The Barge wreck at Bluff point, north of Hurghada in Egypt has been a firm favourite night dive of mine for years... It is literally filled with predatory fish from the family Scorpaenidae, plus the odd dozen flatheads, octopus, giant moray and so on. In the past I was only equipped with my trusty Nikonos and a framer - This always led to disappointment. So I decided a while back to try out the trusty 20mm especially for this location and it worked a treat - Not one frame wasted so far!
These images are all from one such dive in March this year.
Bearded Scorpionfish, one of the biggest I have ever seen - As long as my 'Volo' fin
Apart from resizing nothing has been done - Any scatter has been left in.
Same fish different angle after someone forced it to relocate with a careless fin.
The infamous Stonefish, undetectable apart from its eye.
Pretty in Pjamas
P. Radiata on the prowl
Flathead (Crocodilefish)
Sleeping Goatfish
"I'm off!"
Another Crocodilefish on the adjacent reef
Another lurking fish trap!
The Buddy...
Bob, I'm with you. I like WA night shots. These are from the Kona Aggressor, thus the black sand.
They almost look Gallactic at times.
I call it the Freddy Kruger method!
Nice series of nigth shots, I found 'Freddy Kruger' as the most intersting one.
Its seems you use only one strobe in all the photos and think I remmember you wrote that you preffer only one, What is the reason for that? (maybe I'll find a good fundamental reason why I use only one cheap strobe and not the obvisuall - that I can't afoard it now )
I use only one strobe for a number of reasons, and the night shots may emphasise this nicely:
1. Less hassle - I may carry up to 2 cameras at a time
2. I can light exactly what I want to, to the extent I want
3. I like the relief a shadow gives the subject
4. Controlable shadow depths to create a 3D effect
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