Digital Madness in Cayman

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Wow - you can really see it, though. In my photo it is a mushy mess!

I wanna see some of the stingray shots.

Alex

I wanna see some of the stingray shots.

 

Alex

This one is going nuts on Flickr, 500 views and 50 favorites in one week. I never saw that happen before. Thanks Alex for showing me the light.

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I'd love to see some more guys!

Cheers,

Steve

Wow - you can really see it, though. In my photo it is a mushy mess!

 

I wanna see some of the stingray shots.

 

Alex

OK, Boss!

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Good to see vazuw's hammer pic came out! More stringrays from the first week and Joel trying to get the shot:

Hope everyone there is having as great a time as we did!

Phil

Those are great phil! here is another ou

Fantastic over/under!

Cheers

James

Good to see vazuw's hammer pic came out! More stringrays from the first week and Joel trying to get the shot:

Hope everyone there is having as great a time as we did!

 

Phil

Hey Phil,

This is what it looks like from the other side.

Here's the other shots I got from "trying to get the shot" running through the sand!

It was a great day photographing rays.

Cheers everyone!

Joel

Your ou is fantastic

Very nice all.

Alex

Three more ray shots - truly at random - I seem to have 686 others from that morning shoot alone....

Paul C

Hey, is that kryptonite??? Oh noooooo

Such amazing week!

Thank you Alex so much for your effort about all of us. Your knowledge and your real motivation made us to think totally different underwater...was really something special.

Also thanks to all people from my group...all of you are so nice and I hope to see some of you very soon again!

Predrag Vuckovic www.extreme-photographer.com

... this one is going nuts on Flickr, 500 views and 50 favorites in one week...

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I can see why! Fantastic!

What is your secret (since I shall have to work out how to try this without Alex's advice)?

Tim

What is your secret (since I shall have to work out how to try this without Alex's advice)?

 

Tim

 

Hey Tim,

Thanks! I think I was able to make a lot of nice images that morning for a couple of reasons. The early morning light was dancing, coming in and out of the clouds giving us lots of variation to experiment with and I had a magic filter on the 10-17 that I'm sure helps the midwater blue to darken up a little. I think that the biggest thing that helped me was having the time to think and setup shots. In my normal diving I'm still struggling to force myself to work a subject long enough to get a credible shot. I guess it's a holdover from my film days. On this morning Alex set us up in the perfect situation. Lots of great subjects, coming by every couple of minutes for two and a half hours kinda makes it hard to miss. You could shoot into the light, across the light, whatever you wanted, just setup and eventually a nice ray would come by and model for you.

And oh yeah, Alex spent two hours the night before telling us how to do it.

Cheers,

Steve

... Alex spent two hours the night before telling us how to do it...

... and he sold the Magic Filter?

I am most impressed by the reflection.

Tim

I'm back home now (while Alex's second course is still running, argh!) and wanted to post a few of my photos. I only got to make two dives with the group, but had a great time! Here is a shot that Alex suggested - taken at the High Rock wall site:

And here's another shot of Alex - up on the top of the reef:

These were both taken w/ the 1DsIII w/ a 15mm fisheye + 1.4x TC

I'm bummed that I didn't get to make the stingray city day after seeing all these great shots. Again - argh!

Cheers

James

... and he sold the Magic Filter?

 

I am most impressed by the reflection.

Actually Alex didn't push the filter. I had it on from the day before and was too lazy to take it off. I've been working on getting reflections for a while, trying to understand how to do them well consistently. When I asked Alex afterward, he said they are almost always there, it's just that most of us don't frame the shot to include them. Guess you still need to "shoot up" even in 5 ft of water. My only claim to fame is that in this case when I saw the reflection flash in the viewfinder I was sharp enough to hit the shutter.

Nice shot James, love the first one. Too bad you couldn't stay longer. Is the second group taking any pictures or all they all at the pub?

Cheers,

Steve

My guess is Alex is keeping them too busy to process any of their pix! Either that or they lost their internet connection :-P

Cheers

James

Three more ray shots - truly at random - I seem to have 686 others from that morning shoot alone....

 

Paul C

 

I'm soooo in envy Paul! Maybe I just need to quit this local cave crap and fly south in stead.

However, I wonder if the light in your middle picture is for real or if you have overcooked the WB?

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