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The Underwater Club Forums Equipment and Techniques Tips for Natural Light Shooting? Reply To: Tips for Natural Light Shooting?

  • Nicolas

    Administrator
    2024-07-05 at 6:46 pm

    Hi PT @pink,

    I won’t lie, I’d definitely take 2 strobes for a wide-angle destination like Palau, but you can still project pleasant colours with your single strobe assuming:

    -the strobe is a pretty wide beam

    -you get very close to the subject (no issue with an anemone with clownfish, OK-ish with a shark, mission impossible with a manta ray).

    -you have it positioned above (12 o’clock)

    (check the 1 vs 2 strobes lesson too)

    Now a number of big scenes can look good with ambient light, knowing you’ll be trading-off with either colours or contrast

    -To keep some colours, stay shallow-ish, with the sun on your back.

    -Or play with silhouettes, shooting against the sun.

    Perhaps @robink23 can provide some tips as she’s essentially an ambient-light shooter at the moment, @lucie I believe you’ve shot ambient light a lot too?

    When exactly are you leaving? I have a pair of Inon z240 that I don’t use much, you could have them but we’re in South Australia till July 15th.