A few from Hawaii

[BrettN]

This is my first post in the UW forum from my first dive trip with a camera. I shot these in Hawaii last may.

[DigitalScape]

Looks like you had a great dive - I like the colors you captured in the last two images of the eel.

[Marv800]

Ahh.. the Corsair... such a quintessential Hawaii dive...

[BrettN]

Originally Posted by Marv800

Ahh.. the Corsair... such a quintessential Hawaii dive...

I really enjoyed the corsair. We went back and did a night dive there on the last day of diving and it was great. I'm looking forward to going back in a few years.

[johnnycarter22]

I love underwater shots, never get to do such a thing myself, but I find yours quite beautiful.

[dcopeland]

Very nice! Curious what kind of housing/lighting you used?


David

[BrettN]

these were taken with a nikon d90 in an ikelite housing with two DS-161 strobes. The corsair was shot with a 12-24/4 and the others were taken with a 105/2.8. I love the 105, but found it to be a little difficult to work with underwater on the d90 so I am going to do macro stuff this year with the 60mm.

[BrettN]

sounds good! I'll check out the site

[David Alaniz]

Brett, you've capture some pretty nice underwater images. It's gotta be a blast doing that under those conditions. It was a pleasure metting you at the rookery. Take Care, David.

[slater62586]

Those look amazing.

[BrettN]

Originally Posted by dda

Brett, you've capture some pretty nice underwater images. It's gotta be a blast doing that under those conditions. It was a pleasure metting you at the rookery. Take Care, David.

good meeting you too. I'll look for you next time I'm out there.

[PhotoByLeal]

how did I miss these awesome pictures.....
what kind of plane is this and how long has it been down there for?
how far down was this?

thanks,

[BrettN]

Originally Posted by PhotoByLeal

how did I miss these awesome pictures.....
what kind of plane is this and how long has it been down there for?
how far down was this?

thanks,

It is an F4 Corsair and it is in about 105' of water. According to the story I heard, the pilot ditched the plane in 1948 due to mechanical problems or was out of gas. It was originally in about 30' of water on a reef but was moved to deeper water in the 70s to protect it from waves and make it less accessible to snorkelers and scavengers. It's pretty much intact. The cowling was supposedly ripped off because the original mooring line was tied to it and the fabric surfaces are gone (rudder, elevators, etc.). It's a couple miles offshore southeast of oahu. Definitely a cool dive if you get a chance. We dove it twice while we were there. It's not always accessible due to waves and strong currents.

[Bombsight]

Really nice shots! .... Waiting on a Subal CD7 housing / 200mm dome port / Tokina 10-17mm / twin Inon z240's kit from Backscatter. Trying it out for the first time in Cabo-Mex. in 3 weeks.
Thanks for stoking me.