Underwater Tropical Hideaway
by loz1

Comment by wewillexplore:
The submission is a bit small and the focus is a tiny bit off, but I like the 'hiding' he's doing. It's a good shot. keep plugging.

Underwater Tropical Hideaway
by loz1

Comment by MattW:
too much background

Underwater Tropical Hideaway
by loz1

Comment by kellie:
good job

Underwater Tropical Hideaway
by loz1

Comment by GreggeN:
I feel this could do with being expanded a little bit.

Underwater Tropical Hideaway
by loz1

Comment by kiwiness:
Interesting natural framing around your main subject. My eyes are being led into the middle and not off of the image, well done,

Color Wheel
by loz1

Comment by loz1:
Hey I will try anything. I mean you should have seen how dodgy the camera looked anyway. I had so much tape on it, and then i added some tissues to the top lol Its a bad camera, and the flash is the worst I have come across. I can not even take indoor shots of people with it, they always just come out as a white blob.

I will try your suggestion though. Thank you :)

I do want to buy a new camera, but right now I can't afford it. I can not wait to the day I have the money in hand, and am at the store ready to buy something. I only bought this one because it was cheap, and it was never meant to be my primary camera, but now I do prefer digital, so its turned into that.

Color Wheel
by loz1

Comment by joebar:
Have you tried deflecting / bouncing the flash at all? Tape a little piece of white cardboard below the flash and angle it 45 degrees upward, then tape/hold a larger piece above the flash and try to angle it so it hits the subject.

Yeah, it's ghetto, but you'd be surprised. I did this with my first digicam with some success.

Think I might have tried that photo on a white background to give some contrast against the black pencil barrels.

Color Wheel
by loz1

Comment by loz1:
Thanks everyone. I have a really horride camera, so the lighting is always a problem with it. I did use a flash, however even though it has come up extremely bright in this image, I diffused it a lot. I had placed about 10 pieces of a paper tape over it, and it still came up this bright. I remember ringing Kodak once, and they said that this camera has an unsually strong flash.

As suggested, and pretty much common sense too, next time I will try it will my own light source. Generally with my camera I do that anyway.

Its also difficult to get clear shots with it, as I don't have a macro, otherwise I would have loved to have taken a closer and better shot.

But its my first challenge, and I had a go and I think my votes are pretty good, more than I had expected so I am pretty happy over all :)

Color Wheel
by loz1

Comment by zeuszen:
A bit pedantically obsessive. Wonderful.

Color Wheel
by loz1

Comment by tecent642:
i wish the flash would have been a little more even or maybe a natural light would have been better.