Moving from 60mm macro to 30mm Macro lenses? Maybe?

Dann-Oh wrote:

Its been a while since I was in the water using my camera, my last few days of diving have been without a camera to try to get comfortable with my drysuit. I didn't need to add a camera to a new suit and introduce extra task loading. From what I remember the debris is a little bit of everything, My strobe was in a modified rabbit ear setup, meaning it was above the subject pointing towards the floor but more than likely the light cone was centered on the nudis instead of using the edge light.

Indeed - time to get basic proficiency back.   I'm mulling over what I can do, need to do in advance of my July Bahamas trip.   And if I want to covert to an R5 housing now, or stick with the familiar GH4 for this one, before an October Palau trip.

Is it one strobe or two?   With one, you may get best result at the 12 oclock position overhead, or slightly offset if it looks too flat.    Positioning a hand light at 90 degrees can add some dimension as well, if it is static and the surge isn't stirring the silt.

With 2, the strobe arms form a W as you point them backwards but outward, so the edge lighting intersects at the target.  As you get to single inches, there may not be any choice as the port starts casting shadows.

Architeuthis - if it were my wife, she'd want to use a 200mm lens for the triggerfish.   She doesn't trust the teeth on any of them, never mind the vindictive Titans.