Spearfishing photography

[DerekB]

"I am assuming these are the results of excellent camera skills but also photoshop / edit software skills?"

PAV,
I Do not use photoshop. For my post editing I use apples aperature. The only things I change are WB, saturations, and I will clean the image of snow.


Went to the Same location(st. Pedro wreck) on saturday, Despite the horrible weather we had the water conditions where good. I was able to get Some good shots of the Submarine.

Critiques always welcome and apreciated.

 

[whucash]

Amazing pictures! Especially the b&w!! Great shots!
I'm collecting money for a new camera, this time DSLR I think I'll go for Canon 50D..

 

[speareasy]

Wow ... even my home pool doesn't have water so clear :t

With regards to cameras, I would highly recommend the Canon G11 if you don't want to spend an arm and a leg. Although I have only tried the G9, I was super impressed with it. The G11 would add a few things that would have been helpful in the G9, most notably what looks like at least 2 stops better with ISO sensitivity. I find that underwater you quickly lose light with depth, and to get crisp clear pictures you need a pretty fast shutter speed. The only way to do that is by increasing your ISO. I recently bought a Canon 5D II, and of course the ISO performance with that is ridiculous. I tried ISO 3200 and it is very usable ... with the G11 (with its 2 stops better ISO sensitivity than the G9) I have a hard time getting equivalent performance at ISO 400. However I would need to be on an empty stomach before I would go in the water with that, even with the best housing.

 

[whucash]

I've heard a lot of good words about the G series but still it is just compact camera.
I'm using Olympus ultrazoom compact and I think this is the right time to buy DSLR, definietely Canon..50D i think..image quality, ISO range..and the most important different lenses to choose..
The camera isn't so expensive..the price of housing is killing me;/

 

[ny_er]

 

[MattS]

Awesome pictures, the clarity is incredable.

 

[ny_er]

Couple more fishes, would love to drop the money are a dslr camera but just can't justify it

 

[Tomol]

Resurrecting an old thread. I didn't know this was here.

I envy you guys with clear water. Great photos.

Here are a few from last year. My favorite is the last one. By every measure in photography it's a poor picture, but it typifies spearfishing for white seabass. They love dark, murky water, and a fleeting silhouette is often all we get before they disappear, which is why we often refer to them as ghosts.

1 & 2: A pair of Giant Seabass tried to steal a speared yellowtail
3: A pair of yellowtail on the Pacific side of Baja.
4: A school of white seabass
5: A ghost in the murk.

 

[whucash]

Nice fishes, try adding some contrast to them, they'll look much better (colors will be more vivid)

 

[Tomol]

Yeah, they look much better when I view them in Photoshop. Anything I put on the web washes out.

 

[foxfish]

The first pic has real atmosphere though - great pic.

 

[whucash]

For me the 2nd one, but it could be a bit wider on the right side.

 

[Wishbone]

Reviving the thread for 2011
Happy new year!

 

[ny_er]

sprung for a micro 4/3 camera

 

[ny_er]

 

[foxfish]

More fantastic shots, thanks for putting them on the forum even if they are a tad big.

 

[Logan aquatics]

Great pics. love the underwater photography. we bought a housing for our little digital compact and it takes great pics. really pleasantly surprised how good it does.
Pic 1 taken from about 6m, pic 2 some old wives in shallow water, pic 3 is a Western rock lobster and pic 4 is a Samson fish, a member of the Seriola family.

 

[foxfish]

Great, perhaps you could use no 1 for your avatar?

 

[Notorious]

Great pics. love the underwater photography. we bought a housing for our little digital compact and it takes great pics. really pleasantly surprised how good it does.
Pic 1 taken from about 6m, pic 2 some old wives in shallow water, pic 3 is a Western rock lobster and pic 4 is a Samson fish, a member of the Seriola family.

Nice pics

even better viz u got there, where u diving?

 

[Logan aquatics]

all taken off Dunsborough except the crayfish. over a few months.