Cave diving in Yucatan, Mexico, December 2018
Cave diving in Yucatan, Mexico, December 2018
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LookSee
January 21, 2020
Congratulations - an ecxellent photo! (imagine this typed in envy-green font :)
petrpolach
January 21, 2020
Thank you very much for your words and congratulations! Best regards, Petr
petrpolach
January 21, 2020
Thank you very much for your photo rating and congratulations! Best regards, Petr
mattmorring
January 21, 2020
It just draws your eye right into the photo. It is an amazing looking photo.
ponchismerle
January 22, 2020
Wahouhh ! Awesome !!! Congratulation , you deserved it because scuba photo in cenote are so difficult to shot !!!!
petrpolach
January 22, 2020
Thank you very much for congratulation and for your words: You are right, but people usually don't know conditions in the caves. Best regards, Petr
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This picture was taken during cave diving in Yucatan, Mexico.Time
In the caves, there is no light. Completely dark, so you don't need to wait for the "right light". You can only use flashes and lamps. This photo was taken during the day using five flashes.Lighting
Very important when shooting in caves is the usage of external flashes and very important is where they are located.Equipment
I used the Sony alpha 7 R II camera with the Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS lens, the Sea & Sea MDX-?7 II case, the Fisheye Dome Port 240 with accessories and five flash units (2 x Sea & Sea YS-110a on the case and the external Sea & 1 x YS-D2 and 2 x YS-D1 with 3 triggers).Inspiration
The eternal beauty of the flooded caves in Yucatan.Editing
Yes, many edits have been made to this photo. Underwater pictures where objects which are both close and far are photographed are characterised by the fact, that the water gradually filters light by wavelength. Distance of about 5 m means that red color disappears, then orange and so the individual rainbow colors disappear until the only colors which remain are green and blue. Therefore post-processing is necessary.In my camera bag
I have two bags, each about 12 kg with the equipment listed above in the article "What equipment did you use?".Feedback
Because there is a absolute darkness in the caves, the key issue is the use of high quality external flashes and the full-frame camera.