Posts from the ‘photography underwater’ Category
Aquascapes
Marinescapes shot off shore between Pistis bay and Porto Conte, Sardegna, Italy.
Pictures shot with Olympus TG-1. Click to zoom in and appreciate every scale and tentacle.
Union is strength
Schools of fish shot off shore between Pistis and Porto Conte, Sardegna, Italy.
Pictures shot with Olympus TG-1. Click to zoom in and appreciate every scale and tentacle.
At the surface
Pictures from the West Coast of Sardegna (Italy) shot with Olympus TG-1. Click to zoom in.
Ode al mare
Rhizostoma pulmo: the largest Mediterranean jellyfish (up to 10 Kg)
A baby Pinna nobilis. This marine bivalve mollusc can grow up to 1.2 m long
Echinaster sepositus: the arms of this Mediterranean sea star fish are up to 20 cm
Actinia viridis: a snake-locks anemone with 8 cm long tentacles
Octopus vulgaris: hidden in its lair, the piovra can be up to 1 m long.
“Ode to the Sea” shot off shore between Pistis and Porto Conte, Sardegna, Italy with Olympus TG-1. Click to zoom in and appreciate every scale and tentacle.
Holding my breath for the Christ of the Abyss, San Fruttuoso, Italia
If you visit San Fruttuoso (in the middle of Portofino Natural park, close to Genova, Italy), take the opportunity for snorkelling a few hundred meters off the shores.
and reach the middle of San Fruttuoso bay, where cyan waters turn into dark blue.
Where you meet a yellow buoy, there give a look deep down to -12 meters
Surrounded by the same fishes sooner or later will reach your dinner table … here is the Christ of the Abyss!
Pictures shot with Nikon D800 with my Olympus Though TG-1, still though enough to survive my deep apnoea until – 5 meters 🙂 Click each picture to zoom.
How to shoot amazing underwater pictures
Just buy the Olympus Tough TG-1, set it on “iAuto” and shoot. The A.I. of this small camera works very well underwater. The fast f/2 lens let you have sharp pictures even in low light conditions, at least with static/slow subjects. The additional white LED gives macros brilliant colours.
Among the very few defects, colour vibrance quickly decreases in low lights, like probably with other underwater compact cameras. Big temperature differences (hot to cold) caused condensation on lens and LCD, however both disappearing in a few minutes. Last but not least, the three screws of the protective lens are not tough at all, being already rusty after a few weeks of use.
Judge the pictures we shot in Greece (Poros and Serifos) this summer holidays by clicking on this new portfolio gallery: deep blue!
