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 Shark__great_white_XIV.jpg   155.7K   574 downloads

Subject: Breaching Great White Shark
Location: Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
Equipment: Canon 5D, Sigma 24-300mm Macro lens, continuous shooting
Description: After 15 minutes of looking through the viewfinder and almost giving up, this shark decided to go for the bait!

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Subject: Halgerda wasinensis nudibranch
Location: Manta Reef, Tofo Beach, Mozambique
Equipment: Canon SD 800 IS, Canon housing
Description: I like this picture because it almost looks like a macro wide angle shot!

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Subject: Painted Frogfish
Location: Manta Reef, Tofo Beach, Mozambique
Equipment: Canon SD800 IS, Canon housing
Description: This frogfish's camouflage was so perfect, only half the people in the group were able to see him even though the DM was pointing him out in a little crevice!

Thanks guys! Never thought switching to an SLR would be so complicated...and I haven't even bought the housing / strobes / ports yet!

I think for now I'll go ahead and get the 15mm fisheye, the 50mm sigma macro and the 100mm canon macro.

Still on the fence about whether or not to get a zoom lens, in which case I would probably get the Canon 24-85mm USM (this one should fit!).

Herb, the CFWA shots look awesome, but I'll stick to the FE to start!

Again, thanks!

J.

Thanks James!

I am glad to hear I would be able to use the 50mm sigma in the 100mm Canon macro port.

What are your views on the 50mm sigma vs the 24-70mm zoom for the 5D as a work-horse lens, if you had to choose one?

Also, when you are using a zoom lens in the housing, you have to choose which zoom to set it to ahead of time and lock it, right?

Thanks!

J.

Thanks guys for your replies and advice!

One more question, I am pretty set on the 15mm Sigma Fisheye and the 100mm macro Canon. However, if I were to skip the 50mm Sigma for now, which lens would you recommend that I get as a lens for "everyday" shooting?

Alcina over at Scubaboard likes to use the Sigma 17-70mm for days when she "doesn't know what she is going to encounter." Any recommendation / opinions?

THANKS!

J.

As a complement to the growing online petition requesting Alibaba.com to stop distributing shark fins in their website (2430 signatures and counting!),


http://www.thepetiti...ction/400108473


we have also recently embarked on a mass e-mailing campaign directed at the CEO and public relations officers of Alibaba.com. To this end, we have constructed a template email containing detailed information about the practice and ecological consequences of shark finning as well as a direct link to the online petition site for the company to view. We are aiming to use the power of our growing number of signatures to make this company immediately aware of the fact that a large (and increasing) number of people around the world are learning about their current irresponsible business practice and the impact that their actions are having on our world's shark populations and marine ecosystems. We hope that the combination of these actions will prompt Alibaba.com to take immediate steps to correct this situation and remove shark fins from their product list, as Amazon.com did 2 months ago.

You can find the content of the template e-mail here:


http://docs.google.c...cbq44ng_3gv465j


We kindly urge you to take 5 minutes of your time to read this template, and then copy and paste it, sign your name at the bottom, and send it to the two public relations officers at Alibaba.com: Christina Splinder and Bruce Shu (their e-mail addresses are listed in the online document above).

THANKS!

J.