Bent C 18 Posted August 12, 2014 I have a bunch of pictures from an liveaboard in the Maldives in the following gallery: http://bentmedia.me/2014/05/14/maldives-2014/ Enjoy! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troporobo 167 Posted August 13, 2014 Wow - that might be the most dramatic manta photo I have seen! Lots of great shots in your gallery too. Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdpriest 114 Posted August 14, 2014 Wow - that might be the most dramatic manta photo I have seen! It is good, isn't it? But... ... the collection reminds of something... ... something that includes one or two mantas in the dark: There are some pretty impressive images from Hawaii, too; I found this one just now: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bent C 18 Posted August 15, 2014 A couple more from my trip, Tim: and Personally the highlight was the night dive with the nurse sharks: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdpriest 114 Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) Aren't the night dives great? The enormous nurse sharks are cool, but the mantas are hot!! How did you light the mantas? I didn't get it quite right: I think that video lights held out quite wide may the best way... Using strobes, the nurse sharks were much easier: Thanks for posting your images, Bent. Edited August 16, 2014 by tdpriest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spencerjb22 4 Posted August 18, 2014 Superb images BC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bent C 18 Posted September 15, 2014 Aren't the night dives great? The enormous nurse sharks are cool, but the mantas are hot!! How did you light the mantas? I didn't get it quite right: I think that video lights held out quite wide may the best way... Using strobes, the nurse sharks were much easier: Thanks for posting your images, Bent. I would rate the night dive with the nurse sharks as the coolest I have ever done! It was just amazing. The big rays were icing on the cake. I liked the manta night dive as well, but it was harder really to appreciate as we were in a group supposed to be kneeling on the sand. The sand turned out to be silt and the kneeling part was so-so, so the viz went pretty quickly. However, up till then it was incredible to have the mantas swimming straight towards the camera. Lighting wise I didn't do anything special. Strobes pointing somewhat out on two arms, more or less. Video lights would probably be good, at least for getting consistent af. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
