Fontaine 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Hello everyone, With a lot of good advice from people on this forum I purchased my first DSLR and housing a few weeks ago and have just done a weeks diving in Bali in Tulamben. Ive posted my best shots on Flickr here http://www.flickr.com/photos/fontainedento...57620514074484/. All shots taken with Canon 500D, 60mm lens, s and s ys-27 strobe. Here are a couple im most proud of: my favorite pic of the trip this guy was miniscule decorator hermit crabs eyes need to look at the ID book samurai nudi Let me know what you think, any constructive criticism or praise would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Fontaine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
escape 84 Posted June 25, 2009 Nice set. Fontaine. I think #4 is Crinoid clingfish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickI 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Excellent first effort, nice macro work! Good tight focus and color rendition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nige Wade 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Fantastic shots Fontaine I especially like the Samurai Nudi nice composition Tulamben's a special place, where did you stay? I saw you got some shots of the Liberty's resident 'Cuda, Christian Loader and I dived together there in April and he managed to get him to mouth his domeport, the shot won this weeks POTW comp. Takes some "bottle" to let those teeth get that close to your face, having said that I watched Christian poo himself an hour later when he was attacked by a Titan Triggerfish on Tulamben Drop Off, I laughed away 100bar ....... Priceless Thankyou for sharing. Nige Wade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Williams 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Congrats on getting the new rig in the water Fontaine! I'm loving the second shot you posted. Cheers, Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DIRDavid 0 Posted June 26, 2009 amazing shots -I off to bali in few weeks -wow amazing you could get so close with the 60mm -there is hope for me yet !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Colquitt 0 Posted June 26, 2009 Good stuff. Some very nice pics in that lot. Love the low DOF samuri nudi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdpriest 115 Posted June 26, 2009 I really like your style, especially creature "x", which is a clingfish. Tim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bkkchriss4 0 Posted July 6, 2009 really beautiful shots! makes me want to pull out the plastic for that dslr housing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tjsnapper 0 Posted July 6, 2009 Great Stuff, especially for a first time DSLR user. Take it you are not new to diving though Samuri Nudibranch is a great shot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgietler 1 Posted July 6, 2009 very nice compositions, well done, esp #1,#5, #6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen H. 0 Posted July 6, 2009 Samurai Nudi is a great shot, love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubamoose 0 Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Very nice pictures! Some of them could maybe use a little backscatter removal, but thats just my opinion. Samurai is really a winner!! Karel Edited July 7, 2009 by Scubamoose Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james 0 Posted July 7, 2009 Wow, I have a shot of this same subject - from 2005! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fontainedento...57620514074484/ http://www.reefpix.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=7102 http://www.reefpix.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=7122 Cheers James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fontaine 0 Posted July 8, 2009 Fantastic shots Fontaine I especially like the Samurai Nudi nice composition Tulamben's a special place, where did you stay? I saw you got some shots of the Liberty's resident 'Cuda, Christian Loader and I dived together there in April and he managed to get him to mouth his domeport, the shot won this weeks POTW comp. Takes some "bottle" to let those teeth get that close to your face, having said that I watched Christian poo himself an hour later when he was attacked by a Titan Triggerfish on Tulamben Drop Off, I laughed away 100bar ....... Priceless Thankyou for sharing. Nige Wade We stayed at Scuba Seraya and had a great experience, my wife and I had our own personal dive guide even though there were other diving guests, free baby sitter for our nine month old on last minute demand whenever we wanted to dive, the macro life was pretty amazing and the dive guide was spot on. I saw that pic of the cuda in the POTW and was like damn why didnt i think of doing that, cant believe its actually the same bloody fish! Thanks for the comments! Wow, I have a shot of this same subject - from 2005! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fontainedento...57620514074484/ http://www.reefpix.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=7102 http://www.reefpix.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=7122 Cheers James Tis a small world for us divers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidScubadiver 0 Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) I just returned from Komodo and was looking through my photographs...this one totally surprised me, because I was taking a picture of the purple sea squirt, and never saw the green nudibranch until it was up on my monitor. Crazy stuff. I call it the "Accidental Nudi" and have identified it as a Nembrotha Cristata based on similar photos found here on wetpixel. Edited August 20, 2009 by DavidScubadiver Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
