Bonaire Photos 5/20 - 5/27

[Gdog]

Wow. Stunning. I aspire to learn to shoot shots like those. Thank you for sharing!

 

[rad21]

Amazing photos! Just goes to show you how some people are photographers and some just shoot pictures. I have an S90 and have nowhere near the talent that TightLines has. Too many times I hear divers say they need a new camera while other people who are using the same rig are getting incredible results.

 

[Dr. Doug Ebersole]

Beautiful images. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Nuub]

Huzzahs and kudos to you, sir. Not only are they technically pretty darn great, especially love the emotion in those shots.

 

[SayNo2Snow]

Marvelous photos!

 

[TightLines]

I really loved the photos, especially the macro shots. Can you give me some hints on how to get the black background on the close ups?

The key to the black background is using a very fast shutter speed and having some open water behind your subject. Generally, your shutter speed will control the color of your background when shooting against open water. The faster your shutter, the darker the background, and vice-versa, the slower your shutter the bluer the background. To compensate for the faster shutter speed you'll need to boost your strobe output to properly expose the rest of the photo. And, like always with UW photography - get close, and then closer. Glad to hear you enjoyed the photos.

 

[herbdb]

Thanks for sharing the tips. I'll give them a try when I'm in Key Largo in a couple of weeks. We don't get to Bonaire until Sept. Wish I could go more often.

 

[CAPTAIN SINBAD]

Very nice pictures! Love em.

 

[VicScubaVentures]

Most excellent photos, thanks for sharing. I'll be in Bonaire in September and now have a standard for photographic excellence to measure against! Are the extreme close up's crops?

C.

 

[Reidkon]

Beautiful photos! The composition is outstanding! I found myself grinning ear to ear, especially at the goby pictures!