Lagamorph's Underwater Photography
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:52 pm
So whilst I was in Dubai I went scuba diving at the Dubai Aquarium in the Dubai Mall, and did a PADI speciality course (originally named the "Dubai Aquarium Specialty") which is a recognised speciality that counts towards the Master Scuba Diver qualification. It involves two dives (technically three but we didn't surface between 2 and 3), the first of which is a general exploration dive of the aquarium tank, the second of which though has a theory session on Underwater photography, then an exploration session in which I was given the underwater camera to take some pictures.
The third dive takes place in the shark tank, during feeding time.
I'm by no means a good photographer, but it was something I really enjoyed and has definitely got me considering the full underwater photographer speciality.
In the meantime though, here are some of the highlights of snaps I took during my dive,
These were all taken on a GoPro Hero3 with an original resolution of 4000 x 3000 px. For ease of viewing I've resized them to 1000 x 750 px. There was no zoom on the camera, so you're pretty much seeing things as I was seeing them.
These first few were taken by the Dive Master accompanying me,
These next ones were taken by me,
I have to wonder if some of the people outside the tank thought it was a little unusual that, as they were looking in taking photos of me, I was in there looking out and taking photos of them
Well I don't know if anyone will even see this, but if you did thanks for looking and hope you liked some of the pictures. Any feedback is welcome since, as I said, this is something I may well look at getting into (on a hobby basis, somehow I doubt I can quit my day job for it just yet).
The third dive takes place in the shark tank, during feeding time.
I'm by no means a good photographer, but it was something I really enjoyed and has definitely got me considering the full underwater photographer speciality.
In the meantime though, here are some of the highlights of snaps I took during my dive,
These were all taken on a GoPro Hero3 with an original resolution of 4000 x 3000 px. For ease of viewing I've resized them to 1000 x 750 px. There was no zoom on the camera, so you're pretty much seeing things as I was seeing them.
These first few were taken by the Dive Master accompanying me,
These next ones were taken by me,
I have to wonder if some of the people outside the tank thought it was a little unusual that, as they were looking in taking photos of me, I was in there looking out and taking photos of them
Well I don't know if anyone will even see this, but if you did thanks for looking and hope you liked some of the pictures. Any feedback is welcome since, as I said, this is something I may well look at getting into (on a hobby basis, somehow I doubt I can quit my day job for it just yet).
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