Diving in the Maldives

Hello,

I had the chance to dive in the Maldives recently.

I was on a 2 weeks live-aboard in the very deep south of the Maldives.

1. Whirl, whirl...

2. A fly of eagle rays

3. Oysters

4. A shy boy

5. Black coral on Foteyo

6. Split shot at sunset

7. A whitetip shark at dusk

8. Our Dhoni

9. A coral reef scene

10. One of the rare manta

11. Another split shot

12. Soldier & stripped jackfish

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14. Crazy jackfish on Foteyo

15. Squirrel fish on Panetone

All shots have been post-processed with Lightroom.

Damien

Great shots, like the moody feel of the over/unders. One comment, the divers lights seem a little strong, otherwise great shots.

oh so jealous

well done sonny jim

Love this work, and the theme as well.

How did you light up the dhoni!?

love your split shots

Awesome shots!

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers

Karel

Awesome shots!

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers

Karel

Très agréable en effet.

J'adore le blues

Stew

#6 is amazing. Really love that one.

With #12 - Did you move your camera from left to right fairly fast to track the fish? I am just wondering because the fish don't seem to have motion blur but the coral does...

Nice shots BTW!!!

Wonderfull shots Damien , congratulations !!

Thanks for your warm comments.

Great shots, like the moody feel of the over/unders. One comment, the divers lights seem a little strong, otherwise great shots.

Thanks, actually the diver was using a small 6 Leds light at 40%. I need to work with models so the beam of light is not directly directed to the dome.

How did you light up the dhoni!?

love your split shots

I was holding my housing out of the water, and the strobes were over the housing... heavy, very heavy ;-)

Très agréable en effet.

J'adore le blues

Merci beaucoup

With #12 - Did you move your camera from left to right fairly fast to track the fish? I am just wondering because the fish don't seem to have motion blur but the coral does...

 

Nice shots BTW!!!

You are correct. The fish were in motion, but they were not that fast. I tried a couple of shots, but the motion blur was not great, so I tried to add some motion with a movement of the camera following the the fishes.

Merci Dominique ;-)

Wonderfull!

An inspiring set. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much.

I've got a couple more shots.

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Damien

Love your "Split shot at sunset" so much

Nice collection indeed. Well done.

Regards Mark

This are also very nice

@ Damien.... WOW!

You are now one of my favorite photographers..... Awesome work!

Outstanding pics,well done