Underwater in The Philippines

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DaveA

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Following are a few underwater favorites from a trip to The Philippines earlier in the year.

Juvenile Filefish with Jellyfish, photographed during a "blackwater" dive
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Shrimps (about 1/2 inch long) on branching anemone, photographed during a night dive using a snooted strobe
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Hairy Frogfish, photographed using a snooted strobe
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Juvenile Yellow Boxfish
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Great macro shots. I still haven't made it to the Philippines, but I have had Malapascua on my list for thresher sharks. Which strobes are you using? I'm in the process of upgrading my underwater kit. I don't dive as much as I use to so I'm struggling with that decision.
 
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Really nice. Underwater photography is a whole other world, and I assume quite difficult. It is something I will never attempt, so I appreciate seeing what others produce.
 
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GregT943 said:
Great macro shots. I still haven't made it to the Philippines, but I have had Malapascua on my list for thresher sharks. Which strobes are you using? I'm in the process of upgrading my underwater kit. I don't dive as much as I use to so I'm struggling with that decision.
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Thank you GregT943. I use (2) Ikelite D160 strobes for all wide angle and often for macro too. These are hard-wired connections in combination with an Ikelite TTL converter (though I sometimes use the strobes in fully manual mode too). However, for macro photography I am also now using a Backscatter MF-1 strobe, which is fiber optically connected and fully manual. It has a built-in spotting light and an optional snoot kit, which I also use (as indicated on 2 of the posted photos).

Incidentally I had the chance in 2019 to do one dive at Malapascua for the Thresher Sharks but the vis was awful and we didn't get a close enough pass for a shot. I did get to see a couple though. They are fantastic animals, larger than I expected. Hope to do that again sometime.
 
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DaveA said:
Following are a few underwater favorites from a trip to The Philippines earlier in the year.

Juvenile Filefish with Jellyfish, photographed during a "blackwater" dive
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Shrimps (about 1/2 inch long) on branching anemone, photographed during a night dive using a snooted strobe
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Hairy Frogfish, photographed using a snooted strobe
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Juvenile Yellow Boxfish
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Beautiful shots! Well done👍👍👍
 
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