View Full Version : The Slates - Loch Leven - 21/09/07
Hello.
Here are some of my better shots from my dives at The Slates
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/goldsinny.jpg
Rock Cook (correction from original post)
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/dogfish.jpg
Lesser Spotted Dogfish (correction from original post)
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/dogfish2.jpg
And again
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/sea_loch_anemones2.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/sea_loch_anemones3.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/sea_loch_anemones.jpg
A selection of Sea Loch Anemones
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/SIlk_purse_in_dead_mans_fingers.jpg
Close up of a Mermaids Purse (correction from original post) in a Dead Mans Fingers
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/smallish.jpg
Two-Spot Goby (with three spots) (correction from original post)
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa140/regthing/smallstarfish.jpg
And a cute wee Starfish
love the pics m8
i like the dogfish one the most hope when i get ma housing for my vcam id be able to get some shots as good as yours.
kyle
Are these pictures original or are you using something like Photoshop to improve their clarity?
Also, is there still an intention to meet up for a CA photographic day soon? I was sure 6 October had been mentioned but it turns out I'm diving off the Urchin - forgot all about it! :) Let me know if it's to be a different date.
Dave
Rusty Nuts
22-09-07, 09:55
Hi Scott,
Excellent pictures mate I'm just sorry i couldn't be their.
nice pics Scott, only dived there a few times myself, didnt see many fish on those occasions.
i did see a rather large dog fish of around 4 feet long, perhaps its the one in your pic.
video from the slates (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofLwaRytrxM)
nice clarity on those pics Scott!!
Are these pictures original or are you using something like Photoshop to improve their clarity?
Also, is there still an intention to meet up for a CA photographic day soon? I was sure 6 October had been mentioned but it turns out I'm diving off the Urchin - forgot all about it! :) Let me know if it's to be a different date.
Dave
Hi Dave.
The pics are pretty much original. Used photoshop to remove some backscatter from some of them. Increased the red in the Dogfish pics as these where taken a bit deeper. All pics here between 9-15m.
The Goldsinny, middle Anemone, small fish and star fish have been cropped to improve the composition.
The originals can be found at (warning full size ~3.4MB)
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210186.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210203.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210208.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210212.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210225.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210229.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210246.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210250.jpg
www.regthing.co.uk/images/P9210259.jpg
(incedentaly I haven't got round to making my homepage so don't bother looking :rolleyes: :D )
I think that first picture is a Rock cook - there are loads of them at the Slates. A Corkwing wrasse is much brighter, if male, and much browner, if female. It's also a lot bigger.
Your unidentified fish looks like a two-spot goby.
We dived at the Slates Saturday and Sunday. Very nice dives - the vis was really good especially on the Sunday when we dived the smaller pennisula, to the left. Say dogfish, loads of ballan wrasse and female cuckoo wrasse. We also saw a large very very brightly coloured fish - it may have been a male cuckoo wrasse but it was so bright, - oranges and reds and blues. I have never seen such a brightly coloured fish in this country - any ideas?
We also saw a large very very brightly coloured fish - it may have been a male cuckoo wrasse but it was so bright, - oranges and reds and blues. I have never seen such a brightly coloured fish in this country - any ideas?
I've had a scout about the internet and I think it must have been a mature male cuckoo wrasse - really attractive fish.
seems as if there's lots of life at the Slates now.
was pretty barren earlier in the year
a trip there may be due...
I think that first picture is a Rock cook - there are loads of them at the Slates. A Corkwing wrasse is much brighter, if male, and much browner, if female. It's also a lot bigger.
Yep. I think you're right on the Rock Cook.
Hi regthing,
The quality of your photographs are improving at every posting. You seem to be taking efforts to get right down to the subject. Don’t stop experimenting, keep at it, be daring and get right under the subject if you can for some shots.
Also noticed some big efforts on the composition side of things. Keep at it as it separates artwork from snapshots.
To keep the momentum going forward to the next level technically I would suggest shooting in raw. You are shooting sharp shots but if you want razor sharp shots you will have to deal with the chromatic abouration that practiced eyes will spot in some of your shots. This in simple terms is the soft blue or yellow fringe that is present in the detail in the corners of your shots. This is something we all have to deal with using wider angles lenses underwater. If you had taken the shots in raw there if an easy fix tool in the adobe raw converter.
