Hi everyone, Back again with some new underwater photos for you guys, which i hope you enjoy. (also included some old ones from my post last year. Search for my last post 'Underwater Lensbaby Images' if you like). After all the frustration i had last November diving with the Lensbaby Composer (with no way of adjusting focus or tilt/shift while underwater), i have been diving with it again recently and have fixed a 'focus ring' from my Nikon 60mm macro lens around the Composer using rubber-bands. This allows me to adjust the focus distance underwater using my underwater housing for my Nikon D300, which has greatly improved things, however the tilt/shift must still be fixed for the whole dive. I work as an underwater photographer and cameraman here in Sulawesi, Indonesia, which is a good opportunity to try and break new ground with a Lensbaby by taking it under the sea. I like the unusual photos i've got with it, as i've always been shooting wide-angle or macro underwater. It's still very difficult to shoot with, but at least i've solved the problem of focusing. Moving subjects (eg. fish) are really tricky, and you have to hope and pray that sweet spot is just right, often wasting lots of photos in the process of getting maybe just one good shot. With the sweet-spot fixed, if a fish turns around suddenly then your composition for that image is ruined! Lionfish are easy as they just sit there, and Anemonefish's movements are quite predictable so it was a case of just staying in position and waiting for them to come into the sweet spot every couple of minutes. The Yellow Trumpetfish was quite a lucky shot, even though i followed it taking photos for about 15mins until it finally got in a (half)decent position. As you will understand from shooting Lensbaby on land, the best results underwater are ideally images with some colourful foreground and background detail, to enhance the Lensbaby effect. However, in these photos here, the diver, the Seahorse, and the Butterflyfish don't follow this rule. I just like them because i got them sharp!! Static subjects like coral are SO much easier, meaning i don't scream in frustration like a madman underwater! Thanks, Christian Loader www.flickr.com/photos/christianloader www.scubazooimages.com http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147763#msg-147763 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:16:47 -0700 Phorum 5.2.8 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,154499#msg-154499 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,154499#msg-154499 fliptheu How Do You Do That? Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:14:34 -0800 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,154085#msg-154085 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,154085#msg-154085 TG-J How Do You Do That? Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:16:40 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153926#msg-153926 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153926#msg-153926 glojo1 How Do You Do That? Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:14:35 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153904#msg-153904 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153904#msg-153904 Benngunn How Do You Do That? Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:59:41 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153455#msg-153455 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153455#msg-153455
Craig]]> Craig How Do You Do That? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:03:25 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153454#msg-153454 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153454#msg-153454 rannestad How Do You Do That? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:49:55 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153453#msg-153453 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153453#msg-153453 waniek How Do You Do That? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:05:15 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153434#msg-153434 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153434#msg-153434 hebphoto How Do You Do That? Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:30:30 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153431#msg-153431 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153431#msg-153431 Kirsten How Do You Do That? Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:43:39 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153430#msg-153430 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153430#msg-153430 donnaolm How Do You Do That? Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:24:09 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153414#msg-153414 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,153414#msg-153414 Digitalis How Do You Do That? Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:25:16 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151928#msg-151928 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151928#msg-151928 jffoto How Do You Do That? Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:41:34 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151927#msg-151927 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151927#msg-151927 Dayun How Do You Do That? Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:25:51 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151589#msg-151589 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151589#msg-151589 christianloader How Do You Do That? Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:17:33 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151089#msg-151089 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,151089#msg-151089
Your photos are stunning, captivating, quite marvelous I think. It's amazing you think as you do, and follow your desires thru implementation of method to attain photographs that fit the visions in your mind's eye. Hooray for you, well done! Innovative thinkers have always paved the way for new equipment and broadened horizons for the rest of us.

Thanks!]]> Da Lowrider How Do You Do That? Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:24:57 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,150806#msg-150806 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,150806#msg-150806
I love the first one, sweet-spot is great! I also enjoy the texture ones and the dragonfish(?) #3]]> joxon How Do You Do That? Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:11:02 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,150568#msg-150568 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,150568#msg-150568 ossimandius How Do You Do That? Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:48:44 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,150149#msg-150149 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,150149#msg-150149 emurph2 How Do You Do That? Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:24:35 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149480#msg-149480 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149480#msg-149480 gr8 housing

