Steve Williams

Looks great Aaron, Congrats on a good trip. More please. Cheers, Steve

Hi Jeff, There is not too much you can do in post to make a great image out of this one. The first issue I see is that it's not in focus, or the shutter speed was not quite short enough to avoid a slightly blurred image. It's also hard to make a fish pop if its shot against the bottom. Just a real tough situation. You could try darkening the coral rubble and surrounding reef with the adjustment brush to focus the eye more on the fish and tweak the white balance a touch. Sharpening a bit would help the blur. My best advice is to go back and try again. Shoot up and try and get all of the fish in the frame, cutting off those dorsal tips really changes the image for me. Its great you shared your image with us, we want to see the next version too. Cheers, Steve

With beautiful images like that from California water you won't have any trouble in Lembeh. Just relax and have fun with it. Cheers, Steve

Damn Andy, you're not supposed to give them away. Good luck, Steve

Hi Michael, Just add a reply that notes items sold and if you'd like, what's still available. This way folks don't delete the trail or whole posts when items are sold and our members and readers can see what's happened. Our experience has told us that is more efficient if the objective is to provide information. Thanks, Steve

Yep, agree, very easy to remove, you just take off one o-ring and it pulls right out. I'm confident you'll love it, especially for the CFWA, so much easier to see everything in the frame. Once I put mine on a few years ago it has never been out of my sight. Will never dive without one again. My two cents, cheers Steve

Beautiful images, but I'm pretty sure they don't count unless you were at least standing in the water. ;-) Cheers, Steve

HI Petra, If you're truly having issues with Lightning I'd suggest finding a nice cozy mahogany drop off and a bottle of you favorite rum and sit out the storm. I'd had some very memorable dives under ongoing Lightning storms but it's not for everybody. If you really meant lighting (as in strobes) I'd council to get yourself a copy of The Underwater Photographer by Martin Edge, still the bible for strobe positions and basic skills to learn. There are also some great websites that have some really good information. The Underwater Photography Guide has some good examples on their website as one example. I've found no matter how much book learning you can get it's still necessary to get in the pool and practice. If none of that advice helps there is always the reminder to shoot up. In the image you attached I would think about pointing the strobes higher so the bottom of the light cones just cross at the little ray. No reason the light the bottom. The bright bottom also makes the shadows more prominent. Might look something like this; Good luck! Steve

For our Nikon shooting friends; a limited number of D750's cameras manufactured in October and November of 2014 may not function properly. Check out the Serial number listing on the Nikon site here Good luck, Steve

Great behavior imagery, thanks for sharing it. Where in the Med? Cheers, Steve

Thanks for the lesson Simon. Love the little mermaid. Cheers, Steve

I haven't shot them myself but first comments from friends note the much improved recycling time for the new version. That would be enough for me to trade up if the cost was not prohibitive. Good luck, Steve

Crazy good and I don't normally like snakes. Well done! Cheers, Steve

No problem Chris, glad you found it Cheers, Steve

Hi Chris, I haven't experienced that before. Server seems to be okay this morning. I can assure you that there were some new posts. I have sometimes gotten funny messages when I accedently clicked on members instead of forums. What happens when you select show me the last 24 hrs? Steve