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First taste of underwater photography
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22-06-2010 10:14pm#1Took about 50+ shots but most were crap except for a few of these which were ok. What you guys think? Its so much harder than it looks underwater!! Being pushed around like nothing on earth and the jellyfish too. It was hard to keep them in the frame let alone frame them properly;)
Click the picture to go to the other few:)
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Like PCphoto said - the glare is very strange. It is very hard, the underwater photography. Your most important skills to master are custom white balance, strobes/flash are a neccessity and train on your buoyance. A steady hand underwater is perhaps the hardest bit
I like the jelly - it's a good start. You will find though that you will notice improvement very quickly if you keep at it (or so my diving friends tell me) and keep on practising your neutral buoyancy untill you master it like a fine art!
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Wahoo - more underwater photographs for boards.ie!
Firstly you're really jumping in at the deep end - photographing Jellyfish is tricky as they're usually constantly swaying in the swell and the autofocus can have problems locking onto the semi-transparent body.
Snorkeling down to get the shot also makes it harder as you're very limited in time and unless you're wearing a weight belt it's hard to get steady without floating back up. Maybe give shallow water in which you can kneel a go, in around rocks. I can't recommend Carraroe in Galway enough for this as the "coral" doesn't kick up and there's lots of life.
Have you dived? If you're into underwater photography I'd say you'd love diving!I have a 5D and underwater housing and strobe...
PCPhoto I'd love to see some photos from this, I hope it's not gathering dust!
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Wahoo - more underwater photographs for boards.ie!
Firstly you're really jumping in at the deep end - photographing Jellyfish is tricky as they're usually constantly swaying in the swell and the autofocus can have problems locking onto the semi-transparent body.
Snorkeling down to get the shot also makes it harder as you're very limited in time and unless you're wearing a weight belt it's hard to get steady without floating back up. Maybe give shallow water in which you can kneel a go, in around rocks. I can't recommend Carraroe in Galway enough for this as the "coral" doesn't kick up and there's lots of life.
Have you dived? If you're into underwater photography I'd say you'd love diving!
PCPhoto I'd love to see some photos from this, I hope it's not gathering dust!
no i havent' dived but i know i'd love it. i really didn't want to get out of the water the other day just felt fantastic looking at stuff. then trying to go deeper and forgetting you had to breathe ha ha:) its just a question about budget now for diving lessons:~.
i might pop down to carraroe over the summer so if its as good as you say it is:) cos yeah the water i was in was pretty deep and in and around the rocks which made everything bounce around all over the place:)
sure when i'm heading down i'll give you a shout:)0 -
Do, as a taster for Carraroe, these were all taken there in the last few months: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36224551@N04/sets/72157623196281395/
If you're in college or an alumni of a college you could probably learn to dive through them for free, just buy your wetsuit, fins, snorkle and weight belt.... that's how I did it!
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Do, as a taster for Carraroe, these were all taken there in the last few months: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36224551@N04/sets/72157623196281395/
If you're in college or an alumni of a college you could probably learn to dive through them for free, just buy your wetsuit, fins, snorkle and weight belt.... that's how I did it!
i am in college how do i do that? does there have to be a diving club cos i don't think there is:( there is an outdoor ed course but so might be somehting to do with that?
saw them pictures before and love them, sort of inspired me to go bout getting the underwater housing in the first place:)0 -
Well yeah the college needs a diving Club. I saw you're in mayo so thought possibly GMIT... in which case you could join the NUIG/GMIT SubAqua Club!
Check out diving clubs near you: http://cft.ie/clubs.htm
With the CFT system (as opposed to PADI) you don't pay for the tuition, course material or training. There's an annual membership (€50 students, €100 full) which is your dive insurance. A non college club will have a membership fee (around €300) to cover their costs, clubhouse, compressor, fuel, rib etc. Also with most non college clubs you need to get your gear (tanks, bcd and reg) too I think, not sure if they've gear to get you started.
Might even work out cheaper to register for some part time evening course in GMIT and become a registered student! 0 -
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If you're a GMIT student then you're eligible to join the NUIG/GMIT SubAqua Club.... the club I'm in! Might even be your training officer come September!
The training for new members starts again in September, all the lectures and pool training takes place on Wednesday nights in NUIG & NUIG Kingfisher. And the club has all the expensive gear (tanks, bcd, regulator)... you just get fins, mask, snorkel, weightbelt and semi-dry. Lectures and training is free. Membership is however €2 for the year so you'll need to budget that in. 0 -
If you're a GMIT student then you're eligible to join the NUIG/GMIT SubAqua Club.... the club I'm in! Might even be your training officer come September!
The training for new members starts again in September, all the lectures and pool training takes place on Wednesday nights in NUIG & NUIG Kingfisher. And the club has all the expensive gear (tanks, bcd, regulator)... you just get fins, mask, snorkel, weightbelt and semi-dry. Lectures and training is free. Membership is however €2 for the year so you'll need to budget that in.
just as well you told me now i can start saving;) cool can't wait:)0
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