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jackiegoodwin
November 22, 2019
lovely - thank you for entering your photo into my challenge "animals of any kind " - good luck
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I shot this Image while on a 2005 Christmas Holiday Cruise & Diving Trip on the Carnival Celebration, porting in at the Island of New Providence Nassau, Bahamas (diving at Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas on the western end of the island, opposite end from Paradise Island Nassau resorts). This Image of a Hawksbill Turtle, taken while doing a Wreck Dive (and many others I've taken over the past 25 years of my diving at Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas); is part of the many types of excellent SCUBA Diving adventures the Bahamas (and Stuart Cove) has to offer... Wrecks, Reefs, Walls, & Sharks!Time
It was a mid-morning 2-Tank Dive, around 10:30 am... a bright sunny day... and the water was crystal clear blue! The afternoon Dive consisted of the Caribbean Grey Reef Shark Feeding, which can be seen in my Image: Email_Image_22_Caribbean_Grey_Reef_Shark_Feeding.Lighting
To go into and properly explain Underwater Photography & Underwater Lighting necessary to achieve color & exposure would take too long here. Suffice it to say, if you wish to achieve color & proper exposure shooting underwater past 6 feet (that means vertical or horizontal!), then you NEED to bring your own light source (Underwater Strobe/Flash Units); which is why WIDE-ANGLE UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY is generally very difficult! This Dive, I was using my Underwater FILM System (described below) and thankfully did not experience much Backscatter in the water from the Underwater Strobes as they fired.Equipment
Shot with my "THIRD" Underwater Camera System (currently on my "FOURTH" system now)... a Canon Rebel 2000 Film Camera, Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 lens, B+W NL-4 Close-up Diopter, Ikelite Underwater Housing for Canon Rebel 2000, Duel (2x) Ikelite SS-200 Underwater Strobes, Fuji Superia Reala 100 Professional Color Negative Print Film 36, and standard SCUBA Diving equipment.... BCD, regulator, gages, mask, fins, tank, snorkel, wetsuit...Inspiration
This Image shot in 2005 using my (back then) "THIRD" Underwater Camera System (described above). My first Shark Diving and Wreck Diving Trips at Stuart Cove was 10 years earlier in '95 using a Nikonos V Underwater Camera & Strobe System. The Images back then were not bad, but I wanted a few (newer) Images with my "upgraded system". I have had a Camera in my hands since I was 8 years old (my old Kodak Box Brownie). I started SCUBA Diving in '89, and thought that doing Photography underwater was a "natural extension". I started out with an "Underwater Bag Housing" ("FIRST" Underwater Camera System), progressed to a Nikonos V Underwater Camera & Strobe ("SECOND" Underwater Camera System), then to Ikelite Underwater Housing & Strobes ("THIRD" Underwater Camera System), now to Nauticam Underwater Housing & Strobes w/Canon 5DMIII full-frame digital (my current and "FOURTH" Underwater Camera System).Editing
I still shoot Film (above & below water occasionally). When I do, I have the film developed (FUJICHROME Velvia 100 Professional Color Reversal (Slide) Film is E-6 processing; or Fuji Superia Reala 100 Professional Color Negative (Print) Film is C-41 processing), then use my NIKON COOLSCAN 4000 ED FILM SCANNER to Digitize the Images in order to POST-PROCESS the results. With most Digital Cameras shooting underwater, you can see the results immediately on the back of the camera, giving you the opportunity to make any necessary adjustments for your next shot. YOU CANNOT DO THAT WITH FILM! You have to KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Your experience, bracketing, trial-n-error takes years to LEARN! I am a FIRM BELIEVER in getting everything you can correctly IN-CAMERA in the FIELD, and doing as little post-processing as possible! Having said that, I do the typical adjustments necessary with Digital Images.In my camera bag
Cameras: Canon 5DM3 (35mm Full Frame Digital), Canon Rebel 2000 (35mm Film), Battery Grips for both Cameras, Canon TC-80N3 Intervalometer Timer Remote Controller, SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash Cards, SanDisk Extreme Pro SD Cards. Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM, Canon EF 24mm f/2.8, Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye, Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L, Samyang 14mm f/2.8, Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III, Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 V, Canon Extender EF 2X III, Canon Extension Tubes. Underwater: Nauticam Underwater Housing for Canon 5DMIII, Duel Inon Z330 Underwater Strobes, Ikelite Underwater Housing for Canon Rebel 2000, Duel Ikelite SS-200 Underwater Strobes, Nikonos V Underwater Camera, Ikelite SS-200 Underwater Strobe, Nikkor 20mm f/2.8, Nikkor 35mm f/2.5. Flash: Canon Speedlite 550EX, Polaris Digital Light Meter. Filters: Polaroid Circular Polarizers, Polaroid Neutral Density Filters, Polaroid Graduated Neutral Density Filters, Polaroid Variable Neutral Density Filters ("Black Glass"), B+W NL-4 Close-up Diopter, UV Haze. Tripods: Oben CC-2481L Carbon Fiber Lateral Tripod, Oben BB-2 Ball Head, Induro PHQ3 5-Way Panoramic Head, Neewer Panoramic Gimbal Head, Cambofoto M225 Tabletop Tripod Combo w/CK30 Ball Head. Additional: BlackRapid RS-7 Curve Camera Strap, Giottos Rocket Air Blower, Microfiber cloths.Feedback
You FIRST need to get certified in SCUBA Diving.... then you need to STUDY & LEARN ABOUT UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING.... oh, and btw, NOT A CHEAP, INEXPENSIVE HOBBY OR PROFESSION!!! Good Luck! Know the places that you shoot, well; and shoot the places you know well.... often! -David
