A couple from yesterday and today

I am doing one dive with the D200 and one with the D300 to train for next week´s CMAS national championship qualifiers in the north coast of El Hierro (unfortunately only the winner qualifies) because we are allowed to carry two cameras in the same dive: no crops:

D300:

D200: Two new friends in Sardina, our main local dive:

I hope you like them

Wow! I love all four of them. The last three are my favorites (in no particular order), but all of them are excellent.

all 4 are great, I really like the first macro.

Fantastic stuff David; you guys ought to have photography boot camp for the rest of us.So tell us what is your training regimen.

5 times around the dive site with your camera above your head.

Beautiful shots, David. The 'windswept' blennie is gorgeous!

Now that is an angle on a Frogfish that you don't see too often. Very nice.

James

just lovely, I like them all!!!!

Great pics! I love especially the blenny and the scenery before that.

Wow! I love all four of them. The last three are my favorites (in no particular order), but all of them are excellent

Thank you!

all 4 are great, I really like the first macro.

People tend to prefer that one even though the frogfish is much more difficult to see. Thank you!

Fantastic stuff David; you guys ought to have photography boot camp for the rest of us.So tell us what is your training regimen.

5 times around the dive site with your camera above your head.

5 times around the dive site with BOTH cameras above the head would be a very tough training!!

But it is true that we really "train" certain kind of pictures. Like one day I would prefer to shoot WA with 10-17 but I know I have to practice fish pictures so I use 60mm...or only allowing myself a small amount of shots to improve the "trigger" etc... Competition´s season ends at the end of september and then I shoot what I want and also drink more on the weekends!

Beautiful shots, David. The 'windswept' blennie is gorgeous!

Thank you! Luisa found that blennie and he has been living on the same rock for a couple of weeks. Is fun to shoot because is very brave and is always checking for invaders and not caring for the camera.

Now that is an angle on a Frogfish that you don't see too often. Very nice.

 

James

I was looking at the frogfish through the viewfinder trying to get a fullface shot (105mm) but the rocks around would only let me the see the top/back of her head so I wasn´t even going to shoot, but a small pufferfish swam close and the frogfish looked up (I thought "She is going to eat the puffer and I will not even be able to see it..."), the puffer drifted away and I shot before she went back to rest...

just lovely, I like them all!!!!

Thank you!

Great pics! I love especially the blenny and the scenery before that

Thank you!

One word. SWEET!

I love them all, but think that cuttlefish is brilliant.

Regards

Nigel

Great stuff

Wow!

love all of them. Superb shots!!

Mas bonita!

Wonderful colour.

Wow, very nicely done! All are great and I'd agree the blennie is special. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers!

Steve

Very nice! ... do you have any assistance U/W when you carry two bodies or are you lugging everything? Do you have two sets of strobes or just one?

One thing I did notice ... it looks like your D200 could use a sensor cleaning ...

Hi,

Great pictures, I also like the blennie best.

You don't need to train!

Thanks for sharing them

Adam

Nice shots David especially the first two.

Amazing shots!!!!!!!

whats it like using 2 cameras?

Personally, I think I would get better results with one as I would concentrate on a single style ie macro/wide angle. Do you find your self switching between the cameras often?????

Cal