These pictures were taken when I was in Sharm El-Sheikh for the "Arab Championship for Underwater Photography." I represented Libya in this competition.
Weather and water conditions weren't good in March, water was cold, around 20C and air temp was cold and breezy. Getting to Sharm from Tripoli going through Cairo was a hellish trip that took two days with a miserable forced overnight in Cairo (the trip was supposed to have taken only few hours). We missed a day of diving because we had to overnight in Cairo. By the time I arrived in Sharm I was sick, tired and so disgusted with everything I was ready to just say f it and go home. I had to toughen it out and stay just because it was for "God and country" as I was the sole participant in the competition from Libya.
My equipment included the 10 year old OLY EM5 in Nauticam housing , 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord) and the OLY 12-50mm and the 60mm lens. I used the 60mm lens in only one dive out of seven dives.
I am putting the pictures from each site in their own post in this thread here.
ALL pictures in this post were taken in Um Sid, Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt:
Red Sea Two-banded Anemonefish - (Amphiprion bicinctus)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 50mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), P3230026
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 50mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230033
Peacock Grouper/Hind- (Cephalopholis argus)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 36mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230043
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 41mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230044
Crescent-tail Bigeye – (Priacanthus hamrur)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 41mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230049
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 41mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230050
Red Sea Raccoon Butterflyfish – (Chaetodon Fasciatus)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 43mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230063
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 43mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230065
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 43mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230066
Weather and water conditions weren't good in March, water was cold, around 20C and air temp was cold and breezy. Getting to Sharm from Tripoli going through Cairo was a hellish trip that took two days with a miserable forced overnight in Cairo (the trip was supposed to have taken only few hours). We missed a day of diving because we had to overnight in Cairo. By the time I arrived in Sharm I was sick, tired and so disgusted with everything I was ready to just say f it and go home. I had to toughen it out and stay just because it was for "God and country" as I was the sole participant in the competition from Libya.
My equipment included the 10 year old OLY EM5 in Nauticam housing , 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord) and the OLY 12-50mm and the 60mm lens. I used the 60mm lens in only one dive out of seven dives.
I am putting the pictures from each site in their own post in this thread here.
ALL pictures in this post were taken in Um Sid, Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt:
Red Sea Two-banded Anemonefish - (Amphiprion bicinctus)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 50mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), P3230026
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 50mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230033
Peacock Grouper/Hind- (Cephalopholis argus)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 36mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230043
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 41mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230044
Crescent-tail Bigeye – (Priacanthus hamrur)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 41mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230049
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 41mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230050
Red Sea Raccoon Butterflyfish – (Chaetodon Fasciatus)
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 43mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230063
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 43mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230065
OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.12-50mm lens at 43mm, 1/320s, f/22, ISO: 640, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord), #P3230066
