p.1 #1 · My first black water diving, blanket octopus, paper nautilus and a few misc other stuffs (lots of photos).
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Black water diving is becoming a rage in scuba diving world during the last several years. I finally got to do one as not every place is equipped to do it. Basically instead of usual night dive on a reef, you do night dive in the middle of deep sea with
strong light source hanging down from surface. My dive operator set up strong light source between 10-25 meters and we just hang out to see what showed up. The light would attract a lot of animal from the deep that usually are not seen during routine reef diving and after almost 40 years of diving on and off, I was able to see some animals that I have never seen before.
I used Nikon Z8, Nikon 60/2.8G, FTZ adapter, Nauticam housing, Sea $ Sea YS-D2 main strobe and Inon S2000 as filled strobe.
blanket octopus
p.1 #12 · My first black water diving, blanket octopus, paper nautilus and a few misc other stuffs (lots of photos).
ElvisD wrote:
These images are really impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Any information you can provide about the brilliant colors would be appreciated. Bioluminescence, UV lighting, etc.?
These were all shots with Sea and Sea YS-D2 main strobe and Inon S2000 fill strobe (my 2nd YS-D2 decided to die on this trip, luckily a friend has a spare strobe. These strobes all have temperature somewhere near 5000K. I just used day light WB as a starting point and adjust a little bit more. Just standard underwater strobe for underwater photography. Focus light was a Weefine Solar Flare 7000 light which is a bit warmer than day light.
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hosebag wrote:
Nice pictures but painfully slow to load...
Bobg657 wrote:
What an impressive set of images, things we just don't see otherwise! YGMV
Bob
Thanks, I scuba dive for a long time but only saw some of these creatures for the first time as well.
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Karl Witt wrote:
Breathtaking images, truly works of art both from you and nature!
Karl
Thanks
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douter wrote:
Glorious colors, Suteetat!
Douglas
Thanks, Douglas
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juankgigo wrote:
Impressive work!
I have never seen any of these species and will probably never see them in their ecosystem so thanks a lot for sharing!
Thanks, many of these species are my first as well.
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cs3is wrote:
Something different for a change. Great set.
p.1 #15 · My first black water diving, blanket octopus, paper nautilus and a few misc other stuffs (lots of photos).
Incredible pictures, YGMV. I know you've been diving a long time but I can still feel the awe and wonder in your shots. Always something new to see out there, and you brought some of it to us, thanks!
Eric
p.1 #16 · My first black water diving, blanket octopus, paper nautilus and a few misc other stuffs (lots of photos).
Super cool! I've only shot while free diving (& that was a while ago), the only "black water" being in Norway in November in dry suits. I thought that was cool, but nothing compared to this set. I hope you do more & keep posting them!
p.1 #20 · My first black water diving, blanket octopus, paper nautilus and a few misc other stuffs (lots of photos).
Erictator wrote:
Incredible pictures, YGMV. I know you've been diving a long time but I can still feel the awe and wonder in your shots. Always something new to see out there, and you brought some of it to us, thanks!
Eric
thank you. I used to do a lot of macro photography underwater but kind of switched over to wide angle for most dives in the last several years (part of it is the location where I went as well). This is the first trip where it is 100% macro photography in the last 9-10 years I think.
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Monika C wrote:
Super cool! I've only shot while free diving (& that was a while ago), the only "black water" being in Norway in November in dry suits. I thought that was cool, but nothing compared to this set. I hope you do more & keep posting them!
I think I am hooked to black water this is a brand new experience for me.
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sum1sgrampa wrote:
Very interesting and unique images. Fantastic job !
Gary
Thanks, Gary.
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birdied wrote:
Truly amazing work !! What glorious subjects that I certainly will never see . Amazing set.
