more pics

[samui13]

i have just uploaded in the gallery some more pics from my recent visit to marsa shagra. i thought i had already uploaded them but i must have forgot. anyway they are there now. all comments welcome. stew

[Tim Ingmire]

Lovely. Nice one Stew.

What's the rig?

[samui13]

canon 350D
sea and sea housing
twin ys 90's
10-22mm wide angle + large dome port
18-55mm mid
60mm macro

this was the first trip i used the 18-55 as i had read that it did not perform too well. as you can see from the turtle shot it does do the job.

[Tim Ingmire]

Hi Stew,

Those new pics are fab - the mid range zoom is working very well. I have used my 18-70 in the past but haven't done so for a while - maybe I need to pull it out again..

How did you get on at Shagra? Mark and I have been talking about going out that way again and were thinking of Shagra as we had done Nakari a couple of years ago.

Tim

[samui13]

well shagra wasnt the usual type of holiday that we take, we are more used to the better end of accommodation or liveaboard but we had a great time. the tents were ok, a little bit too sandy for camera gear, but if you are careful it can be done. the food was good, not brilliant but very edible.
the dive centre was above average, as good as emperor.
the house reef was very good, with boat drop offs and pick ups if required. we even see a bottlenose close up on the house reef.
it is very good if you want to dive elphinstone as we did. they set off at 0550 just as the sun is rising and head for the sun. with in 15 minutes you are at elphinstone and if you are lucky as we were you will be the first ones there and be able to get in first and see the hammers. we would deffinately go back. for the price it is very good value for money.

[HelenP]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing them. Looks like it was a great holiday.

Helen

[Roger Cardy]

Great Images thanks for shareing have some green.

What package did you use to add the borders?.

Regards

[samui13]

the borders were done in photoshop cs2. they are quite long winded. but if you are going to use them all the time then you can save them as an action and the just add the text afterwards.

[jaffab]

Originally Posted by samui13

the borders were done in photoshop cs2. they are quite long winded. but if you are going to use them all the time then you can save them as an action and the just add the text afterwards.

Samui13, and chance of loading up the CS2 action, or a guide on how you did them?