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    Hi Jenny!

    Great to have you with us. A warm welcome to Waterpixels!

    On Roatan, I suggest you do a separate post about that. Funnily I asked about good diving in Roatan a short while ago to help plan a group trip. I only got one response - unusual from our members.

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    6 hours ago, Craine said:

    actually have one for the second strobe, but have not mastered it yet. It's the Inon snoot set, so I have a choice of "snoot apertures" and I've not been happy with the wider of the two, but haven't been able to accurately point the smaller of them.

    More practice is definitely needed.

    Yep, snoots take a good deal of practice especially if the aiming light in your strobe is not in a central position in the strobe. It’s a bit hit and miss and frustrating. I found a snoot to be such a key element of macro photography that I sold my Inon strobes to get Retras which are brilliant for shooting when combined with their LSD snoot.

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    Nice work!

    A couple of thoughts. It’s one of those images where it’s hard to separate the subject from a similar coloured and complex background. For me, the key then is to try and create separation and an element of neutral space so that the subject can stand out more. This is especially true with the distinctive shape of a seahorse.

    I’d suggest shooting up, trying to position to shoot against the blue, a wider aperture to create less depth of field, and/or using a snoot. These are counsels of perfection of course (!) and none maybe easy. I know the location and it may well not have been possible but this is what I’d have been tempted to try.

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    Hey Markus

    To add to Chris’ thoughts: yeah, odd that your camera shows the lightning flash symbol on the LCD screen but that it doesn’t stay illuminated. I’m sure it should. Sounds indeed like a faulty contact or maybe a trigger battery issue. Have you tried fresh batteries?

    As Chris suggests, clean all the flash and hot shoe contacts. I’m guessing you’ve tried using a regular flashgun on the camera. Does the flash illumination signal remain light? If so, a trigger or sync cable issues looks suspect. Again, trigger batteries or sync cable.

    Yeah, I've always found that post-dive rinse thing a bit of an issue in places like Bonaire. If you leave anything in the truck there's a high chance it'll get knicked.

    Arriving in Bonaire I used to buy a cheap laundry basket to take my gear to and from the truck/accommodation/beach. A couple of times I sank the basket in shallow water at the entry point weighed down by a couple of boulders and with a towel in it! I could then drape the sea water-soaked towel over the camera to help prevent it drying out before the next dive. Hardly ideal but maybe it helped a bit.

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    Hi Alan

    Well done taking the plunge. Good to have you with us. There's a good few TG users as members so you have lots of helpful company. Even more so with the a6700.

    We hope you really enjoy the forum. Welcome aboard!

    Best wishes

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