Underwater pics

Brook Mathews · Apr 21, 2003

I went for a dive today at a spot called Shiprock. It's a shore dive location at Dolans Bay, a suburb in southern Sydney. It's been raining all weekend, so the water was very turbid. About 3m visibility.

I've been trying out my C-5050 U/W rig (PT-015 housing). It comprises a 50 watt modeling light to help with autofocus and an old strobe I owned that has a slave sensor. I bought a fibre-optic cable from the local hi-fi store and used it to pipe the on-camera flash to the external strobe. It works well, but of course the strobe doesn't understand the camera's pre-flash. Therefore I have to shoot in manual mode. Eh. Just means I have to practice a bit more and bracket, bracket, bracket.

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Jackeroo · Apr 21, 2003

I love those shots Brook, especially the Scorpion fish .. fantastic colours and beautifully clear ... nice work ..

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Ross Canant · Apr 23, 2003

You need to start hanging out with the rest of the underwater shooters. This one was taken with a C-5050, PT-015, and Ikelite DS-125.

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Brook Mathews said:
I went for a dive today at a spot called Shiprock. It's a shore
dive location at Dolans Bay, a suburb in southern Sydney. It's been
raining all weekend, so the water was very turbid. About 3m
visibility.

I've been trying out my C-5050 U/W rig (PT-015 housing). It
comprises a 50 watt modeling light to help with autofocus and an
old strobe I owned that has a slave sensor. I bought a fibre-optic
cable from the local hi-fi store and used it to pipe the on-camera
flash to the external strobe. It works well, but of course the
strobe doesn't understand the camera's pre-flash. Therefore I have
to shoot in manual mode. Eh. Just means I have to practice a bit
more and bracket, bracket, bracket.

http://www.pbase.com/brookmathews/underwater

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Willa · Apr 23, 2003

I think my favorite is the hermit crab. How do you keep those critters from coming after you? Geesh! Remind me not to go in the water, huh!

Nice work. Please, do let us know when there's more to see!

Willa
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brock121199 · Apr 23, 2003

Great shot Ross,

Where was it taken, time of day, depth etc?

Paul

Ross Canant said:
You need to start hanging out with the rest of the underwater
shooters. This one was taken with a C-5050, PT-015, and Ikelite
DS-125.

Ross Canant · Apr 24, 2003

That one was taken on Bonaire in Feb of this year. It was an afternoon dive and probably about 30 feet toward the end of the dive. That was my first trip shooting underwater photos. Needless to say, I'm very pleased with my setup.

billou said:
Where was it taken, time of day, depth etc?

Paul

Ross Canant said:

You need to start hanging out with the rest of the underwater
shooters. This one was taken with a C-5050, PT-015, and Ikelite
DS-125.

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s k u l p t · Apr 24, 2003

Fantastic shots Brook. I'm very impressed, and now I want to consider getting the PT housing again. ; ) Darn you!

Brianos 2.1

Brook Mathews said:
I went for a dive today at a spot called Shiprock. It's a shore
dive location at Dolans Bay, a suburb in southern Sydney. It's been
raining all weekend, so the water was very turbid. About 3m
visibility.

I've been trying out my C-5050 U/W rig (PT-015 housing). It
comprises a 50 watt modeling light to help with autofocus and an
old strobe I owned that has a slave sensor. I bought a fibre-optic
cable from the local hi-fi store and used it to pipe the on-camera
flash to the external strobe. It works well, but of course the
strobe doesn't understand the camera's pre-flash. Therefore I have
to shoot in manual mode. Eh. Just means I have to practice a bit
more and bracket, bracket, bracket.

http://www.pbase.com/brookmathews/underwater

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TinyGreenAlien · Apr 24, 2003

Brook Mathews said:
I went for a dive today at a spot called Shiprock. It's a shore
dive location at Dolans Bay, a suburb in southern Sydney. It's been
raining all weekend, so the water was very turbid. About 3m
visibility.

I've been trying out my C-5050 U/W rig (PT-015 housing). It
comprises a 50 watt modeling light to help with autofocus and an
old strobe I owned that has a slave sensor. I bought a fibre-optic
cable from the local hi-fi store and used it to pipe the on-camera
flash to the external strobe. It works well, but of course the
strobe doesn't understand the camera's pre-flash. Therefore I have
to shoot in manual mode. Eh. Just means I have to practice a bit
more and bracket, bracket, bracket.

http://www.pbase.com/brookmathews/underwater

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