Sneaker – Converse
Photographed at approximately 12 meters deep.
D800 in Ikelite housing, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/4, Tamron 90mm macro, 2 Ikelite strobes
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Kipling
Photographed at approximately 15 meters deep.
D800 in Ikelite housing, ISO100, 1/1000 sec @ f/4, Tamron 90mm macro, 2 Ikelite DS161 strobes
My first photography e-book is now published!
Below The Surface Around Camiguin Island, photo e-book with underwater photography
A photography e-book with 184 pages of stunning underwater photography.
It’ll be yours to page through for the ridiculously low price of € 3,75 and you can order it by clicking on the “Add to Bag” button on the right side.
The order process is super-easy, and super-fast. You can pay via PayPal or with credit card. After payment you’ll be sent a confirmation mail with a link from where you can download the e-book (pdf, appr. 25Mb in size).
(and of course, feel free to share it with everyone you know and don’t know! 😉 ).
I have to spread this out over a few posts, wouldn’t want you to get RSI from scrolling down too much 😉
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO100, 1/1000 sec @ f/4.0, Tamron 90mm, Ikelight DS161 strobe
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO100, 1/1000 sec @ f/4.0, Tamron 90mm, Ikelight DS161 strobe
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO100, 1/1000 sec @ f/5.6, Tamron 90mm, Ikelight DS161 strobe
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO100, 1/1000 sec @ f/4.0, Tamron 90mm, Ikelight DS161 strobe
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO100, 1/1000 sec @ f/4.0, Tamron 90mm, Ikelight DS161 strobe
So I’m back here in the Philippines, as you may have noticed from my previous posts.
I’m not here only for photography, and writing articles. I’m not here only for diving, or holidays. Of course I’m having a lot of fun, and I’m shooting great pictures, but it’s not *just* for me.
I’m also here to prepare a little piece of paradise for all of you.
See… I’ve been photographing to gather material to show you the beauty of where you could go next year, as a holiday, as a (re)treat, where we offer you yoga and diving as a relaxing combination to get your mind off your every day life.
How does this look?
Noka Lumia 820, ISO100, 1/2020 sec @ f/2.2 (don’t ask, I have NO idea where the 1/2020 came from, I’m just typing it down from the IPTC info).
Noka Lumia 820, ISO100, 1/3003 sec @ f/2.2 (don’t ask, I have NO idea where the 1/3003 came from, I’m just typing it down from the IPTC info).
Doesn’t that look inviting? 🙂
Having been there, having done that, I can say it IS very inviting!
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO400, 1/2000 sec @ f/8, Sigma 15mm fisheye
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO400, 1/2000 sec @ f/8, Sigma 15mm fisheye
I’ve got a lot more pictures, also from underwater wildlife and landscapes. Keep an eye out for those in the coming posts.
And if I’ve managed to arouse some interest, head on over here:
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Usually if it doesn’t belong there, it’s crap.
But sometimes there’s an exception to the rule.
I didn’t check if there was something in it (you’re not supposed to touch anything 😉 ).
But if you recognize it, and you believe it’s yours, write me a line (with distinct details, that are not in the picture, so I know it’s really yours 😀 ), and I’ll try to find it again when I go down next time 😉
D800 (in Ikelight underwater housing), ISO100, 1/1000 sec @ f/4, Tamron 90mm, Ikelight DS161 strobe
Just to get your mind off the bugs for a bit… 😉
D800, ISO400, 1/125 sec @ f/2.8, Nikkor 50mm
The other day I had an Arachnophobia moment. Remember that movie from the 90s with the spiders in it?
I got to the toilet, lifted the seat and found a big, fat spider on it. It scurried away too fast for me to actually consciously register what had just happened.
Today, however, I can say with 100% probability that I most certainly have discovered a new species of spiders, I think.
It looks very much like a brown huntsman, so I would assume that it’s a subspecies. I will call it the 5-legged brown arnoman.
It’s very docile, doesn’t move much, and is very photogenic. It comes over as very natural in front of the camera and is not afraid to wink with one of its 8 eyes when given the opportunity.
It frequents in locations with humid (occasionally smelly) air and laughs in one of its 5 fists when it scares (maybe literally) the crap out of you when you lift the toilet seat.
D800, ISO100, 1/320 sec @ f/22, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
D800, ISO100, 1/320 sec @ f/22, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
Slight feeling of déjà -vu…
It was another night, but I’m not sure if it was another bug.
I get the impression that this might’ve been the same bug as the one from a few nights ago. After it’s been banging its head in the window, since it’s got a massive dent in its head 😀
And probably still slightly (or severely) concussed, since it wasn’t moving at all.
It was gone this morning. Not sure if Mr L had another midnight snack or if it got away.
I guess I’ll find out in the coming nights 😀
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
Before the bug I re-acquainted myself with another old friend.
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
I must say that these “little” loudmouths have been surprisingly quiet since I’ve arrived here. I haven’t heard them much, and not at all during the night. That may change with the weather, though, let’s wait and see/hear…
Normally speaking I don’t wake up during the night for a toilet break. It may be that the crashing of the waves on the beach has some influence on that. It’s been very windy here and the ocean’s been quite rough.
Anyway… The other night I almost tripped over a big beetle, last night it was another beetle. Slightly smaller, and normally crawling, but still of respectable size. This one was slow, though, unlike the one from the other night.
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/11, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/11, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
It would’ve been better for the “little” critter if it HAD been a bit faster. Not long after I shot these pictures, my buddy Mr L (proudly named after the L-shape of his tail) came to look what I was doing lying flat on the floor and decided that his evening snack was way beyond due.
So after playing with his food a bit (I told him not to, but he didn’t listen), he scooped it up and crunched the proteins away (I save you THAT much cruelty, but the playing was fun 😀 ).
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/11, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/11, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash
D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/11, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash