A view from last week
Disappeared last week, on purpose. Some of this was to test the G11, but mostly it was a chance to get away and decompress. Above: one of our views.
Hawaii
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A preview of things to come…
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Under the Sea
Saturday, November 21st, 2009You can see things under the sea. See?
Honu (turtle) under the sea
Taken in a little over 60 feet of water (a hair under 20 meters). At this depth reds, oranges and yellows are mostly gone from the light – you’re stuck with mostly blues and greens (unless you introduce your own light). This was taken at a deliberately sunken boat (to make a reef). Turtles like to gather here & hang out on the roof of the boat, where surgeonfish (in the background) pick algae off of them.
For this shot: I’m maybe two feet away, with the camera on wide-angle. He didn’t even twitch – no fear of divers. I ultimately got within 6 inches of the guy, but then left (and left him alone)
Fresh back from another trip
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009To Hawaii. Expect more photos and thoughts soon. In the meantime, enjoy this pic from my first scuba day:
Sunrise and Moonset
Going out, an example
Friday, April 24th, 2009Building on the last five posts or so, the next few days will be examples of photographs taken by following my technique (more-or-less). I’ll describe the situation, the settings, and then display a photo for the day.
Today, I start with a picture from last November. We were on vacation in Wailea, Maui. If you know about the area, you know how nice it is. The weather was unnaturally windy, though – rough for that area. It even rained one day! And by wind, I mean “light breeze.”
So here we are, in a beautiful area, but there are clouds. Spotty clouds, mostly sunny. Going down to the beach, I have the sd500 in the waterproof case. ISO is pre-set to 50, white balance to daylight, EV to -1/3. At the beach (same area as the image posted on April 5th), I noticed a rocky area to the south, and some rocks stacked up by (assumedly) the locals.
Stack of rocks, setup by locals (I'm assuming).
No fear of salt water
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
A view from the ocean.
The beautiful thing about having the full case and camera package is the lack of fear. Here we have a mid-November afternoon, where I’m standing about 20 ft out. I’m about mid-thigh in the water, with occasional waves up to my waist. I wouldn’t be taking this picture with a DSLR. It’s well over a grand for the case on one of those guys, and walking in this without a waterproof case? Insane.