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So I got an Ikelite housing for my coolpix point & shoot, jumped on the Spectre on Sunday and clicked away until my batteries died. This is obviously my first time shooting stills underwater and I would greatly appreciate some advice for improvement. the first 3 dives I did solo dives and the last dive my buddy was Shah from Hollywood Divers. Two minutes into the last dive of the day Shah and I ran into an huge Black Sea Bass, 2 minutes later we ran into a pair of them, and on the way back we ran in to two more, each was alone. I think it was a total of 5 but it's impossible to tell. It was overcast all day so light was minimal. I snapped about 300 pics and due to the low light, my shutter speed was really slow, so lots of motion blur.
Please correct me on my species identification if it's incorrect.
Zooanthid Anemones
Does anyone know what this is?
1st Black Sea Bass we saw
Sand Sifting Star
Rose Anemone(even though it doesn't look like the kind of rose anemones I'm used to)
Is this a type of algae?
Pair of Black Sea Bass, do the spots determine sex?
This Navanax Inermis was just floating around, it latched right onto my glove!
This sheephead was about 3' long
My new dive buddy, first time diving with a California Sea Lion(Thanks Mark)
This was the only time I used a light to shoot, I don't have strobes yet so I was holding my light cannon with my left hand while holding the camera with my right.
I love gorgonians
Please correct me on my species identification if it's incorrect.
Zooanthid Anemones
Does anyone know what this is?
1st Black Sea Bass we saw
Sand Sifting Star
Rose Anemone(even though it doesn't look like the kind of rose anemones I'm used to)
Is this a type of algae?
Pair of Black Sea Bass, do the spots determine sex?
This Navanax Inermis was just floating around, it latched right onto my glove!
This sheephead was about 3' long
My new dive buddy, first time diving with a California Sea Lion(Thanks Mark)
This was the only time I used a light to shoot, I don't have strobes yet so I was holding my light cannon with my left hand while holding the camera with my right.
I love gorgonians