i use an Eva-marine housing, thou it only gives u 30m to dive and no strobe flashing its flexible lens port is useful but still have many handicaps underwater.]]> BananaJoe How Do You Do That? Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:09:28 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149475#msg-149475 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149475#msg-149475
Hi Tim,
I'm sure the sweet 35 is great, but there's no need to think about the aperture too much. All of these shots were with the f4 or f5.6 disc. The sweet spot is still workable depending on the subject, and the results are nicer with these wider apertures, really displaying the effect of the lensbaby.
I have been using the Super wide optic (21mm), and was using a 40mm extension ring + standard macro flat port on my underwater housing. You should be fine using any dome port i think.
The focus ring doesn't work very well when the composer is tilted. When tilted even slightly, there were many times underwater when the focus ring kept slipping and not connecting with the teeth of the focus dial inside the housing: really really annoying! I often just kept the lens centered, or just slightly tilted left/right. You could tilt more i think, and use some blue-tack or tape to secure a better connection of the focus ring inside the housing.
Let me know how it goes, and if you find out any things that work + don't work :-)
All the best,
Christian]]> christianloader How Do You Do That? Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:34:28 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149251#msg-149251 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149251#msg-149251 sweet35, though, because you can have more control over the aperture before putting it into the housing. What dome are you using with the lensbaby? How well does the focus ring work if the composer is tilted?]]> tdpriest How Do You Do That? Tue, 31 May 2011 08:05:04 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149044#msg-149044 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149044#msg-149044 shurla5 How Do You Do That? Wed, 25 May 2011 15:33:07 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149024#msg-149024 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149024#msg-149024 Maria Francesca How Do You Do That? Wed, 25 May 2011 13:34:05 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149003#msg-149003 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,149003#msg-149003 Lorna Taylor How Do You Do That? Wed, 25 May 2011 06:45:28 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,148973#msg-148973 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,148973#msg-148973 kgay How Do You Do That? Tue, 24 May 2011 17:02:49 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147767#msg-147767 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147767#msg-147767 srpatife How Do You Do That? Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:55:25 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147766#msg-147766 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147766#msg-147766 Superthor How Do You Do That? Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:35:34 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147764#msg-147764 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147764#msg-147764
I am using a Nikon D300, Nexus D300 underwater housing, 2x Inon Z240 underwater strobes, Lensbaby Composer, Double Glass Optic, 0.42x super wide lens, and all these photos were with the f4 or f5.6 aperture disc.]]> christianloader How Do You Do That? Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:24:32 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147763#msg-147763 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,147763,147763#msg-147763
Back again with some new underwater photos for you guys, which i hope you enjoy. (also included some old ones from my post last year. Search for my last post 'Underwater Lensbaby Images' if you like).

After all the frustration i had last November diving with the Lensbaby Composer (with no way of adjusting focus or tilt/shift while underwater), i have been diving with it again recently and have fixed a 'focus ring' from my Nikon 60mm macro lens around the Composer using rubber-bands. This allows me to adjust the focus distance underwater using my underwater housing for my Nikon D300, which has greatly improved things, however the tilt/shift must still be fixed for the whole dive.

I work as an underwater photographer and cameraman here in Sulawesi, Indonesia, which is a good opportunity to try and break new ground with a Lensbaby by taking it under the sea. I like the unusual photos i've got with it, as i've always been shooting wide-angle or macro underwater. It's still very difficult to shoot with, but at least i've solved the problem of focusing.

Moving subjects (eg. fish) are really tricky, and you have to hope and pray that sweet spot is just right, often wasting lots of photos in the process of getting maybe just one good shot. With the sweet-spot fixed, if a fish turns around suddenly then your composition for that image is ruined! Lionfish are easy as they just sit there, and Anemonefish's movements are quite predictable so it was a case of just staying in position and waiting for them to come into the sweet spot every couple of minutes. The Yellow Trumpetfish was quite a lucky shot, even though i followed it taking photos for about 15mins until it finally got in a (half)decent position.

As you will understand from shooting Lensbaby on land, the best results underwater are ideally images with some colourful foreground and background detail, to enhance the Lensbaby effect. However, in these photos here, the diver, the Seahorse, and the Butterflyfish don't follow this rule. I just like them because i got them sharp!!

Static subjects like coral are SO much easier, meaning i don't scream in frustration like a madman underwater!


Thanks,
Christian Loader

www.flickr.com/photos/christianloader
www.scubazooimages.com]]> christianloader How Do You Do That? Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:19:24 -0700