ralphy

HI,
I use the Seacam S45 viewfinder which once you have got use to it is very very good.
I did find it quite hard when I first started to use it but now its easy to use.
Andy

This mirrors my last 3 years experience (with the Subal equivalent) - tried a 180 recently and it just felt ... wrong!

R

Thanks for the feedback guys, I guess the B/W is the winner from the two.

Another vote for the B&W, but it’s a close call: the composition really works IMO.

R

Great to see this discussion still going strong (after a weekend away on a barely inhabited island).

Yep, I’ve been to the Isle of Wight too at this time of year. ;-)

Alex: is the end result how it looked to your eyes when you were there?


I ask because for me the challenge is to try to replicate the image I saw in the water on my screen: that is my biggest challenge and the one I get the most pleasure from. I think the question of whether one should change their approach is highly dependent on what you are trying to achieve. Commercial sales? Winning competitions? Impressing friends and family?

At my end of the pool the end result is relatively easy: to take shots that appeal to me - and me alone. Not that it isn’t quite a challenge in itself (my post-production skills are minimal and I don’t possess or know how to use Photoshop) so I’m rather pleased when I do produce a good result! But not having any other 'agenda' for my images makes life rather simpler for me - not that I don’t enjoy the work of others may I add.

If what Alex saw in the wreck is represented pretty well by the image he’s shown then that would be a good shot IMO.

Great topic though and I’ve read it with interest.

R

Enjoyed that: thanks for sharing.

R

This photo was taken on November 7, 2011 using a Nikon D50.

  I've always regarded Dahab as being a bit behind the times.    

R