Hi Guys,
Back from Tonga. Trip went great. lots of whales and some good photos. Nino will post them for me soon. I was wondering if anybody out there knows if the quality of your image is effected when using the raw compression . On my d2x a raw file is about 19mb and on raw compression its 9 to 10 mb. :Smoke: cheers

Hi Guys,
Back from Tonga. Trip went great. lots of whales and some good photos. Nino will post them for me soon. I was wondering if anybody out there knows if the quality of your image is effected when using the raw compression . On my d2x a raw file is about 19mb and on raw compression its 9 to 10 mb. :Smoke: cheers

Welcome back Gutsy! :)

Don't worry when using compressed RAW on your D2X as there is no image quality degradation. :) What you loose in compression is actually recoverable DR which is useful in PP... e.g. Shadow and Highlight detail... But if you nailed your exposure, which I have no doubt you absolutely did :) ... You need not be troubled.

All the best...

Gutsy's Hump Backing Hump Backs

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/80.jpg

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/84.jpg

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/99.jpg

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/164.jpg

Huwaw! Great whale shots Gutsy! Ang galing! Parang sumisid na rin ako katabi ng whale! :D :)

fantastic! i have to add this to the list of must-do's in my life!

Ganda naman ng mga shots mo Gutsy. Talagang ang laki ng mga humpback whales sa pictures pa lang you could imagine their size.

Grabe! Only in my wildest dreams can I humpback, humpback whales too. :) Kainggit! :D

Hay. These photos really make me miss my diving days way back 1982. It's nice to know that we have very good photographers who can make me experience it again, albeit virtually. :)

Fantastic! can't believe it at first, i thought it was CG.

Awesome whales!!!! :) anggaling galing naman!!!! parang tinitignan kayo!

Welcome back Gutsy! :)

Don't worry when using compressed RAW on your D2X as there is no image quality degradation. :) What you loose in compression is actually recoverable DR which is useful in PP... e.g. Shadow and Highlight detail... But if you nailed your exposure, which I have no doubt you absolutely did :) ... You need not be troubled.

All the best...

Hi Earl,
Thanks alot man for the info, i love learning new shit everyday.
cheers

Sir Gutsy! Awesome humping pix! I am always excited to see new photos from your underwater escapades! :D

Hi Earl,
Thanks alot man for the info, i love learning new shit everyday.
cheers

Dude,
Your alive????

Nin

darn, i can't view the photos... regional IT people probably blocked it again... sigh.:(

wow! parang panaginip... kelan kaya ako makakapg shoot ng mga whales? siguro pag naalis na ang fear ko sa dagat! medyo matagal pa yun. I guess i'd just go back to dreaming....

absolutely wonderful...

really nice whale pics,
Hats off to you Gutsy, its hard to compose, take pics and swim at the same time :)

Gutsy's Hump Backing Hump Backs

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/80.jpg



Damn!!!!! This is an awesome in your face whale shot!!!!!!!!!!! :Dum: :Dum: :Dum:

Hi Guys,
Thanks for all your kind comments. Whale swimming is a "must do before " adventure. You don't even have to know how to scuba dive, its all done on snorkel. You don't even have to use bulky strobes, but it is hard work. It takes many hours just trying to get close to the whales and once you do, its really up to the whale if it wants to hang around for you to take its picture. I was told to give myself 7 days for the shoot. i was only there for 4 and got lucky. The pic of the in your face whale shot was actually the last shot just before the whale hit me with its pectoral fin. there is no better feeling than getting bitch slapped by a 4 ton, 20 foot whale calf !!
cheers

nice shots! keep em coming:)

WOW:) Keep em coming Mr. T! :)

The master is back!!! Awesome shots! Like everyone here, we only dream of seeing the whales ourselves... You got us as close as we can.... :D

Wow! Those photos are awesome.

Amazing captures. Brilliant work Gutsy.

Gutsy, these are amazingly awesome photos of whales! I wish I could try that too. That close-up photo is sooo nice! :) How big and heavy can an adult whale be? A whale calf that's 4 tons and 20 feet long? That's huge! I wonder how it feels if you get hit by an adult! :D

Good job, Gutsy! These are magnificent creatures.

