first pics with the new camera ...

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:01 pm

Hit Cove 2 with Diver_C last night ... and these are my first pictures with the new camera ... I got a Canon T2i with 60 mm macro lens and a Sea & Sea housing. I decided to start out with a macro lens because it's easier to figure out the new rig doing close-ups ... so I concentrated on seeing how close.

We'll start with a couple of bouquets ...

There were lots of lithoid crabs out last night ... more than I can ever recall seeing at Cove 2. Here's a face shot ...

Speaking of face shots ... this dude looks like Garfield ...

... and in case you're wondering what shrimp eyeballs look like ...

And finally ... no trip to Cove 2 is complete without a decorated warbonnet ...

I think I'm gonna like this new rig once I figure out where all the controls are ... and how to use them ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

lundysd · Post by **lundysd** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:18 pm

Looks like you're doing just fine Bob

Try playing a little with the levels in lightroom -- specifically increase the highlights and lights a touch to make the image "pop" -- otherwise they look great!

Scott

Scubie Doo · Post by **Scubie Doo** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:21 pm

Nice warbonnet shot!

Zen Diver · Post by **Zen Diver** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:32 pm

Nice!!!

Alexitt · Post by **Alexitt** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:24 pm

Gotta love Macro... Very Nice!!!

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:19 pm

Nice shots, Bob! I so love those little, bright-colored tubeworms.

oldsalt · Post by **oldsalt** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:00 am

Gee Bob, I thought you were doing great before.
-Curt

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:08 pm

oldsalt wrote:Gee Bob, I thought you were doing great before.
-Curt

No, no, no. All of Bob's pictures before now were just amateur junk. THESE are good pictures. It's all about the camera, you see. New, expensive cameras take good pictures. Older, less expensive cameras take BAD pictures. It has nothing to do with the skill of the photographer.

RoxnDox · Post by **RoxnDox** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:34 pm

Nice! I'm packing for departure to Kauai in the morning, but I'm gonna guess my pics won't turn out quite as nice as these one... Something about the lesser skillz. Oh wait, no, it's the CAMERA! Yeah!

Jim

coulterboy · Post by **coulterboy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:09 pm

Good pics Bob. I've had my T2i for 2 years now and just haven't bought a housing yet. I know of two people now that has the Sea & Sea housing. I might have to follow suit.

mz53480 · Post by **mz53480** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:28 pm

Great pics Bob. Looking forward to more.

Octoloco · Post by **Octoloco** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:53 pm

Wow Bob, those are beautiful!!

JohnE · Post by **JohnE** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:03 am

Which 60mm lens do you have? Those are nice pics. Looking at getting the housing for my t2i.

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:36 am

The lens I took those with is the Canon EF-S 60 mm macro lens.

Housings are more expensive than the camera and lens. About the least expensive option is the Sea & Sea ... which is what I got. The housing's about $1400 without ports. Flat port's about $500, dome port's about twice that ... then you have to consider extension and gear for various types of lenses. It adds up fast. I've got about $3500 into this setup already, and that doesn't even include strobes and arms ... which I already had.

I ordered a Tokina 10-17 mm wide angle lens earlier this week ... and picked up a 4-inch Zen dome port for it yesterday. Hope to get out and start playing with wide-angle stuff in a week or so.

Got up early yesterday and went diving in the eel grass before daybreak to see what I could find. It's depressing how little life is there right now. I took a few shots, but haven't downloaded them yet.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

JohnE · Post by **JohnE** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:59 am

Great, good info, thanks. That is the same get-up I am going with.

I know about that eel grass. I've been finding new beds of it locally and nobody is home recently. Well, almost nobody. The occasional Dungeness munching on a cockle. We've had a lot of fresh water flushing through the bays lately. It comes and goes.

Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:28 pm

Grateful Diver wrote:The lens I took those with is the Canon EF-S 60 mm macro lens.

Housings are more expensive than the camera and lens. About the least expensive option is the Sea & Sea ... which is what I got. The housing's about $1400 without ports. Flat port's about $500, dome port's about twice that ... then you have to consider extension and gear for various types of lenses. It adds up fast. I've got about $3500 into this setup already, and that doesn't even include strobes and arms ... which I already had.

I ordered a Tokina 10-17 mm wide angle lens earlier this week ... and picked up a 4-inch Zen dome port for it yesterday. Hope to get out and start playing with wide-angle stuff in a week or so.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Yeah, and they wonder why I don't go SLR

5 grand is pretty much the starting ticket price for admission.

Northwest Dive Club