Sealife DC100 User Manual download pdf (Page 13)

The primary target for most people is, of course, a good picture of yourself and your friends

surrounded by tropical fish. This is actually the easiest part.

A diver should be only 5ft./1 50 cm. away for a good picture. Portrait shots of diver and fish

are best taken at 2ft. to 4 ft. with the snap-on MACRO 3X close up lens. Use the MACRO

8X lens for extreme close-up of 14” to 16” / 36 cm to 41 cm. For larger objects such as

group shots or sharks use the SeaLife wide angle lens at distances of 3 - 5 ft.

/ 90-150 cm.

You may chum for fish with bits of food, but pick something that does not fall apart and

cloud up the water (for example, bread dissolves and clouds up the water). Check with a

local dive master to select chum that does not endanger the fish.

Be very calm and patient, and let that curious fish get closer and closer. There are two ways

of using current to your advantage: 1. Drift motionless along with your camera in ready

position. 2. Stay in a camera-ready waiting position, approach your subject facing the cur-

rent.

Always take notes of your pictures and mark your films or create a digital dive log with

pictures on your computer. It is very exciting to document every fish in your area in an album.

Once you have some expertise you might start to take slides and put a presentation togeth-

er, possibly combined with music and video for dive clubs, schools and friends. Scan your

best film pictures and use them just like digital images.

4. Great Effects

Everything about seeing and taking pictures is about light. Pay attention to light and

shade, colors and contrasts, don’t just get mesmerized by that big fish.

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Sealife DC100 User Manual Page 13