Belize & Cozumel

Nikon 5000, Ikelite Housing, DS-125 Strobe.

Belize, Cozumel & a little La Paz

Broken link?

Hmmm,

Works for me. Anyone else have a problem?

I get an error message that says "the page you're looking for is unavailable"

I get "The page you're looking for in not available".

Try This

Got it first time.

Cracking selection of shots there too!

Sorry, but I'm getting the error message too, even with Bob's link.

Strange, it's here in blink!

Maybe your settings require tweeking?

One last time! Try this if it doesnt work, Ofoto is out the window!

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Hello Scott,

You posted some nice images. Where did you find the sea lion in Cozumel? I would certainly like to know.

If I might offer two humble suggestions, you could improve your composition a bit by cropping some of the images. Try to think along diagonal lines, not center cuts. For example the first eel shot could be cropped on the left and at the top to make it seem more like it was originating from the bottom left corner. The first feather dust shot is certainly well composed. The more you can get the invisible line that halves your main subject to run from one corner diagonally to the other corner, the better off you will be on average.

Secondly, you presented all but two of the images in a horizontal format. When possible, try to consider more verticle shots. Having judged numerous competitions, strong vertical images are a plus. Of course, your subject will often dictate the framing. However, it does not hurt to shoot both a horizontal and vertical image of a subject when possible. Please note that vertical images usually require much more consideration in terms of correct exposures as the level of light can change dramatically from the top to the bottom of frame. Also, if you use two strobes, try to never allow one of the strobes to simply illuminate open water. It will only create backscatter.

Most of all, I am glad that I was finally able to see the shots. Good work! In addition, I look forward to the inside scoop on the sea lion.

Scott Johnson

SeaScapes Images

Thank you so much for the feedback! I really do appreciate it.

The Sea Horse I found was in Cozumel on a night dive at Palancar reef. It is horribly overexposed but I did the best i could. That was taken with my old set up, a Nikon CP 950 in a Ikelite housing.

I will be posting some more soon. whoopee!

oops you said Sea Lion not Sea Horse!!! Duh!

That was one I took in La Paz, Mexico, Same as the Manta Ray.

Really nice pictures. Thank you for sharing. I am suppose to go to Coz for the first time in June. Plan to take lots of pictures and going to try underwater video.