England 2009

It is fair to say that we don't get many people traveling to England to dive. But I have enjoyed taking pictures here this year and below is a link to a gallery of some of my favourites:

Alex's favourites - England '09

All D700 in Subal ND700, Inon Z240 strobes.

Grey seal mouth (Sigma 15mm FE; f/11 @ 1/200th; ISO 800):

Diver and cuttlefish (Sigma 15mm FE, 1.5x TC; f/11 @ 1/200th; ISO 800):

VW Beetle (Sigma 15mm FE; f/16 @ 1/13th; ISO 400):

Spiny seahorse (60mm AFS; f/11 @ 1/125th; ISO 400):

Rainbow trout (Sigma 15mm FE, 1.5x TC; f/9 @ 1/160th; ISO 200):

Alex

Great pictures Alex - almost make me want to get my camera out over here.

Some very dodgy fillings in that first one.....

Paul C

With a wash and wax that VW will look like brand new!

Think the wash cycle has been taken care of.

Paul C

Very nice Alex

Very cool shots Alex!

I really like the lighting of VW and the boat wreck!

Thanks for sharing!

Great shots Alex-what a year!

Adam

Very cool VW and love the trout!

Phil

Inspirational shots, Alex. Must try to get into the drysuit a bit more often. Maybe next spring.......

Beautiful pics. I love the seal shot. I'm curious how you lit that? Were you using a compact dome port? It's amazing how well it's lit and yet so close. Great stuff. The VW is pretty cool with the light inside as well.

Very nice mix! I particularly like the lighting in the VW and this one:

I have been planning to get an additional slave flash to try to experiment with creative lightning, a bit like you do here. I've had doubts about the reach of the trigger though. Did you use a light or flash to achive this?

Cheers

/O

Fantastic pix Alex - thanks for sharing. Always interesting to see which ones you like.

Cheers

James

Thanks, as ever, for sharing. My favourite is the seahorse. But: Capernwray.... ?

That's really rubbing it in!!

Tim

Looking at that kind of excellence makes me want to trash my entire collection

A great year Alex, some lovely shots there

good stuff Alex, i also like the trout almost looks like a mangrove shot.

I always get a weird kick from seeing cuttle fish in cold water

Nice shots!!

I especially like to see salmonids. However, I would rather see your native species. The head-on shot of the brown trout for example.

Tom

Hi Dr. Alex,

How you, fantastic photos. Please post a few more if you have an opertunity. Take care.

Log.

Nice shots!!

I especially like to see salmonids. However, I would rather see your native species. The head-on shot of the brown trout for example.

Tom

Hi Tom,

I had a quick look on Flickr, love your shoots. Have you had a chance to photograph a salmon shark underwater or is it even possible. Looking forward to your reply.

Kind regards,

Log.

Hi Tom,

 

I had a quick look on Flickr, love your shoots. Have you had a chance to photograph a salmon shark underwater or is it even possible. Looking forward to your reply.

 

Kind regards,

 

Log.

Thanks. No, but it is possible. The Blue Planet salmon shark footage was shot near here. I was there.

Tom