[Tazzie]

Wow high praise indeed from all of you, thanks very much indeed

Originally Posted by Annie S

I'm also very jealous! I can't pick a favourite shot, there are just to mny wonderful ones. Just how many did you take to get these? All that effort you have been putting in with your courses has obviously been worthwhile. Was it horrendously expensive because I could be seriously tempted....

Thanks Annie I probably shot about 150 - 250 shots a day so the return isn't that great

Atlantis resorts I think you are looking at (very roughly) £100 per day which includes accommodation, all meals, 4 dives a day. Please don't take this the wrong way but for me that's really reasonable working out at £25 a dive whcih is how I manage to justify things in my head!! The food and the resorts were fantastic and the guides really good which all added to the experience.

Originally Posted by whacky

Stunning absolutely stunning. Every time I see your pics I look forward more and more to the trip i have planned with Martin at the end of july, and the worshop at the beginning.

I worried about the cost of the course but I was a very lucky boy for my birthday I got some money which left me with not so much to pay to spend the day with Martin. I'm hoping that the lack of experience with DSLR won't be a bad thing I am hoping that I will be able to bypass the bad habits.

Thanks Whacky You are going to absolutely love it! The rules are so simple in the workshop and the way he runs his trips visiting the same sites often so you can go back and improve on what you've already done is second to none. It will break your "normal" diving though... No more touring around dive sites!!

If you're new to the DSLR I'd try and make sure you have a really good play around with apertures and shutter speeds and the rest of the controls before you go and see Martin, that way you will be able to concentrate on what Martin's telling you rather than how your camera works!

Originally Posted by TimIngmire

Those photos are great - especially the wide angle shots from under the pier, they deffo excite more than the macro shots.

It's great to see how you are developing with every trip - well done.

Thanks Tim, it's a real eye opener for me getting successful wide angle shots especially as I'm still only using 1 strobe and it's something I've really struggled with.

Mind you, the bottom of the piers were all sand and even I can't get lost (well not often anyway!) on a pier so I felt I had the time to really concentrate on what I was trying to achieve which I'm finding is the real key to underwater photography.

Can you think of anyway I can improve and excite more with my macro - am i still choosing the wrong subjects? Is my positioning worng? Lighting? I totally agree they still lack some impact...