650 Cayman Brac pics

I thought I would post my latest pics here. These are using my Oly5050 for the first time. Maybe some of you could tell me some imporvements for the next time.

www.robert-e-morgan.com/caymanbrac/

Thanks

Rob

Rob,

Great stuff for a first timer. You are seeing a lot of light blues in your shots that is washing out the colors. Are you shooting in program mode? If so, you may wish to switch to manual next time (Manual aperture and shutter - Start at F6 @ 1/100 ISO 200) and let the strobe do it's TTL thing. The idea is to reduce the use of the ambient light and make the strobe work a little harder to bring out the colors.

More details here:

http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?act=S...&f=1&t=1763&hl=

-Dave

Thanks for the input. I did use P mode alot but now I'm starting to get the hang of it and I'll try your suggestion.

That's great advice by Dave! The "P" mode works well for many land photos, but underwater, the Aperture is probably the single most important setting, since depth of field is so important. Program Mode is a compromise between aperture and shutter speed that usually doesn't work well underwater.

Also, with some setups, like a housed N90s and a Nikonos SB-105 strobe, the shutter won't even fire in Program Mode.

If so, you may wish to switch to manual next time (Manual aperture and shutter - Start at F6 @ 1/100 ISO 200) and let the strobe do it's TTL thing. The idea is to reduce the use of the ambient light and make the strobe work a little harder to bring out the colors.

The idea is to underexpose the "blue" slightly to make it more pleasing, and to fill in your subject with your strobe. Check your camera's meter when pointed "into the blue" and go from there. Blindly setting at f6 1/100 ISO 200 isn't the right solution, either. If you use those settings in full sunlight, shallow, in clear water, your blue will be overexposed.

To fill in the details on what Eric said, set the 5050 on manual mode and spot metering. Point the center of the frame at a bright area in the blue background and adjust the shutter speed until the meter reads -1 to -2. This is assuming you already dialed in the aperture and strobe power for the exposure of your subject.

BTW Dave. How did you get demoted to Member Number 29? I thought you started this whole thing.

BTW Dave. How did you get demoted to Member Number 29? I thought you started this whole thing.

The reason is that I re-designed the site and created the forums, just as Dave was starting to have time issues.