Ah.... the old trick of using a small aquarium.... Bob Lipe uses it too. Nice shots anyway!

Marcus

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De: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Em nome de Peggy Williams
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 3 de janeiro de 2008 18:31
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Assunto: Re: [CONCH-L] Underwater pictures


Your underwater pictures are fantastic and sharp - which camera and strobe do you use?
No underwater camera! I bring the shells to shore and put them in a small aquarium which fits in my
carryone. I have a blue plastic file folder for background and bring in "props" - rocks and algae. I
have also made a piece of plastic that just fits in the bottom and has sand glued to it.

I'm using a Nikon D100 (the first digital SLR made) which I bought when they first came out for
about $1000 plus lenses. I use a 60 mm micro which zooms in pretty close, so I can use the flash
that's on the camera without getting flashback. I also use a tripod. Pretty heavy equipment but
worth it for the quality of photographs I get.

I use the Coolpix for field shots. The few underwater pics I have in the Roatan section are by
another person who took 8 rolls of film underwater that trip. Not many of them came out really well.
It was a throwaway camera...

Peggy

Peggy Williams: shell collecting trips
author of Shallow Water Turridae of Florida and the Caribbean

Visit my website: www.Shelltrips.com
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Tallevast FL 34270
(941) 355-2291
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