Looking forward to seeing you master the oly , it’s a formidable tool even if technically it’s a compact.
Dive Tramp
28-09-07, 02:12
I think the Corkwing is actually a Rock Cook, the eyes and the lack of dark spot in middle of base of tail and tail shape indicate this .
The UFT (Unidentified Fishy Thing) is probs a Two-spot Goby, Strangely enough with three spots. The female Twospot strangely has only one spot, the male usually two with the second one being under the front dorsal fin. Belly is pale pink or whitish, eyes on top of head and mouth has fairly thick lips. Gobiusculus flavenscens
Source:Photo.Guide to the Sea & Shore Life, of GB & NW Europe. Oxford Natural History
No plagiarism here!
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Everything's Easy! Dive Tramp
To keep the momentum going forward to the next level technically I would suggest shooting in raw. You are shooting sharp shots but if you want razor sharp shots you will have to deal with the chromatic abouration that practiced eyes will spot in some of your shots. This in simple terms is the soft blue or yellow fringe that is present in the detail in the corners of your shots. This is something we all have to deal with using wider angles lenses underwater. If you had taken the shots in raw there if an easy fix tool in the adobe raw converter.
Looking forward to seeing you master the oly , it’s a formidable tool even if technically it’s a compact.
Hi Olddog. Thanks again for the comments.
I had a few trys shooting in RAW but adobe wouldn't open the files spat out by the camera *.ORF files. I get the error message "Could not complete your request because it is not the right type of document" :confused:
So I've been usung the highest resolution JPG. I have the Camedia software that came with the camera somewhere. I'd imagine that this will open them, but probably not a powerful as photoshop.
I think the Corkwing is actually a Rock Cook, the eyes and the lack of dark spot in middle of base of tail and tail shape indicate this .
The UFT (Unidentified Fishy Thing) is probs a Two-spot Goby, Strangely enough with three spots. The female Twospot strangely has only one spot, the male usually two with the second one being under the front dorsal fin. Belly is pale pink or whitish, eyes on top of head and mouth has fairly thick lips. Gobiusculus flavenscens
Source:Photo.Guide to the Sea & Shore Life, of GB & NW Europe. Oxford Natural History
No plagiarism here!
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Everything's Easy! Dive Tramp
That's me dobbed in. :rolleyes:
Yep these where identified on Finstrokes and I didn't correct them here :eek:
Apologies. I'll take my whipping now ;) :D
But while we are at it the proper name for the Dogfish is "Lesser Spotted Dogfish" :p
Hi Olddog. Thanks again for the comments.
I had a few trys shooting in RAW but adobe wouldn't open the files spat out by the camera *.ORF files. I get the error message "Could not complete your request because it is not the right type of document" :confused:
:p
Hi Scott,
This is a link that will provide an updated Raw reader for your adobe program so you can shoot and edit raw files direct in adobe.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
Hi Scott,
This is a link that will provide an updated Raw reader for your adobe program so you can shoot and edit raw files direct in adobe.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
Thanks again olddog. I'm currently using CS2, that update is for CS3. So I'm "upgrading" to CS3 at the moment ;)
Thanks again olddog. I'm currently using CS2, that update is for CS3. So I'm "upgrading" to CS3 at the moment ;)
I use CS2 and I think that was the upgrade I used for my oly. Follow the instructions to give it a try. They are reversable if you store the old plugin in another file. If it wont work just shift the old file back in.
I use CS2 and I think that was the upgrade I used for my oly. Follow the instructions to give it a try. They are reversable if you store the old plugin in another file. If it wont work just shift the old file back in.
I didn't even have a Camera Raw plugin for this version! But tried the download and it and it won't work with CS2 :(
Had a look back but I can't find a version for CS2 that covers my camera.
But I should hopefully have CS3 in an hour....
:D :D :D :D :D
I now have CS3 and the RAW editor works. Oh here comes a few late nights.
I had the camera set to output a RAW and JPG image. I opened one of the old RAW pics and the difference between that and the corresponding JPG is amazing :eek:
:D :D :D :D :D