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Introductions => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: FGAng on May 28, 2016, 03:09:38
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Been lurking around a bit, posted a few times, always enjoying the warmth, wit and advise from this very knowledgeable forum. Keep it up.
Call me FG, Ang is my last name. Been with Nikon since 1984, with FE2, first Nikkors in 1985 (35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 AiS and 105mm f/2.5 AiS). Succession of Nikon cameras: F801, FG, F801s, F70, D70, S2Pro (Fujifilm), D300, D60, D5000, D800, D3200, Df. Present active cameras Df and D800. Too many Nikkors: 16mm f/2.8 AFD, 20mm f/1.8G AFS, 24mm f/2.8 K Ai'D, 4 x 28mm, 6 x 50mm, Micro Nikkors (55 AiS, 60 AFD AFS, 105 AFD AFS, 200 AFD), 3 x 105mm f/2.5, ... ,300/4D AFS, TC14EII, TC17EII, TC20E. Too many zooms.
You might have noticed my avatar - daughter Hannah and I diving in Indonesia (D800, Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 used as FX) - I shoot quite a bit of underwater, mostly macro, some wide angles.
A small selection of what I shoot:
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/111215_Bunaken_0375s.jpg)
Indonesia, S2Pro, Tokina 10-17 FE
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/sushi2.jpg)
Japan, D300, 55 micro AiS
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/150129_388_Dongtan_s.jpg)
Korea, Df, 50/1.8 AiS
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/150123_129_Shibukawa_s2.jpg)
Japan, Df, 50/1.2 AiS
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/DSC_1993s.jpg)
New York City, D800, 20/4 Ai
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/Film_Nikons.jpg)
My film Nikons sitting pretty and not much else
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FG, what a pleasure to have you join us!
I would love to see your photos, especially the underwater stuff!
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Singapore is sure a place to shoot city scapes too. Looking forward to your contributions. Welcome!!!
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Welcome to NikonGear... :D. I have fond memories of lobsters in my plate in Singapour ::) I'm expecting your underwater way of seeing things (Alas I had to sell my faithful Nikonos V)!
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Underwater shooting, Df, D800, a long history of Nikon ownership, ..., what more could be requested? except stating the obvious, you are most welcome here at NG.
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Hello FG. I already had the pleasure looking at your photos through Flickr :) Nice to see you here on NG for some active participation in photography and discussions around the topic.
Add me to the folks intersted in seeing your underwater macros. I photographed a lot of fish a few years back, but mostly through the glass pane of aquariums. As soon as you introduce the medium water and add water to air surfaces you find yourself in a completely different world photographically and find new challenges to deal with opposed to photography outside of water bodies.
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Welcome !
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Hi FG, welcome here!
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Welcome To NG, one more interested in what you may share and especially in underwater photography!
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Welcome to Nikongear - I hope you will enjoy the forum and share lots!
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Welcome, FG. +1 interested in your underwater photography.
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Thank you so much for the welcomes! I am indeed honored to be with esteemed "sifu" (masters, in the Chinese language), and learning from you all.
I am embarking on my nerd-venture, just starting to figure out how to strip a AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6G (which I bought with a busted F65 at the local junk yard for about $7), with the aid of instructions from and AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED lens repair manual. Gotten to a few steps so far, but hampered by a cross-thread on the filter, and proceeding with caution. I have earlier asked Richard Haw to help me, but haven't received the tools and the Nikkors (200mm f/4 K and 135mm f/3.5Q), but the nerd in me just could not wait. So far so good, about to venture to the helicoid part...
OK, two underwater shots to share.
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/121119_Manado_0201s.jpg)
Giant Frogfish, Indonesia, S2Pro, 60mm Micro-Nikkor, just not sure AF-S or AF-D. Ikelite housing. http://www.ikelite.com/housings/nikon/.
Frogfishes are known as anglerfish in some parts of the world. Famed for having a face that "only the mother can love", they tend to walk rather than swim. Hunting by stealth. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogfish
(http://gallery.clubsnap.com/data/500/DM_and_cleaner_shrimps_s.jpg)
Dive master and cleaner shrimps, Bali, Indonesia. Nikon J1, 1 Nikkor 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6. Nikon WP-N1 Housing.
At certain locations ("cleaning stations"), shrimps and small fishes act as cleaning agents for larger fishes. If you dive near these cleaning stations you can see shrimps or fishes swimming into the jaws of much larger, predators safely, cleaning away residual food in between their teeth, as well as removing parasites on their skins and gil
These photos were taken with the aid of strobes, bulking underwater flashes that provide lighting and restore color to the subjects.
Enjoy.
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The Sushi is really fresh in this case
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Welcome to NikonGear! ;)