Pooley

I have a pair of Retras and have zero plans to change them. Yes, they are expensive, but they give out great light for wide angle and the aiming light works really well with the retra snoot. My old YS-D1s served me well but I hear of too may problems with Sea and Sea these days, so I'd be tempted to look elsewhere if I were you The backscatter flash looks decent but seems limited to macro and snooting, so for me its a choice of Retra, Inon 330 (my old Z240s did me good) and the new Marelux which I know nothing about Mike

First up, that's a lovely photo, well balanced composition. Yes a little cooling down was needed. Nothing that's a problem shooting in RAW though Mike Cheers Rich - I wish I knew of somewhere that rented this gear, could have saved myself a small fortune! Mike

Thankyou. I have 2 retra pro's mounted near to the front element way out in front of the camera, just slightly behind the lens. I changed the angle they were pointing a couple of times. I bought 2 large inon float arms just before I went as the kit is very nose heavy and they were a very useful addition Mike

Thanks Davide, I think the IQ here is pretty representative of what I see in photoshop. Obviously a little hit due to lowering the quality to around '70' to get a reasonable image size. (I know nothing about how effect much posting large photos has on a forums hosting allowance) I think there is plenty detail available for people to be able to offer genuine critique on composition lighting as well as the technical side Looking at the 2nd picture - which is in my mind the sharpest - I don't think there is much of a negative affect. Happy to send you the originals via email if you want to do a test at home. Gear wise Sony A1, 90mm lens, 160 degree objective Hardest part for me was getting a sharp image with a blue background as you shoot at really los shutter speeds and clownfish rarely stop moveing Mike

Totally unjustifiable purchase - but isn't that what we're all good at doing? Although I shot other subjects as well, here are a few anemone fish from the Red Sea a week or 2 ago 1. 2. 3. All resized to 1500px and sizes lowered to around 700-800kb to see what, if any, IQ hit posting them takes Mike

Hi everyone, Mike Poole here from over in the UK, Just getting to grips with this new forum, great to see some names already here that I haven't seen on a certain other site for a while! Lets get posting and critiquing some photos as well as all the gear talk! regards Mike