Dumaguette, Philippines

I have put up a small gallery of shots I took from a trip to Dumaguette in the Philippines a week ago. Still macro I am afraid, my continuing foray into WA is not a success to date (probably another reason for me to go digital soon!) and my DS125 drowned big time on the first dive.

Hope you enjoy

Dumaguette Gallery

Nice shots! I was at Dumagete 3 years ago. Were you able to dive Apo Island? Stunning reef over there. Was the seahorse taken at the "secret" seagrass location of the resort?

=)

Stu

I like the Wally Crab shot! How did you light that one?

Cheers

James

Stu,

yes Apo is really beautiful, but it was not "buzzing" with life. The seahorse was actually in Dauin at about 30 meters but the grassy areas of the house reefs and the sanctury had some quite spectacular creatures!

James,

That shot was on a Nik 105 (coupled to an F80) with a compact port and 2 C&C 90s mounted 2 inch back from the end of the port and about 2 inches above the centre of the port on a ring mount - 1/60 F32, Velvia scanned on a Nik 4000.

My gear is in for servicing at the moment but when I get it back I will post a pic of the setup - I find using the ring mount keeps me concentrated on shots which the setup can acheive as I dont have any real ability to move strobe position very much at all - I get less less selection in what I can photograph but better results (i hope ) as it forces me to go after just one specific style/type.

I am also getting more used to the higher colour temp of the C&Cs close up as well for this style of shot.