Scuba Diving – September 2019

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TOBIAS FRIEDRICH

TULAMBEN, BALI,

INDONESIA

BEHIND THE SHOT: During a

black-water dive near Tulamben,

a reef squid swam in close,

seemingly interested in our

lights. After photographing it

a couple of times with regu-

lar camera settings for black-

water dives, I noticed the squid

planned to stick around. So I

tried using some different cam-

era settings and experimented

with slow shutter speed to get

a nice soft shadow of the squid

itself. It took a few attempts to

get a good result—and it helped

to set the strobes to fire on sec-

ond curtain.

CAMERA GEAR: Canon EOS-1D X

Mark II in a Seacam Silver hous-

ing; Canon 100mm macro lens;

two Seacam Seaflash 150D

strobes; Keldan focus light

SETTINGS: f/25, 0.6 seconds;

ISO 640

PRIZE: Scubapro MK25 EVO/

S620Ti regulator

2 ND

PLACE

MACRO