First pics with my little Reefmaster CL

balance · Sep 25, 2006

I managed to shoot a few rolls last week. I've posted the 'acceptable' images online. I haven't retouched these, although they have been resized to 800 x 600 to conserve bandwidth.

Please be gentle. This was, in many ways, learning to handle the camera underwater as much as everything else. The visibility at Dutch Springs wasn't great, either, but there's a few good shots in there, I think.

DesertEagle · Sep 25, 2006

You've done a great job with composition. Your subjects fill the frame. The tricky part is that it looks like you don't have a wide angle lens. So that makes you shoot from further away, increasing the amount of water and particles between you and your subject. I would bet money that if you get the $100 wide angle lens, you will have some show stoppers.

alcina · Sep 25, 2006

Looks like a good day's diving!

balance · Sep 25, 2006

Thank you. A lot of this trip was just getting experience both at the basics of diving and integrating the camera, so good pics were a bonus.

Hopefully before my next trip I can read up and get some good ideas to keep in mind to make the next batch better. This is a low-end camera, but I think it can provide acceptable results, if maybe not something I'd want to use in a publication or fine art context.

I was just happy I didn't go into 'Film costs money' mode and refuse to take pictures.

aquapuncture · Oct 2, 2006

Keep up the good work!

REII · Oct 2, 2006

Beautiful pictures. That looks like a really nice day diving.

TOM

balance · Oct 2, 2006

It was a fun couple of days. Not the most exciting stuff, but I'm definitely still a beginner. Thank you all for the kind words.

First pics with my little Reefmaster CL

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