browng

In rough seas around here I much prefer to giant stride with my DSLR. Trying to get close enough to grab a camera from a large boat that's slamming back into the water with every wave is not safe. I wear a drysuit and stiff fins and find I can control my jump....by the time the water's up to my chin, I'm not moving very fast so my camera rig hits the water gently. No disasters as yet.

 

Agree with this approach but make sure that there is plenty of air in drysuit and/or BCD. Also keep the rig above your head and that way the camera will only just enter the water slowly and gently. 

 

I used to have the camera passed to me whenever possible but when I was diving in the Maldives a few years back I would drop in to the water, keeping close to boat and have camera passed to me. This was fine until I ripped my hand open by being too close to boat and catching hand on a piece of steel which was sticking out. Made a mess of my hand and the diving for the rest of the holiday.

Hang on a minute: there has been criticism for manipulating animals onto white backgrounds, but none (so far) for disturbing animals with plastic figures?

I find these images a bit annoying.

Tim

I like the shots, clearly a lot of thought has gone into creating the images.

It is great to see art photography underwater, but probably won't win any competitions because the judges won't appreciate the art or the humour.

But I can see this style appearing at the BSoUP Humorous Category in July!!

All the best

Gordon

John

You are absolutely correct. I didn't read Michael's comment correctly.

However I have tried the Tokina in FX mode with the same set up (10mm extension on Subal 8" dome) and was not happy with it. I didn't shave the shade off of the lens or remove the shade from the dome port so it was showing on the edges of the photo but I think the inside edge of the dome was showing as well which suggests a shorter extension, however the Nikon port selector suggests a 13mm extension!



All the best

Gordon

Michael

I used the Tokina 10-17 with reasonable success on my D800 using a 10mm extension and the Subal 8" dome while in Sardinia in September.

I think the recommended extension from Subal is 12mm, but what's 2mm between friends! The D800 was in DX mode.



All the best

Gordon

Dave

I concur with the views above from Andy and Diver Pam about Ocean Frontiers and Sting Ray City.

I have also dived with Dive Tech at the North End. They were very helpful especially as I was diving a rebreather with a full D200 camera setup. From here you get the opportunity of diving off 7 Mile Beach, Kittiwake, etc as well as some of the dives along the north coast.