Posted by Barry Bland on September 30, 2006 at 3:20 PM
Here is another picture taken with my Aquatech housing.
This was shot about 3 miles off the coast of the New Zealand's south island. I got in the water and was able to get very close.... although I was a bit frightened of being eaten by sharks as we had chummed the water to get them to land.
Very overcast day
Canon 1DS
80-200mm
Posted by Alan Bryant on September 30, 2006 at 3:37 PM
I really like this
Love the BG and the low angle with that lovely looking water ..............oh and nice berdie aswell
I just wish there was a little more water at the bottom
Posted by Nigel Blake on September 30, 2006 at 4:10 PM
Excellent image, I would also like to see the bird slightly higher in the frame, but thats a very minor nit, great stuff!
Nice work, was just thinking about heading back to Kaikoura to do some work with the Dusky Dolphins. Like the low angle, would have been great to get half the shot under water like you previous shot.
I got some good shots with the Ospreys again I may take you up on hiring the housing as I am interested in getting some shots of the Ospreys underwater next year.
Brian
Posted by Chris Lloyd on October 1, 2006 at 9:10 AM
Can only agree with the comments above. Great shot.
Regards Chris.
www.c-m-l.com
Posted by Malcolm Muir on October 1, 2006 at 12:46 PM
Great shot of a beautiful bird, Barry. Must get back to NZ some day - wonderful country! I do agree about the lack of water at the foot of the image - does slightly detract from an otherwise perfect shot. You could clone some in fairly easily, I should think.
Cheers
Malcolm
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 1, 2006 at 12:49 PM
I love the low viewpoint and the background. A bit more space would have been great.
Rene de heer
great shot, i liked the trout one too. as an underwater mostly photographer, i have tried on the odd occasion to get something interesting like this but have always been plagued with water on the dome on the out of water part of the image. i was wondering how you got around this, or just used photoshop afterwards.
i realise that not getting the top part of the dome wet is a possibility but with my housing, apporaching an entire shoot like this makes it impossibly heavy, and extremely unwieldy in the water.
intersting to hear your thoughts.
mark
Posted by Barry Bland on October 1, 2006 at 4:40 PM
Mark
I was in the water for about 3 hours for the trout picture and your right there is no way of keeping the top side of the dome port dry. The theory is to keep a very fine and even film of water over the port. I have experimented with several different ways of doing this and the best I found is mashed raw potato juice! Once smeared on the port it will hold a film of water for 10 to 15 minutes. Try it in the sink at home and you will see how effective it is.
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11 repliesThis was shot about 3 miles off the coast of the New Zealand's south island. I got in the water and was able to get very close.... although I was a bit frightened of being eaten by sharks as we had chummed the water to get them to land.
Very overcast day
Canon 1DS
80-200mm
Love the BG and the low angle with that lovely looking water
I just wish there was a little more water at the bottom
Alan
Nice work, was just thinking about heading back to Kaikoura to do some work with the Dusky Dolphins. Like the low angle, would have been great to get half the shot under water like you previous shot.
I got some good shots with the Ospreys again I may take you up on hiring the housing as I am interested in getting some shots of the Ospreys underwater next year.
Brian
Regards Chris.
www.c-m-l.com
Cheers
Malcolm
Rene de heer
hi barry,
great shot, i liked the trout one too. as an underwater mostly photographer, i have tried on the odd occasion to get something interesting like this but have always been plagued with water on the dome on the out of water part of the image. i was wondering how you got around this, or just used photoshop afterwards.
i realise that not getting the top part of the dome wet is a possibility but with my housing, apporaching an entire shoot like this makes it impossibly heavy, and extremely unwieldy in the water.
intersting to hear your thoughts.
mark
I was in the water for about 3 hours for the trout picture and your right there is no way of keeping the top side of the dome port dry. The theory is to keep a very fine and even film of water over the port. I have experimented with several different ways of doing this and the best I found is mashed raw potato juice! Once smeared on the port it will hold a film of water for 10 to 15 minutes. Try it in the sink at home and you will see how effective it is.
Barry
fantastic idea...i wont ask how you came upon the solution...the mind boggles!!!!!
nice sergeant major image too. these type of image seem to do well in underwater photography competitions it seems.