40 replies to this topic

[Hani Amir]

Those other ones are great too! Love your style man

[asmigel]

Really phenomenal, Keri.
The sailfin blenny is outstanding.

[Ed_Dman]

Awesome, simply awesome Keri... Me like!

Ed.

[Beach Bum]

Hey Keri
The pics are great! You should do a Wetpixel DIY article on that snoot.

[ce4jesus]

As for this becoming a product - maybe some time in the future, but these things I'm lugging around are sort of heavy, ugly, and just so stupid looking that they'd probably scare more people away than they'd attract. Not dismissing the possibility of redesigning it though, just not sure if the demand is there to warrant production.

Now I just gotta have it

[DuikKees]

Really nice pics, I really like the effect.

After seen your pics I ran to my shed to make a simple DIY-snoot myself. I must say, it is terribly hard to light the subject with the snoot on the strobe even above water, so I can imagine the time it took to poduce these great results underwater.

[Alex_Mustard]

I agree with you, Kees.

Earlier in the year, I wrote one of my columns on snoots (actually, it might be in the current issue), and wanted to call it "Snoot as easy as it looks" but the editor said he could not allow such an awful pun in the magazine.

Many underwater photographers have played with them, but few have produced really decent shots because they are hard to use. I am happy to use them for wide angle, but don't have the accuracy to use them for macro as Keri has.

Alex

[juanjoalonso]

great great great photos!, with a fantastic light work

[Aqua_soul]

Stunning!!! Big inspiration.

[Stephen Colquitt]

Impressive lighting in these one. Beautiful macro moods!

[wizbowes]

I agree with you, Kees.

Earlier in the year, I wrote one of my columns on snoots (actually, it might be in the current issue), and wanted to call it "Snoot as easy as it looks" but the editor said he could not allow such an awful pun in the magazine.

It was a good article but there wasn't a single picture of the snoot which I found really annoying having never seen one....

(And having seen this pics I'm even more keen to try to make my own).....

Edited by wizbowes, 28 August 2009 - 11:55 AM.

[Elainew]

Another vote for the sailfin blenny. One of many stunning shots!

[Snaphappy]

What amazing lighting! Your pics put mine to shame. I'd like to find out more about how you achieve this.

Phil Foster Park is my home away from home and your images really put a smile on my face! Robyn

[Grayscale]

Awesome...

Any chance to see the snoot in full? Been thinking about building my own for quite some time now...

[Cal]

Just had to go back over for these for another look

I'm dismayed by the amount of 1st prizes winners there are in this batch! Damn you Keri! haha.

Great job mate,

Cal

[Tjsnapper]

Beautiful control of light and subject selection. Very Jealous

[juanma_orta]

Wow! Incredible lighting. I wouldn't dare to say which photo I like most.
Congratulations!

[SlipperyDick]

Once again, thanks for all of the kind comments and very positive response from everyone.

Beach Bum - Making a snoot is pretty simple... using it is another story. Just go to the plumbing aisle at Home Depot with your strobe head in hand, and I'm sure you'll be able to 'Macguyver' something together! I can show you a picture of my snoot, but describing the components/assembly process would sound something like "...then attach the white thingamajig to the black doohickey..." . Bottom line is that you just need something to attach to your strobe which has a small opening at the end, and I found that combing various pipe fittings did the trick.

My snoot:

Looks a little goofy, yes, but it gets the job done. The white section telescopes, producing wider/narrower beams as desired. I also carry with me a few chopped up (black-bodied) pens that I can jam in the end to further narrow the beam.



Here are another few shots from the same trip:

Nudibranch
Nikon D300, 105mm lens, +10 Diopter SubSee
1/160, f14, ISO200



Sailfin blenny 2
Nikon D300, 105mm lens, +10 Diopter SubSee
1/250, f18, ISO200



Crab
Nikon D300, 105mm lens, +10 Diopter SubSee
1/250, f25, ISO200



Seaweed blenny
Nikon D300, 105mm lens, +10 Diopter SubSee
1/250, f22, ISO200



Seaweed blenny (showing snoot tip)
Nikon D300, 105mm lens
1/250, f18, ISO200



Scorpionfish eye
Nikon D300, 105mm lens
1/250, f20, ISO200



Nudibranch
Nikon D300, 105mm lens, +10 Diopter SubSee
1/250, f22, ISO200



Striated frogfish eye
Nikon D300, 105mm lens, +10 Diopter SubSee
1/250, f18, ISO250



Shrimp face
Nikon D300, 105mm lens, +10 Diopter SubSee
1/250, f18, ISO200

Keri

[Canuck]

Once again Keri, stunning. Do you have the strobe modeling light turned on to help with aiming?

[laz217]

Holy smokes! As if using a 105 with a +10 diopter wasn't hard enough -- aiming that narrow snoot really makes it all that much more fun... So you were the one I was hearing saying all those curse words underwater!

Stunning photos, Keri. Wonderful out of the box (crab) thinking!