Cuttle fish

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Hello all, I'm fairly new to UW digital photography (as of last Christmas) and a complete amateur hoping to learn lots more. I have been looking through the site over the last couple of months and quite daunted by the quality of some of the shots - maybe there should be a forum where the really good photographers can display their disasters just so that we mortals can see that even the best make mistakes.

 

Anyway, I have finally plucked up the courage to send in a couple of pictures. I recently went to the Maldives for a belated honeymoon (following discussions on this site with several people). I took loads of shots which were ok. Then, upon returning to the UAE my buddy and I decided to extend my holiday as far as possible and get in an extra dive on the east coast of the UAE, at a place called Dibba rock. What we didn't realise (having been away) was that there had been a huge storm the day before so we were the only people diving and had the boat to ourselves. Fantastic.

 

Anyway, to cut a long story short, being the only ones in the water the sea life was brilliant as there were no divers ahead of us to scatter the fish. We came in to a cove and there were five cuttle fish all together. It was a brilliant sight but sadly I couldn’t get them all in one shot.

 

Attached are my two favourite shots, which as sods law would have it, were far better than anything I took in the Maldives but hey ho that’s the way it goes I guess.

 

Please, any criticism will be gratefully received as I know there is lots to learn. Particularly interested in comments on filters I could use (just read the article on ambient light) and also and improvements I could make in Photoshop

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And here is the second image I offer up to your mercy

 

Camera details:

 

I am using a Canon Powershot A40 in the standard canon housing (which I am really pleased with for the price). I use single point focus rather than the evaluate mode so that it focuses on what I point at and all the rest is just automatic mode (point and shoot). I know I should learn to take control of my camera but there are enough things to think about under water for now. I have no strobe and have the internal falsh turned off.