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I have crabs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:00 am
by ATJ
I'm very happy with these three shots so I thought I'd post them. All taken with Nikon D300 with Micro 60mm lens in flat port and two strobes.

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Spider crab, probably Oncinopus sp., at Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR. Depth: 11.5 m.

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Dark-finger coral crab, Atergatis subdentatus, at Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR. Depth: 5.3 m.

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Dark-finger coral crab, A. subdentatus, at Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR. Depth: 5.5 m.

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:52 am
by dviv
Fantastic Shots Andrew

i like the third the best of the three - although it dould have been nice to have the whole crab in the shot.

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:01 pm
by gstark
The first of these has a beautiful delicateness about it .... not to be confused with the subject's potential as a delicacy. :)

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:26 pm
by DaveB
Both the first and the 3rd are my favourites.

I'm curious about technique: how do you record the specific depths for each image? A high-tech or low-tech solution?

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:32 pm
by ATJ
DaveB wrote:I'm curious about technique: how do you record the specific depths for each image? A high-tech or low-tech solution?

Dave,

Determining the depth of my dive photographs
Geotagging My Dive Photographs

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:38 pm
by DaveB
Cool - thanks for the links!

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:56 am
by Catcha
Great underwater shots....always impressed with this type of photography

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:38 am
by the foto fanatic
I also like #1.

But all are very good.

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:06 pm
by RDW
1 & 3 outstanding Anthony. I love your oxymoron mate, 'an accurate approximation'!?!
Teheheheh :lol:
It's hard enough taking great photos under good conditions, but having to put the camera in a watertight housing and doing it underwater is something else again.
Great work.

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:42 pm
by Willy wombat
Nice pinchies ATJ!

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:40 pm
by zafra52
I wasn't sure what type of crabs you had in front of your lens! :lol: I was releived they weren't what I thought! :lol:
I prefer the first two picture, though.

Re: I have crabs

PostPosted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:46 am
by stubbsy
Andrew I always look forward to seeing your dive images since they take me to places I'll never see. You haven't disappointed me with this group. Most fascinating for me are images 2 and 3 - I didn't realise that some crabs had eyes like this.