Underwater Image Review. Alex Mustard. July 2023

[@mclachlanwild]

Wonderfull collection and narration too!

[@Alex_Mustard]

Thanks

[@msp459]

I like the red sea wrecks!! I want to buy diving the thisthlegorm book! I remenber dives in ss carnatic,dunraven giannis D and my favourite ss thistlegorm! Wonderfull pictures Alex!

[@stewsmith9236]

Great content once again. 🍻

[@Alex_Mustard]

Thanks Stew

[@Alex_Mustard]

Thanks Stew

[@AlevOzten]

Great shots! Love the videos and your book Underwater Photography Masterclass is a great resource. I have a question about the remotely backlit shots. The coral spawning backlit photo (p.137) not shown here but I love that shot. I am trying the Anglerfish Remote trigger and am wondering for a coral spawning shot how you avoid backscatter while having the coral gametes show. I have tested it on a regular night dive and the particles in the water show up a lot. Also, how far is the remote strobe in the background away from the coral?

[@Alex_Mustard]

The strobe does not need to be far away from the coral, but it must be hidden from the camera - down low - behind the coral. The aim is to light the particles in the water (bundles) when the coral spawns, so some backscatter is inevitable.

[@AlevOzten]

@@Alex_Mustard Thank you for your response. I guess I will have to hope for a night with as little particles as possible. I tested this out few nights ago (before spawning) and lit up a lot of particles in the water. On another note, the trigger only fired about 50% of the time so still figuring out the exact angle of the on camera strobe to hit the trigger but not as much the foreground.