NW DIVE GIRL
  • Home
  • Adventures
  • 50-State Route
  • Store
  • Gallery
    • Instagram
    • Cold Water
    • Tropical
    • Above Water Fun
  • About

Snooting

1/31/2019

0 Comments

 
Snooting is something I just started and failed miserably my first two attempts.  I mean literally - no photos!  Total fail!! Then my mentor Billy worked with me and while it certainly didn't quite click (and I'm certain I drove him nuts) the foundation was at least put in place for some forward progress.  Below if my so called forward progress.  I spent a good hour in 15-20 feet of water snooting and found a highly cooperative little Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker which was quite a treat!  I'll keep snooting during evening dives at Redondo to keep things interesting.  It is frustrating as hell, until it actually works!  Then it's pretty dramatic and worthwhile.
Snooting... while it sounds like something you might do when you blow your nose, is actually a simple concept of funneling all of your light onto your subject to highlight it... light putting a spot light on a stage actor to draw in your attention.  The challenge is getting that spotlight on your subject and your subject in focus (oh, and don't stir up the bottom)!
Cheers!
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    ​Pamela Treischel is a SCUBA diving enthusiast, underwater photography hobbyist and Ambassador for the Inland Ocean Coalition.

    Archives

    December 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019

    Categories

    All
    30X30
    Above Water
    Campbell River
    Canada
    Cold Water
    Fiji
    Fresh Water
    God's Pocket
    Hood Canal
    Inland Ocean Coalition
    RV Life
    Saltwater State Park
    Sharks
    Snooting
    Snow
    Tiny Living
    Underwater
    Warm Water

    RSS Feed

Follow me....
​Create a Splash & Dive In!

Picture

I take only pictures
and leave only bubbles.
Let's leave each site better than we found it!

  • Home
  • Adventures
  • 50-State Route
  • Store
  • Gallery
    • Instagram
    • Cold Water
    • Tropical
    • Above Water Fun
  • About