Pulau Hantu pics


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beivied

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a short trip to Hantu .. not a lot of pics, let alone to mention ok pics, but it was quite a good experience, given that i have dived hantu twice without seeing almost any marine life. :D

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dunno why this photo like that, got shades of purple and green ...

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feather worm ... well, at least the feather worms here are rather big ..
hey, i cant find the thread where goondoo taught how to remove backscatter.. tried on my own but apparently i missed out one step or two, cant get it done.. help? :)

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huge flatworm ... siaoon and my friend described it like a towel hung out to dry ,hahaha

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dunno what fish this is ...

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flabellina... saw about three of them, my friend saw at least another two ..

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hmmm.. cant figure out what this is ... seems like three buckets...

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guess it can be easily deduced there are quite a number of feather worms there :sweat:
 

WhyZzzzzz said:
Seems like quite good vis on that day! :)

about one two metres only. quite "white off-ed", you know your group is very near you, but you just cant see them ...
 

lovells19 said:
so when are we going again? kekekeke

wah, so swee...

(come on, everyone.... comment leh... else our dear mod not happy leh... wait tonite cannot sleep again....)
 

Goondoo said:
wah, so swee...

(come on, everyone.... comment leh... else our dear mod not happy leh... wait tonite cannot sleep again....)
eh hehe... i am not asking for people to say nice k ... give some comments la, how to improve my shots for dive sites like hantu .. you also expert one what ... and how to remove backscatter again?
 

Hi ,

For dive sites with low vis, try your best to get up close to the subject, less water between you and the subject, also means less sediments between you and the subject.

scenic shots are pretty difficult to get right due to the poor vis.

Hantu's seabed is usually very soft and stirs up a silt cloud easily. If you want less backscatter or particles in your picture, it's important to know the direction of the current ( ideally the current should be towards you, so sediments caused by your landing are pushed away from the subject, letting you take "cleaner" pictures with "cleaner" backgrounds ). Take note how you land , gently does it, if you can hover better still.

If you have time ( and patience ), you could also "clean" the object by fanning off the silt gently with your hands. hehehee..

Good strobe placement also helps, experiment with different placements to see what works.

Hope this helps!
Paul
 

thanks Paul .. no strobe la, all internal or no flash ...

i tried fanning the silt off.. worse! haha.. maybe my technique was wrong. and the silt practically hangs in the water ... will try again if i dive in local waters again :)
 

beivied said:
thanks Paul .. no strobe la, all internal or no flash ...

i tried fanning the silt off.. worse! haha.. maybe my technique was wrong. and the silt practically hangs in the water ... will try again if i dive in local waters again :)

OK lar, i cheap cheap sell you my Sunpac... hahaha... aimai...
 

Goondoo said:
OK lar, i cheap cheap sell you my Sunpac... hahaha... aimai...

haha, eh, nan dao you see lovells's pics, you wanna change strobe hah?? :bsmilie:

how cheap is cheap...sgd100 all in eh sai bo....
*prepares to get whacked*
 

beivied said:
haha, eh, nan dao you see lovells's pics, you wanna change strobe hah?? :bsmilie:

how cheap is cheap...sgd100 all in eh sai bo....
*prepares to get whacked*

he's strobe can produce the same effect wor hehehe

100... i offer 250 ahahahahah :p
 

lovells19 said:
he's strobe can produce the same effect wor hehehe

100... i offer 250 ahahahahah :p

Think I need to put up for an auction liao.... lol
 

lovells19 said:
he's strobe can produce the same effect wor hehehe

100... i offer 250 ahahahahah :p


250? I sell...Muahahaha
 

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