Hantu dive

[swee sin]

do a day trip to pulau hantu, singapore ...
think it's worth to share some photo taken there ...

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this is my second time there ...
some photo been photoshop to look nicer ... :sweat:
C & C are welcome ...

 

[howeikwok]

Nice pics of the ceratosoma and bornella. Rudy should post his pic of the ceratosoma here, really good shot. :thumbsup:

 

[swee sin]

thanks...
oh ya...great lighting for on his picture.

 

[garagez]

great pics,,,for our local waters,,,

cheers

 

[swee sin]

thanks garagez ...
actually it's not that bad ...
sometime depend on luck ...
good day u might had 4m viz with alot of stuff to see ..
bad day u got 2~3m viz with strong current bring out all the slit ... :bsmilie:

 

[ziincx]

nice series there, up for the local seas haha.
not bad, i tot local water find its hard to see tru.
but still its a great one from you. thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

 

[divingcat]

Wow, nice! the Nudi-beauties in our own backyard... The seahorse photo is very nice.
Wonder when i will pick up the courage to dive in the backyard - bad viz n strong currents r not my cup of tea... ;p Maybe seeing more great photoes like these will help...

 

[kkgoxplore]

Pics are WOW. A new motivation to dive Hantu.

 

[diver-hloc]

Wow.... never thought we have so many type of Nudi in our backyard :thumbsup:

 

[swee sin]

thanks all ...
yup.. sometime it really unbelivable ... :bsmilie:
can find such thing under those "milo" color water ... :sweat:

 

[howeikwok]

the great shot. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[diver-hloc]

the great shot. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

From Hantu also ??

 

[coalfox]

the great shot. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Yeah! Great shot.. the spaceship!!!

 

[swee sin]

yep ...
same day same boat ... :sweat:

 

[talbazar]

do a day trip to pulau hantu, singapore ...
think it's worth to share some photo taken there ...
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Great shots indeed... Thanks for sharing...

Small technical question I've got for a while now:
How do you manage to get the dark (even black) background on this kind of pics?

Is it at the time of taking the pic (like playing with the depth, aperture, etc...) or is it more on post processing?

Cheers,
Pierre.

 

[swee sin]

well, i'm not expert on this ...
i just play with strobe position ...
sometime it's hit and miss ...
if miss, still can using photoshop to edit it.
the pic above is edited while cleaning up the backscatter...
paiseh :sweat:

 

[howeikwok]

Great shots indeed... Thanks for sharing...

Small technical question I've got for a while now:
How do you manage to get the dark (even black) background on this kind of pics?

Is it at the time of taking the pic (like playing with the depth, aperture, etc...) or is it more on post processing?

Cheers,
Pierre.

Some basic ways to get a dark background. First of all the background behind your subject needs to be relatively clear, the camera settings to high f-stop (f8 on most p&s cameras), and a higher shutter speed (1/250 or higher is a good starting point). Play around with the strobe placement and settings so that only the subject is lighted and the strobe doesn't light up the background. Shooting level with the subject or slightly upwards works best.

 

[Revad3]

not bad clear photos from hantu!