Hello all, i have recently obtained my open water diving certification and just love this new hobby/passion.
And i thought astro was an expensive hobby, gee this scuba stuff really burns a hole in the bank balance
These are a few shots taken with my old Canon s45 in a waterproof housing.
They turned out o.k. but i am looking forward to getting my 400d under the water to get some real awsome shots, that is when i have the $2000 housing and the $1000 strobe, gonna need 2 of them, plus a lens port, and a couple more lenses
And thats the cheaper housing, a good one machined from alloy is around the 5k mark
Anyways i will enjoy my time snapping away underwater with with my s45, and taking in this amazing new world
G'day Erick, it is the most amazing place i have ever seen, i use to snorkel heaps years ago off Williamstown, but staying down for as long as your air allows i just beyond words really, awsome.
I was just looking at your photo's when my wife comes int the room and says," I can smell the sea", she didnt realise I was actually looking at the images on the screen. Be an interesting concept, this website could be called Smells in Space instead of Ice in Space
Good fun for sure, not expensive IMO, once you have the gear there's not much ongoing cost. The added bonus is Abalone and the occasional crayfish for the family. BTW if you're in to film still, a Nikonus underwater camera, once the camera of choice for underwater pohtographers, can be had for a song.
Nice pics Trevor, the shots on the Eliza Ramsdan bring back memories of diving on it over 20 years ago. Make sure you do a drift dive at Popes Eye it's an experience you'll never forget.
Good fun for sure, not expensive IMO, once you have the gear there's not much ongoing cost. The added bonus is Abalone and the occasional crayfish for the family. BTW if you're in to film still, a Nikonus underwater camera, once the camera of choice for underwater pohtographers, can be had for a song.
You are lucky to be able to take a camera down there, in my day it was a select few who could afford to take a camera under. I loved your shots it takes me back a ways. Thanks for sharing those times.
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Hi all, yes it's another world down there for sure, an endless supply of new and interesting visual feasts.
Great to see you have dived the Eliza John, it was an awsome dive indeed, the descent down the shotline 20m was a highlight, diving into the darkness and seeing the wreck come into view was a real buzz.
We did the Popes Eye dive during our course, and that was the best dive i had to date, feeding fish bananas, and just being that deep was something i wont forget.
I will be ordering my housing next week for my 400d, it's the cheaper housing from ikelite, still, $2000 is a fair amount of coin.
Then come the strobes at $1540 each, think i will get them one at a time.
It would be good if i was into film, but it's digital for me these days or nothing
good work mate, i have been scuba diving for a couple of years personally - when you go on a really good dive for example great barrier reef and places of similar quality - it's truly mindblowing, stays etched in your mind forever.
I haven't done much underwater photography as I use my cameras commercially on weekends and scared of flooding one!
Hello all, i have recently obtained my open water diving certification and just love this new hobby/passion.
Go on get that camera under shooting all those nudi's
