Hilton's Nudi

Hey gang,

This was the first time I dove Santa Rosa Island, and the first time I've seen this nudibranch. I saw at least 2 on each dive. Pretty cool critters! Great subjects as they were fairly large for nudibranchs at 2-3 inches.

Shot with Fuji S2 in Ike housing with 60mm lens, wet lens close-up diopter, and single DS-125 strobe.

John

Here's another one...

Extreme close-up...

Very nice - 3rd shot is best - good exposure, good composition, sharp where sharpness is needed.

Regards,

nice close-up! would make a really nice image cropped vertically

Did you set the flash in manual mode or in TTL mode.

Congratulations from Spain. I love this shots.

Escalar.

nicely done.

I agree, extremely nice shot. Good lighting and critical focus.

Did you shoot this in autofocus?

Cheers

James

Hey guys,

Thanks! That one is my favorite as well.

I shot it in Autofocus with single servo focussing and spot metering. Used the built in modeling light of the DS-125. It was shot in TTL with the flash compensation at +1. F27 at 1/125 with ISO100. I then converted it with Fuji Raw Converter EX with the Tone at High, Color at High, Sharpness at Standard, and Color Temp at 6000K. I didn't have to adjust the exposure at all. In photoshop, I did have to crop it about 15 % and did remove some backscatter in the black corner. No adjustment to the levels.

I've been using Cont. Focus and (ahhh, brain freeze) the 1st metering position the last few trips but changed this time after recommendations from Brett at Ikelite. I was pretty happy with the results - at least for macro which is all I did.

I've been getting better at judging focus through the viewfinder while holding the shutter down half way and hitting the shutter at the "critical" time. (No shutter lag is great ) I've also used the technique of moving the housing in and out to fine tune the focus.

Thanks again,

John

MATRIX METERING!!!!..... That's what I've been using it the past.

John

FWIW, if you're setting the shutter and aperture manually, then it doesn't matter what metering mode you are in. The camera just bypasses the meter and does what you tell it to.

If you are shooting in A at f22+ then you get 1/60 or 1/125th if you have a strong modeling light. Those are the only two choices unless your flash is set to slow or rear curtain sync.

So I just use Manual now for macro...:-)

Cheers

James

James,

Thanks for the info.

I thought you shot in Manual for Wide Angle as well?

John

Yes, I shoot in manual for everything.

So I never really even touch the metering switch on my S2 unless I'm shooting topside.

Cheers

James

Wow! It is amazing what a little change in perspective can do!

#3 is quite impressive!