys350.htm

You thought diving was expensive - underwater photography makes it
look decidedly cheap
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Pete

news 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:52:29 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:

>The round window said it was Thu, 08 Apr 2004 09:16:03 +0100,so
>Pete Melbourne <psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> grabbed his blunt crayon and
>scrawled:
>
>>On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:46:39 +0100, Ian <spam@ukrm.net (really address
>>ian@ukrmREMOVETOMAIL.net)> wrote:
>>
>>>>- You need an external strobe to get some colour back
>>>
>>>Can't be fitted to the camera unfortunately, unless I can slave it to
>>>the cameras flash, does such a beast exist?
>>
>>Check out the Sea & Sea YS25
>
>Hmm, nice, but the same price as the camera!
>
>Does anyone hire these ?
>
I think that if you want to take pictures underwater you will need to
get used to a new unit of currency - the Kilo Pound.

If you use the above solution you will lose TTL, as all the strobe can
do is fire at full power. There are strobes for low end cameras that
monitor the flash on the camera via fibre optic and can do TTL.

You need to talk to Ocean Optics, or Cameras Underwater, or Alan
James, etc.

Pete S.