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Hi Toque I’m not sure that any specific manufacturer of ND filters makes them for underwater. Hoya filters are good and a reasonable price. The filters are pretty straightforward and underwater doesn’t make much, if any, difference. Essentially they block light from entering the lens. So this means you can use a wider aperture at the same shutter speed, or reduce a high shutter speed - so keeping it inside the fastest sync speed - if in, say, bright, shallow water.

Hey Stan! Welcome to your new home! You’ll see lots of former Wetpixelers here. We’re the refuge! Great to have you with us. Best wishes

Thanks Caoollla. We’ll pursue.

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We try, Rune. God knows we try.

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That’s how you have to start, Jenny. Now you’ve introduced yourself you’re good go. The system is part of our anti-spamming attempt

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.

f29 is a pretty small aperture which lets in precious little light (and must lead to considerable image softness too). And 1/200 shutter speed is quite fast. Could you not use, say, f11 and 1/60? I doubt though you’re ever going to be able to shoot 10 frames a second with any strobe.

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I would have thought you’d get 2-3 shots - I usually do but have never really tried seriously long bursts - but of course depends on your camera settings: ISO, aperture, Manual/TTL etc. What are you trying to do?

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Hi rlonghitano! A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. And congratulations on that post-kids back into the water thing! Best wishes.

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.

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.

Tom Kline is The Man for this and will, I’m sure, chip-in. Would a reef hook work?

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With pleasure. Done.

Love the username, Marco! Welcome! Good that you're no longer in the Wetpixel shades. Scary place.......