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Aquashot

Member Since 30 Nov 2009
Offline Last Active Dec 28 2012 04:44 PM

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About Me

I was inspired to start diving when I observed divers below me while snorkeling in the Dominican Republic. They happened to be taking photographs of each other near a shallow reef. What a cool thing to be able to do, I thought.

    So, during the next years escape to a warm climate vacation, my wife and I took the PADI Discover Scuba course. Our first dives were on the LTC wreck near Paradise Island in the Bahamas. I was hooked.

    We went back to the Bahamas the next year, 2006. This time we were on Grand Bahama and I had made sure that the resort we went to offered scuba lessons. The first stop for me after checking in was the scuba shop at the resort to sign up for class. My wife was not as enthusiastic, but the instructor managed to convince her to at least sit in on my class. She could sign up later if she wanted to. Well good thing the next day was rainy. Since she had nothing better to do she joined the class and we both got certified as PADI Scuba Divers.

    That afternoon found us, with my housed Canon point and shoot in hand, on a shallow reef. I was in heaven.

    The rest is history. I have gone on to more advanced training and am working towards becoming an instructor. My interest in photography, a hobby I have played with off and on over the years, has been reinvigorated and is now a big part of my retirement plans.

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Active Posts 15
Profile Views 468
Member Title Damselfish
Age 50 years old
Birthday September 25, 1962
Gender
Male
Location
New York
Interests
Scuba Diving (of course), landscape and nature photography, kayaking and hiking.

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Camera Model & Brand
Nikon D7000
Camera Housing
Nauticam D7000v
Strobe/Lighting Model & Brand
Sea & Sea YS-D1
Accessories
Ultralight Arms

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Website URL http://jdhaines.smugmug.com/

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Wrasse ID

29 March 2010 - 07:09 PM

Is this (the fish in the center) a pencil wrasse, or a juvenile of another wrasse??

Editing- to much? to little?

29 March 2010 - 06:58 PM

This shot was an attempt to get a silhouette of the main subject (the turtle) and use flash to get some color from the reef below.

I was a little far from the reef so it did not get lit up as much as I wanted, and I had to selectively darken the exposure on the turtle to get more of a silhouette rather than just an under-exposed subject.

I was using an Olympus E-620 with two Olympus UFL-2 strobes set to ttl with the kit 14-42mm lens. I did not have much time to get the shot as the turtle was swimming at a fair clip past me, so all I got to do was aim the strobes to point away from it and towards the reef, frame and shoot:
ISO 200 1/60 at f13 at zoom of 14mm

Ports- Store/transport on or off the housing?

15 December 2009 - 01:22 PM

I just got my first DSLR housing system and will be taking it to Hawaii for its first dive trip.

I have only one port for the system at the time, so nless there is a good reason to do so I was planning on leaving it attached to the housing after checking for leaks in a pool prior to my trip.

Is it ok to leave the port attached for extended periods and travel in carry on luggage?

Or should I unscrew it from the housing between uses?

The system is an Olympus PTE-6

Fiber Optic or TTL connection for Olympus?

02 December 2009 - 09:05 PM

I have just put together an Olympus system- E620 with the Olympus housing and UFL2 flashes.

Should I use the Olympus TTL cable or the fiber optic. Since the system offers both types I am assuming there are distinct advantages/disadvantages to both.

I am leaning towards the TTL cable. Is there any good reason to use the fiber optic instead?

My only experience has been with a Sealife DC500, and one of my frustrations has been with a very limited control over the flash. It has been a great tool to begin learning how to take underwater photos, but I am eager to grow into my new system.