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Intro to us
Hello!
My wife, Sera, and I are photographers based in Singapore. We have been diving for about 3 years and have been actively using cameras both above and below water.
Sera specializes in macro photography and recently upgraded to an A7RV setup, which she has used for wildlife work. I am focused on fluorescence super macro using an A1. I recently made the jump to macro video, as video/cinematography is what I’m professionally experienced in, and I wanted to incorporate my learnings from fluorescence stills into that discipline.
We are both active on social media. Our accounts are:
https://www.instagram.com/sera.underwater/
https://www.instagram.com/bryancantscuba/We are happy to join this group and hope to learn more from you.
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This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by Bryan Tabares.
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This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by Bryan Tabares.
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Hi Bryan,
Welcome to The Underwater Club, it is nice meeting you!
I happened to be in Singapore last week for ADEX, were you guys at the show?
Underwater fluorescence creates some special images. This abstract photo of (I presume) a bobtail squid is lovely.
It would be great to see some more of your images on our Forums too.
We have this forum for an imagery showcase: Showcase your work
and this one if you’d like some feedback (constructive critiques) on your images: Photo feedback
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Hi Nicolas! What lights do you recommend to get started with this type of photography? It is super cool!
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Hey @grace_underwater , I’ve created a new thread on fluorescence and answered there: https://theunderwaterclub.com/forums/discussion/fluorescence-underwater-photography-chat/
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Hi Nicolas!
Thanks for the feedback, this is what we believe to be a “Starry Night” octopus which we found in Lembeh on a fluoro night dive a year or so ago. I need to look at the metadata again. We aren’t entirely sure about the ID but that is what the guide told us and he was shocked because it’s rare to find these days in Lembeh. It was an absolute nightmare to photograph this guy, I must say. He was terrified of the blue lights. Every time I managed to get AF lock, he would scramble. I think I managed to get about 20 stills and only one of those (the one you see here) was salvageable as it was the only one in focus. No more AF on fluor dives for me!
Yeap! We did go to Adex, and we attended most of your talks!
Looking forward to trying some motion blur and also getting our horizon units (we’ve been weighing this option for several years now and finally came to a decision thanks to your talk)Also happy to share the RAW of this photo and more if anyone would like, I just don’t know how to upload photos to this site without linking them externally and pasting links :/
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Hey Bryan,
The blue lights certainly are quite visible to the marine critters, as that wavelength travels best underwater. On the contrary, cephalopods are much more relaxed if you use a red focus light. Perhaps a good option for your fluo dives, at least for stills (focus with red, and strobe-light with blue).
Things will get easier with the rebreathers. I am glad my talk could help you make a choice, you’ll love your Horizons. Being in Singapore I presume you’ll be speaking with John Chee (Horizon instructor & instructor trainer), say hi for me!
No issue at all to paste external links if you’re sharing a raw file. If sharing a jpeg, I recommend attaching them to the post (file needs to be max 1 MB, resizing to 800px should do). They would be easiest for forums users to see this way.
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