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04/02/2006 06:59:45 AM · #1 |
Anyone do underwater photography?.. i have some questions about strobes if anyone does.
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04/02/2006 10:23:12 AM · #2 |
| I rented a Nikonos V with two strobes on it about six years ago, do I qualify? What's the question...? |
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04/02/2006 11:46:38 PM · #3 |
| I can probably answer your question. Fire away. |
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04/02/2006 11:49:25 PM · #4 |
Try this
Excellent place to learn and ask questions about underwater photography
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04/03/2006 12:10:40 AM · #5 |
I've done a little underwater photography with my canon S50 - whats the question?
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04/03/2006 02:39:10 AM · #6 |
allright here goes.. sorry I didn't need to be so vague in the first post.
I am thinking of purhashing an ikelite house for my canon 10D. I would like to do underwater portaits in swimming pools and wondering if one strobe would be enough, or if you think it would create way to hard of shadows. would i need a fill strobe?? i am thinking of the sb-125 strobe that ikelite offers.
opinions?
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04/03/2006 07:33:26 AM · #7 |
I think the main reasons that we used two strobes was because 1) light diminishes so quickly (with distance) underwater, 2) the more direct your lighting, the more you see the particles in the water, so you want your strobe to be far to the side - so two strobes more evenly lit the subject.
What may be different for you is that with a swimming pool you'll still be near the surface with lots of light still available, so maybe you don't need to worry about lighting so much. Still a good idea to keep the strobe away from the camera's access though because pool water is far dirtier than ocean water. For example, you often can't see more than 10 or 15 feet away in pool water, but when I was in Hawaii we could see objects 80 feet away it, the water was so clear!
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04/05/2006 10:16:00 AM · #8 |
| A 125 strobe for a pool is probably a little much. You can probably get away with a 60 or even a 90. I mostly deal with Sea & Sea strobes so not sure what Ikelite has. I don't see the need for two strobes in a pool. One stobe will usually have a 90 degree fill. If I get a chance I will scan and upload some shots taken with one stobe in 100ft sea water where there is not as much sun light making it to the camera. True most underwater photographers use two stobes to cut down on shadows and such, but if you have a stobe arm that will let you move the stobe around you can get by with one. (unless you really want to spend the money on two strobes :) |
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