More from the Swedish westcoast

Hello my fellow photographers.

Here's some more photos from the Swedish westcoast.

Tell me what you think please.

First of, we have a small coral (Caryophyllia smithii). A really beutiful coral about 2cm in length

Then we continue with a lovely anemone (Urticina felina)

Here's an example of a couple of Clavelina lepadiformis (don't know the english name) growing of something

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And finally, I give you an edited version of one of the previous lobsters

Great diving and may you always find good subjects in perfect conditions

/ Patrik

Patrick,

I love the lighting in that first shot! Excellent.

But that shot worries me a lot. All of the sand is in the "plane" of the photo, yet the corners are soft and give you that "zooming" feeling. I think this may be due to the wideangle lens/dome port combo not being optimized.

Can you post the Exif for that one?

Cheers

James

Really nice photos, Patrik, with gorgeous colors. As a Caribbean diver, it still amazes me to see these colorful things growing in cold waters.

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But that shot worries me a lot.  All of the sand is in the "plane" of the photo, yet the corners are soft and give you that "zooming" feeling.  I think this may be due to the wideangle lens/dome port combo not being optimized.

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I think you are correct James. I've checked my pictures the last couple of days and it seems like for close-ups, you get this soft corner thing. It's not apparent with shots taken at a greater distance though (thank god for that...). I have the original Ikelite domeport and the original Nikon wide-angle lens, thought that combo should be ok, but apparently it's not okey for real close-up shots (this was taken at approximately a distance of a few centimeters, perhaps 5).

Might be to the large aperature, I'll take some sample photos above surface with different aperatures and see if the results are consistent or if they differ.

Heres the exif for the first shot:

Nikon COOLPIX5000

2003/08/09 12:20:01

RAW (12-bit)

Image Size: 2560 x 1920

Color

ConverterLens: None

Focal Length: 7.1mm

Exposure Mode: Manual

Metering Mode: Center-Weighted

1/30 sec - f/2.8

Exposure Comp.: 0 EV

Sensitivity: ISO 100

White Balance: Cloudy

AF Mode: AF-S

Tone Comp: Constrast (-)

Flash Sync Mode: Front Curtain

Digital Zoom Ratio: 1.00

Saturation comp: -1

Sharpening: Low

Noise Reduction: OFF

Flash on TTL.