Backscatter

It doesn't matter where you dive in the world but that darn silt seems to follow you! On a recent trip to the Maldives a dose of poor weather stirred it right up. A lot of my pictures inevitably were plagued with light spots!

Just thought I'd get different opinions on how they deal with backscatter.

Any tips either equipment or method wise?

Mark H

I use TLC and UL arms. Try to angle them so that just your subject is illuminated. Meaning don't light up any of the water in front of your subject. Yes I know that you understand this: but take a lot of practice shots so you really know the angles and distance of your strobes. Remember that even if you don't light up any of the water in front of your subject; if you have the strobe in the plane of your camera you may get a hot spot from the strobe at the side of your image. To avoid that you need either to get your strobes out really wide or move them behind the plane of your camera. I've heard 12" or 18" behind the plane of the film and you may have to angle your strobes outwards. :ph34r: