A week Raja Ampat with GH4 (stills)

Raja Ampat had so much opportunities from an underwater photographers perspective, here are some of my favourites.

Equipent used:

GH4, Nauticam housing, 2x INON S2000

8mm FE in 4.33" dome and 3.5" dome

60mm and 25mm in 60mm macro port

Many more photos can be found at:

www.flickr.com/xanderwater

Cheers!

Some more from the mangroves:

P2130066sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

P2130513sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

P2130498sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

P2130118sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

P2120804sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

P2120827sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

P2120838sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

P2120768sweb by Xanderwater, on Flickr

Clearly the GH4 can produce excellent still images and not just videos!

I love the clarity of the jetty photos and the mangroves

You have done a great job to have split shots with the small 4.33" dome

I would go and get a rectilinear lens in your kit bag as the fisheye distortion on some of the jetty images is really excessive. Maybe an Olympus 9-18mm if you don't want to break the bank with the Panasonic 7-14mm?

Great shots, loving the wide angle and the split shots. Heading to Raja Ampat in May seems to be plenty to take photos of. Is the 4.33" dome port the nauticam port ? I have the 8mm fisheye lens and tossing up whether to go for the Nauticam 4.33" or the Athena 100mm glass dome port. Any thoughts ?

Very nice, enjoyed them immensely!

Super job! Looks like you had a great trip.

Cheers,

Steve

Thanks people!

The shot of the dottyback in the purple gorgonian is excellent. I wanted to snap a picture of them on my recent RA trip, but the would never face the camera or hold still. Well done!

Amazing job!

Heading to Raja Ampat in May seems to be plenty to take photos of. Is the 4.33" dome port the nauticam port ? I have the 8mm fisheye lens and tossing up whether to go for the Nauticam 4.33" or the Athena 100mm glass dome port. Any thoughts ?

Raja Ampat is marvellous: here are some images from December.

I'd recommend a small dome, except for the split level shots: lighting the sea fans and corals is much easier with a small dome (I'm not sure that there's much difference between different small domes). I was using a big Nauticam dome with a full-frame DSLR and there were shots that I just couldn't get.

Question to The op. How much vignetting do you get with the 3.5" port? Does it go away in 3:2 aspect ratio?

great pictures!

Was just there, so I really appreciate your vivid shots. Looks like you had quite a bit better water clarity too. Nice work.

Jack

Nice job. Thanks for sharing

DiverPam