Paradise - Tahiti and Bora Bora

Spent 10 days in these beautiful islands. I brought my D600 with my Sigma 35mm, Nikon 20mm and 70-200mm 2.8 and a GoPro Hero3 Black.

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26. I'm not that good with stars
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27. This was the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen in my life
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You have some great pictures there!

Always wanted to go to Bora Bora.

Keeping up with the topic of tropical paradise (at least the diving/snorkeling part)...got some pics of...

Blue Hippo tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
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Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum)
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by Sunny Jhooty, on Flickr

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some old photos of the fireworks (2012 I think) and the top of deer lake in burnaby.
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What camera did you use to capture those images? I used my GoPro a lot but in retrospect, maybe I should have invested in a universal waterproof housing for my D600.

IMO unless you're going diving a lot, a dslr housing that's trustworthy enough for your gear can run into the thousands.

Perhaps a Nikon AW1?

If I remember correctly that's his fish tank and he mentioned he just got the NEX6 and started shooting few pages back....

Yup.. exactly.

Tropical fishies in my living room.

any C+C for this one? Trying to get better shots and doing a small amount of reading. :)
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The exposure is pretty good, I think the biggest improvement to that picture would be a different composition. You have probably come across the rules of thirds in your reading and this really is a good rule to keep in mind. Also, the picture is rotated away from the natural horizontal and even though there isn't an obvious horizon, it is a bit of a detractor in my mind as it looks odd. In general it's nice natural light and a cute dog though!

Mark

Thanks! I also thought the composition of where he is placed in the photo was off, but was happy the way he popped as the focal point fairly well. Didn't even think about the off angle though. Thanks for the advice. I've been focusing mostly on making subjects "pop" at the moment so I know I miss other stuff. Just trying to learn different aspects one at a time and put them together.:thumbsup:

Yeah makes sense. This is rotated 4 degrees CCW and IMO makes a big difference to it looking more natural.

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That's a sweet picture, where taken from? Capital Hill in Burnaby or something?

Yup, capitol hill in burnaby, by N.Hythe and cambridge.

Stopped by Marine for a quick sunset pic :)

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