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Here Comes The Sun...

Postby ATJ on Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:55 pm

...Corals

More from my trip.

During the day, sun corals can look quite ordinary.

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But at night, they open up and are beautiful.

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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby Pa on Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:07 pm

beautiful shots Andrew...easy to see why they are called sun coral
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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby Glen on Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:45 pm

Andrew blew me away with the difference. Great photos.
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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby radar on Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:59 pm

Gorgeous Andrew,

really love the second one,

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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby latch on Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:25 pm

Absolutely amazing!

I assume you're using a flash for the night photos. What about for the day photo?
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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby ATJ on Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:47 am

Thanks for the comments.

latch wrote:I assume you're using a flash for the night photos. What about for the day photo?

I use twin strobes for all my underwater macro work. This is needed to preserve the colours and also to provide sufficient light for depth of field.
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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:49 am

ATJ wrote:I use twin strobes for all my underwater macro work. This is needed to preserve the colours and also to provide sufficient light for depth of field.


Whatever method you have settled on (I'm sure after much experimentation!), the results are consistent and spectacular.

Your underwater shots are as good as any I've seen anywhere, including National Geographic.
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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby gstark on Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:17 am

These are magic. The contrast between closed and open is like night and day.

And I like the closed shot too. :)
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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby dviv on Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:27 am

Great Shots andrew - Particlarly the second.

I like the way the polyps are highlighted by the dark background
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Re: Here Comes The Sun...

Postby ewm3 on Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:55 pm

I'm still trying to take reasonably good pictures of flowers and you do this underwater! Amazing work.
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