Your Daily Lembeh Photo

Hi Pam, thanks for the feedback, glad you are enjoying the show haha, yes, the D90 is a great camera, it may not be the latest or greatest but it can take the same photos as any other camera and with enough quality for commercial use as well.

For the hand thing. Basically, i take the left strobe off the camera and hold it by the front with my fingers covering the element and some gaps between my fingers. It takes a lot of adjusting and obviously a subject such as a nudibranch that doesn't move much as it takes a few photos to get the positioning correct. The reasoning for me doing it is the fact that YS120 strobes only have half and full power, no other settings, sometimes i have to do that if i am trying to shoot with open fstops. However, i also do it to create different lighting like that last nudi

Tongue Parasite

Always freaky yet quite fascinating. Not a great pic but it shows the parasite quite well, always gives me the shivers. The vast majority of Anemonefish in Lembeh and indeed north Sulawesi have these parasites.

Nikon D90 and Aquatica Housing

105mm

1/250 at f16

Sea and Sea 120

White Eyed Moray

Nikon D90 and Aquatica Housing

60mm lens

1/250 at f20

One YS 120 strobe with Snoot handheld on the left side

Snoot

A snoot too far?

A one-eyed white-eye?

Tim

And some fine modeling work here..

D90 and Aquatica Housing

10.5mm and 2x TC

1/100 at f8

2 YS 120 strobes

Dare we ask... which one are you trying to cuddle with?

Dave... haha.. erm..

On a different subject

Here is a Sawblade shrimp

D90 and Aquatica Housing

105mm lens

1/250 at f32

One Sea and Sea YS 120

Great Moray shot!

Mike -- great idea. Photos are excellent. Gives me the urge to go back out there.

Sorry for the delay was actually having a life for once for a few days.. haha

Drunk Catfish

Nikon D90 and Aquatica Housing

10.5mm and 2TC

1/80 at f7.1

2 YS 120 strobes

Sorry for the delay was actually having a life for once for a few days.. haha

 

Drunk Catfish

Having a life for a few days, then posting a Drunk Catfish photo? You know you are not supposed to feed marine life and going bar hopping with them on the days you are remiss posting the POTD is also probably a no-no

Good stuff Mike, looking forward to seeing more shots of the day....

That moray shot is very cool Mike.

Stew

For the hand thing. Basically, i take the left strobe off the camera and hold it by the front with my fingers covering the element and some gaps between my fingers. It takes a lot of adjusting and obviously a subject such as a nudibranch that doesn't move much as it takes a few photos to get the positioning correct. The reasoning for me doing it is the fact that YS120 strobes only have half and full power, no other settings, sometimes i have to do that if i am trying to shoot with open fstops. However, i also do it to create different lighting like that last nudi

 

 

Mike - Thanks for the info. Going to Bonaire in a few weeks - will try playing with the strobe to see what kind of effects I can create with it. Keep up the show from Lembeh.

 

DiverPam

Went golfing again today

Beauty and the Beast, or just Beast

Pair of Stonefish

D90 and Aquatica Housing

10.5mm and 2TC

1/13 at f13

Single YS 110 Alpha

Another Nudi

D90 with Aquatica Housing

105mm lens

1/250 at f4.8

1 YS 110 alpha

Cool shot of the stonefish Mike. Enjoying your posts!

Sweepers in a Cave

D90 and Aquatica Housing

10.5mm and 2x TC

1/160 at f6.3

1 YS 120 and 1 YS 110

Love the post, keep it up!

Stonefish shot is great... Loving the 10.5mm and TC shots.

Steve

I love this thread, Mike! Great to see the pics and more importantly the settings and techniques you've used to create the effects. Thanks for the inspiration!

Phil

Thanks for the post. I just love "sweepers in caves" shots. Not certain why.. just lov'em.

I really like the perspective of Beauty and the Beast, much nice than the flat images people take of these with the 60mm.

Alex