Regards,
Norman

Super. Thanks for sharing.
gil

very nice shots gutsy,

what type of housing do you use???

mark

Gutsy, I forgot to mention earlier you can have these pictures published by National Geographic.:)

Nice shots! Anymore? :D

finally, nakita ko na... nice shots.. :)

@gutsy - I was able to see the shark pics you had in nino's media viewer.. those are awesome as well... ("smiling" shark's the best one for me...:) )

very nice shots gutsy,

what type of housing do you use???

mark

Hi Mark,
thanks, i use an Aquatica housing for my D2x, cheers,Gutsy

Gutsy, these are amazingly awesome photos of whales! I wish I could try that too. That close-up photo is sooo nice! :) How big and heavy can an adult whale be? A whale calf that's 4 tons and 20 feet long? That's huge! I wonder how it feels if you get hit by an adult! :D
hi Louie,
Adults can get up to 45 feet and 40 to 45 tons. The females are actually bigger than males. It was the end of the mating and birthing season when I was there, thye females have been there for 4 months already with out eating. They had lost about 1/3 of their weight already. I can only imagine how big they are with their full weight on. I think getting hit by an adult could kill you easily.
cheers

thanks for sharing gutsy.

love the first pix! i miss diving. need to sked a dive trip soon.

finally, nakita ko na... nice shots.. :)

@gutsy - I was able to see the shark pics you had in nino's media viewer.. those are awesome as well... ("smiling" shark's the best one for me...:) )

Hi Ann,
be careful of that vampire Nino. He is also known as the Davao Dracula. Have you ever seen him during the day ?? Thanks and will post more shark pics,
cheers

Hi Ann,
be careful of that vampire Nino. He is also known as the Davao Dracula. Have you ever seen him during the day ??

OT: Lestat :D "Crucifixes don't work right!?" Nino, you there dude?! :Grin:

hi Louie,
Adults can get up to 45 feet and 40 to 45 tons. The females are actually bigger than males. It was the end of the mating and birthing season when I was there, thye females have been there for 4 months already with out eating. They had lost about 1/3 of their weight already. I can only imagine how big they are with their full weight on. I think getting hit by an adult could kill you easily.
cheers

Thanks for the info, Gutsy! :) They are huge and heavy! I would really love to see one of those.

Hi Ann,
be careful of that vampire Nino. He is also known as the Davao Dracula. Have you ever seen him during the day ?? Thanks and will post more shark pics,
cheers

Hi Gutsy,

It was nice meeting you this afternoon. Thanks for the warning! I'll be more careful from now on... Come to think of it, I've never seen him under the sun.. always indoors or at night... uh oh.. haha... :D


more pics pls...?:)

New Gutsy tanks.

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/26.jpg

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/69.jpg

http://www.ncarandang.com/gutsy/85.jpg

Thanks to tankbanger aka Davao Dracula for posting my new pics, obviously i don't have much to do today and have been hanging around the DPP office all day.

Thanks to tankbanger aka Davao Dracula for posting my new pics, obviously i don't have much to do today and have been hanging around the DPP office all day.

I envy the opportunity you have Bro.! :) Awesome photography you have here!

Thanks to tankbanger aka Davao Dracula for posting my new pics, obviously i don't have much to do today and have been hanging around the DPP office all day.

Sometimes I wonder how we get work done with you around. :Grin:

Amazing images! I can almost taste the saltwater. How close were you when you took the first shot?

amazing images!!

Wow, the photos are awesome. Great capture Gutsy. :)

waaaah! sobra ganda! gusto ko yan!
galeng mo gutsy!

bernard,
shots were taken from 10feet to around a foot away using a 10.5mm lens

Sometimes I wonder how we get work done with you around. :Grin:
wuhahahahah!!!! gutsy, you should know that nino talks a lot about you! hahaha. so in a way, ganti-gantihan lang kayo 2.

btw, he also showed me your other underwater photos in his photo viewer. grabe, i'm at a loss for words....there were a lot of photos that just blew me out of the water...so to speak... hehehe...

...but im rather interested in those shots not of fishes or anything from the sea.... :Grin::Grin::Grin:....i have yet to see them....

wuhahahahah!!!! gutsy, you should know that nino talks a lot about you! hahaha. so in a way, ganti-gantihan lang kayo 2.

btw, he also showed me your other underwater photos in his photo viewer. grabe, i'm at a loss for words....there were a lot of photos that just blew me out of the water...so to speak... hehehe...

