UW portfolio

2 yrs of shooting, 350 dives, 20 pictures:

http://www.studio8.pl/

OK, two years is too long for 20 pictures.

Then i looked at the pictures. DAMN.

You have obviously only posted your world class photos.

Truly one of the most impressive galleries I have ever seen.

DAMN!

Beautiful site, beautiful pictures. That is the BEST mandarin fish shot I have ever seen, absolutely superb.

I agree....awesome site and images

Karl

Great gallery.

Could you post some info about the locations you took this images?

Simon

The huge copyright notice is disturbing. I left after the first image...

Wonderful shots! I'm curious about the locations also.

Great work. Those are beautiful shots.

Well......... "shots". http://www.studio8.pl/uw/02.htm is definately a combination of several pics. http://www.studio8.pl/uw/06.htm looks like a merge / photoshop job as well. Personnaly, I have never seen a nudi like this crawling over sea fans. ( but then again, I am new to diving ).

The Madnarin has a blue back ground, which seems to indicate that the picture was taken from under neath with the lens pointing upwards. We all know that this pic cant be taken with a wide i..e 16mm, so most lkely it was a 60 or a 105 mm or somthing to that effect. The diver would have to be underneath , head on the corral, the Mandarin fish about 1 foot or more directly above them........ oh, and by the way, the both fish are swimming vertically while they are mating. ( I have never seen that, they are ususally about 10 or 20 degrees from horizontal meaning the lens is pointing down, away from the sun) ( which is usually absent as the mandarin fish mate normally at dusk (Viagra exluded)).

Never the less, they look nice, and its really horses for courses, and everyone has their preferences. If they are passed off as art work sure, they are nice. If they are bing passed off as a real pic......mmmmmmm not quite sure about that one.

Interesting. In looking at these again, it would seem you are absolutely correct!

It does not take away from the beauty of the images, just the excitement created when they were "photos"!!

thanks for all the good words...

anemones: MMIII plus fisheye lens. yes you can make shot like this with coverage angle of 150o (the anemone grows on a sloping reef)

nudi: it was on the red coral (I've got 8 different shots of this nudi)

madarines: the picture on the website is rotated 90o cw to the originaly taken but that way looks better. the surface is on the right side then. btw: yes, you can shoot mandarines with WA lens but you need rebreather

anyway... I dont want to argue about the notes. if you cant take such a picture by yoursefl doesnt mean it cant be taken.

copyrights... I know it doesnt look good but I had too many shots stolen so that's why

Interesting.

http://www.studio8.pl/uw/02.htm

Top right fish with mouth open has a shadow ( strobe from above ? ) , but the other fish dont. Wierd, but possible. Next to the little fish in the middle, there are the tenticles of the anenome which cast a shadow (zoom in ) , but the fish it self does not. ( maybe a ghoast ? )

Lots of commensural shrimp, even one on the Anenome fish in the middle which I cant ever remember seeing ( getting old I guess ). With a few exceptions, you wont find many shrimps on the same anenome which has fish. Pleasantly suprised they have such a strong relationship.

Well, if it really is a real picture as you suggest, I agree, I am not at thay level yet, so hat off to you.

got a bit fed up, but as it's educative forum lets take a look:

same session. different shot.

how many shripms can you c? 5 if you look close enough.

shadows... well I can't c anything wrong on the large file.

and few more...

enough!

one more advice: dive, look carefully and you'll belive

Now that looks like a real picture ! Can you de-crop that one so we can see the wide angle and the little diver in the top ?

read carefully above... EOT

one more advice: dive, look carefully and you'll belive

Very good advice... Unfortunately, I think it's lost here. I say one shouldn't say something never happens underwater just because you've never seen it.

I don't see anything wrong with the shadows; they are where I would expect them. Also, I've seen plenty of periclimenes sharing anemones with anemonefish. To find one with lots is special, but not rare. Most every anemone has shrimp in it, even if the small transparent inornatus type, but most people don't notice them. I go back to my older photos now, and see shrimp eyes where I used to see debris.

Beautiful photo gallery; I enjoyed it.

If you don't believe, you'll never achieve...

Great website, fantastice shots. Is there any way you an share with us how you got the lighting so special on the juv batfish? :?:

as far as I remember it was 1/250s and f32, both strobes at full power. in that case you got only the closest objects lighten the rest fades into black.

that's the idea. settings may vary in differnent conditions.