Cavern shots

[Clay Coleman]

I'm no caver (they don't call me "wrongway" for nothing), but I enjoy spring diving. Who has some cavern shots? Here's one from the Rainbow River:
http://claycoleman.tripod.com/1e4bdd30.jpg
Clay

[Jonathan Bird]

Do cenotes count??

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs6/cenote8.jpg

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs/dos_ojos1.jpg

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs/dos_ojos2.jpg

I never thought I would enjoy cave diving, but I really had a blast in the cenotes! It's not "real" cave diving, but it's a lot like it.

Jonathan

[Clay Coleman]

Wow! Was that on the Yucatan? -Clay

[Jonathan Bird]

Yes, those were all at Dos Ojos in Mexico. It was my first experience with cenote diving and shooting in that kind of environment, using slave strobes, etc. I did it with a Nik V and a 15. If I were to do it again, the pics would be better (these scans are a little crappy too). It's very challenging to shoot these because the walls and rock formations are pure white and overexpose very easily, but the rest of the scene is as dark as night and the water just swallows light. Very tricky. Very clear water though, so no backscatter as long as nobody kicks it up. Amazing place to take pics, but you need at least two assistants to hold strobes and model. It's hard to place the lights for good effect of backlighting people and objects and to be sure they all trigger. This is a place where digital would rule, because you can see when things aren't working. I would love to go do it again.

Jonathan

[Clay Coleman]

I've never done any cenotes on the Yucatan. Let me know if you'd like to try it again. -Clay

[ouigiman]

Here are a couple I took from northern Florida last year using my nikonos V/15mm lens. One is cavern, and one is cave diving.

Luigi

[Clay Coleman]

I don't recognize the cavern in the first shot. Where was that taken? -Clay

[ouigiman]

I don't recognize the cavern in the first shot. Where was that taken? -Clay

Hi Clay
Both pictures were taken at Pea**** Springs State Park in Luraville. The restriction is called the "peanut tunnel".

Luigi

[ouigiman]

Hi Clay
Both pictures were taken at Pea**** Springs State Park in Luraville. The restriction is called the "peanut tunnel".

Luigi
Hmmm ... I guess the system didnt like the word above and replaced the 4 letter word and replaced it with * ... lol.

Luigi

[Clay Coleman]

Hmmm ... I guess the system didnt like the word above and replaced the 4 letter word and replaced it with * ... lol.

Luigi

I assume so! -Clay

[sirkia]

Hi,

Tomorrow morning I am going to Florida =)
I'll try to take some pictures from Florida Springs.

// Stefu

[Sharp]

Here is one cavern picture from Finland. It´s taken in mine, because we dont have natural caves in Finland.

Hi,

Tomorrow morning I am going to Florida =)
I'll try to take some pictures from Florida Springs.

// Stefu



Lucky you. Have a nice trip.:)

[sirkia]

Here is one cavern picture from Finland. It´s taken in mine, because we dont have natural caves in Finland.


Very nice picture. It's hard to believe that picture is taken at finland.
There is so much daylight ;)



Lucky you. Have a nice trip.:)

Thanks!

[jhaaja]

No cavern shots, but a few cave shots from two different mines here in Finland. Those warm water real caves look really tempting... I have only been to one real cave and it sure was not warm, air 10C and water 8C. And there were a lot of bats and other blood sucking creatures...

[Clay Coleman]

Those are some nice, crisp images, jhaaja. Could you give us more info on how and where they were taken?- Clay

[Sharp]

Here is two cavern pictures from this summer. First one is natural greenwater like it is in really.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/mine_6/slides/boys_in_cavern.jpg

Water is made to blue with Lightroom from the same place at the same time.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/mine_6/slides/boys_in_cavern2.jpg

Pictures are taken in old limestonemine in Finland. Same place that jhaaha has took his pictures.

[Sharp]

There is couple more cavern pictures that I took two days ago.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Dynamite/slides/south_cavern.jpg

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Dynamite/slides/south_cavern2.jpg

[Sharp]

There is few more pictures from another cavern. Not sharp ones but pictures anyway.:rolleyes:

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Pumppingroom/slides/cavern.jpg

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Pumppingroom/slides/cavern2.jpg

Here I have used flash, so it is sharper than others.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Pumppingroom/slides/cavern5.jpg

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Pumppingroom/slides/cavern6.jpg