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This was a dive taken with Martin DeWeger, behind our house on Bonaire. I wanted to experiment with the Olympus 5050 with an external strobe. Results are pretty reasonable - not quite as much Photoshopping required (in some cases none at all). One real nice thing is that I find I can get dark blue and black backgrounds on images by stopping down (I was shooting macro at f8 @ 1/250th).. That was something not possible with my Sony F-707 and Ikelite housing (at least not in my hands). One really cool thing we saw on this dive that I was not able to get a picture of was a tarpon with a small remoraz (also known as a shark sucker) on top for a ride. All other cool things were captured on digital film.
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 Obligatory shot of schooling Goatfish with a couple of grunts |
 This barracuda zoomed between Martin and myself - tried matching my rotational speed with the speed of the barracuda as I hoped the camera would focus properly (did pretty well) |
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 This was one of my first shots with the external strobe for macro work. I simply liked the contrasting textures and colors of the elephant ear sponge and brain coral, visually separated by this cool branching anemone. |
 And, the obligatory cleaning shrimp shot... |
 Christmas tree worm |
 I had problems getting good lighting on this star coral and sharknose goby, but this shot showed some great purples in the center of the coral polyps, and a nice shot of the lines of the goby |
 Found this little guy by the mooring line at the ReefCam - I believe this is a baby horseeye jack - only about 1.5 inches long. Checking with the experts on positive ID. |
 This is Martin with a message for fellow BonaireTalk co-moderator, Cynde Lee :-) |
 Here's a self portrait of me, underwater. Strobe makes my face seem a lot redder than it really is. I guess the lack of sleep due to late night reading and early starts to program can also be seen in my bloodshot eyes! |