...but im rather interested in those shots not of fishes or anything from the sea.... :Grin::Grin::Grin:....i have yet to see them....

OT: hey jay, i think i know what you mean... but i don't think i'll be quite interested to see those photos... =p

wuhahahahah!!!! gutsy, you should know that nino talks a lot about you! hahaha. so in a way, ganti-gantihan lang kayo 2.

btw, he also showed me your other underwater photos in his photo viewer. grabe, i'm at a loss for words....there were a lot of photos that just blew me out of the water...so to speak... hehehe...

...but im rather interested in those shots not of fishes or anything from the sea.... :Grin::Grin::Grin:....i have yet to see them....

Ha ha, guess davao dracula told you about my "night shots" looks like the boyz might need to go in the field for some hands on training:Smoke:

Ha ha, guess davao dracula told you about my "night shots" looks like the boyz might need to go in the field for some hands on training:Smoke:

OT: Yep. I think the boys need a "dive" master to tour us around the hottest "dive" spots in the Metro. I just hope we don't come across any whales.

OT: Yep. I think the boys need a "dive" master to tour us around the hottest "dive" spots in the Metro. I just hope we don't come across any whales.

huwaw!!!!! now that's...really....something....to....look forward to! hehehe...im going underwater! hahaha

ako ok lang ma slap! wag lang ng whale! hahaha.....:Grin:

SUPERB shots ! Hope I can do it someday .... Just came from a dive in Tingo, Cebu. My wife & the DM saw the Thresher shark ako malas due new mask fogging. Hope my mask won't do that to me pag whale na ! Excellent shots ! Master Gutsy want lens are u using with those shots if you don't mind me asking ?

hi clemn,
yes fix the mask fogging problem or else you wont see shit. Am using a nikon d2x with a 10.5mm lens. no strobe
cheers dude

Thanks. Btw, do you know Alex Floro ? I also saw you featured in one of the magazine in the philippines. Thanks again . . .

Nice Capture Gutsy, :)
OT : btw Do have a photo of the Whale with a diver or snorkel in the background so we can see the ratio of the human to a whale, just asking if you have...If you have, please share naman....
Other OT: Did Aquatica Housing have the accessories for all nikkor lenses?, which has more Aquatica or Sea and Sea?

Wow Gutsy! Is that the same D2x you got last Christmas? :P

Nice Capture Gutsy, :)
OT : btw Do have a photo of the Whale with a diver or snorkel in the background so we can see the ratio of the human to a whale, just asking if you have...If you have, please share naman....
Other OT: Did Aquatica Housing have the accessories for all nikkor lenses?, which has more Aquatica or Sea and Sea?

Hi Eric,
check out the gallery for pics with diver and whale. Both sea& sea & aquatica should have the same amount. But for sure I know aquatica has it all
cheers

Hi Jerry,
yes same one. love it to death.
cheers

Hi Eric,
check out the gallery for pics with diver and whale. Both sea& sea & aquatica should have the same amount. But for sure I know aquatica has it all
cheers


Thanks for the info Gutsy....:)

amazing shots gutsy! i think i'll freeze at the sight of those whales :Grin:

I like the smiling mama whale and the smiling baby whale... :D

Gutsy, do you give lessons?

Great shots.... must have been a thrill to capture them!

Romy

This is one hell of a shoot! Amazing pics, really nice... Thanks for sharing Gutsy .. :)

I won't be surprised if Gutsy did great photos, he always have, i have one of his books and really amazed by the way he composes and exposes his photographs!!! Thanks for letting us have a glimpse of what you saw underwater!!!:)

Hay. These photos really make me miss my diving days way back 1982. It's nice to know that we have very good photographers who can make me experience it again, albeit virtually. :)

Nap, don't you dive anymore?

I just started diving 3 years ago and I don't think I'll ever give it up.

ey bro, great pics!!!! only wish someday I get to do the same:Shock:

Gutsy, have Nino post the shots from the P2000.
Those were (quoting peter from family guy) FRIKKIN SWEET.

OT:
Nino... haha Tankbanger :D haha.
sorry... just had to :D

great images gutsy. congratulations! i hope my children will still be able to experience these magnificent creatures. thanks for capturing them for us.