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Subject: [Leica] Some Underwater Work
From: thurmanphoto at gmail.com (Wendy Thurman)
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 07:08:38 +0600
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George, Tina, Lluis, Marc-

Thanks for looking.  I'm already planning a return trip with a Raja Ampat
add-on.

Wendy

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Marc Dufour <foto at marcdufour.net> wrote:

> Wendy,
>
> Beautiful creatures and beautiful pictures.
> I've been diving in Lembeh Strait with my wife, some years ago... The best
> muck dive we ever did.
> Hope to come back someday !
> Thanks for bring back these memories with so fine photos.
> My very best regards,
> Marc
>
> > I've been off the list for a few weeks; spent a bit of that time in
> > North Sulawesi, Indonesia shooting in the Lembeh Strait.  Over a two
> > week period, I managed over 1,500 images but in underwater work, the
> > reject ratio is very
> > high- particularly with macro photography.  I'm moving, the subject is
> > moving, and TTL electronics do not work without the addition of a
> > module between the housing (camera) and strobes, which I do not have.
> > Exposure bracketing is a must underwater.  I made the mistake of
> > taking only one strobe due to worrying about overweight baggage- hence
> > some bothersome shadows.  At any rate, I got quite a few keepers and
> > here's an example of a few.  All images shot with a Nikon D3x, 105mm
> > Macro VR, Aquatica housing, and Sea & Sea lighting:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC3039.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC3543.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC4342.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/_DSC4596.jpg.html
> >
> > Thanks for looking,
> >
> > Wendy
>
>
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In reply to: Message from thurmanphoto at gmail.com (Wendy Thurman) ([Leica] Some Underwater Work)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Some Underwater Work)
Message from foto at marcdufour.net (Marc Dufour) ([Leica] Some Underwater Work)