You wanted more pictures and a new thread. After all your nice words I do what you ask me to.

I´ll start with some octos today:

I am drooling over my keyboard! Thank-you for the amazing pics!!

WOW, what kind of equipment do you use Henrik?

check out his first thread Henk click here
Thanks again for some amazing photography Henrik

Henrik,
Are all of your pictures from Bonaire? Thanks for sharing.

Steve

Abosolutely incredible sharpness & clarity... Keep them coming... For me this is the best way way I get to see whats below the surface...

That octo looks look he could use a filet-o-fish in that last pic!

"OH!" (That was out loud and enthusiastic!) Lovely photos!

Steve, if you have a windows machine, roll your mouse over the picture and find that Henrik has named them by sight in the little popups (unless he just happens to have names for the fish that correspond to resorts!)

(Message edited by seb on May 6, 2005)

Yes, they are all from Bonaire. I try to name them after the sight, but my memory may not be 100% now six months after the trip.

I did most of the dives at Buddy´s Reef and still have a lot left to take pictures of when I return in september.

Now to one of my favourite type of fish. To bad that there is only one kind of hawkfish at Bonaire - the Redspotted Hawkfish.

What gorgeous colors on the octopus! Just lovely, Henrik.

Thank you so much for letting us enjoy your work....simply breathtaking shots. Carole

Henrik, do you have any shots of my favorite little guys, the Red Lip Blenny?? I'd love to see one, if you do! Thanks, Carole

we all look forward to more photos on your next trip...again thanks for sharing your photos...you certainly have an eye

Henrik, Everyone has used just about every word to describe the wonder of your photos. They are absolutely amazing!! You should definitely send them to National Geographic. With prints like these Bonaire is bound to get a full spread in the magazine.... and you could make a bundle... of course then you would get too busy to share with your friends on Bonaire Talk.

I have read so much about the decorator crab. I believe that your first 2 photos are of a decorator crab. Do I have that right? Thank you so much for taking the time to share your prints! They have brought me such joy (and obviously everyone else too)!!

How long have you been taking underwater photos... What sort of training do you have?
You are now the official photo guru to Bonaire!~!!

Thank you again!!
Dana

Dana,
You make me blush! It would be a dream to get a photo in just any magazine, since this is only a hobby for me. NG is miles higher than that.
If anyone of you here know someone who could be interested in publishing some pictures - let them know I´m easily bought... ;-)

Yes it´s a decorator crab, a Southern Teardrop Crab (Pelia rutunda) I think. Correct me if you know better.

I´ve been diving for ten years and taking photos half the time. Bonaire (two trips) is my only diving in warm waters, so it´s paradise for me. The only training is my own trial and error.

Henrik, These images are great! Do you use a digital camera? Your focus is so precise.
Thanks for sharing them.

Henrik, thank you so much for posting more of your pictures, they are absolutely incredible! I agree with pursuing the NG publishing angle!

Henrik..at least enter some of the scuba magazine or Bonaire magazine photo contests..we( the BT jury) would agree they are award winners...do you have others from other dive destinations ?

Ok, if I see any contest I´ll try. Sweden is a small country with only one diving magazine, so if you see any suitable contest or magazine, please let me know.

About the redlip blenny. That´s one of the fishes than I´m going to try to get a good shot of this september. They are both shy and fast... Corals are easier to shot. Like these:

Ok, taking pictures is easy - uploading is the hard part... Strange method on this site.

One more try:

What the...

I think I got it. The limit is 50k in theory and 47k in my computer. Or?

Henrik, your photo's are just amazing. The color is just so clear and beautiful. I love them all!!

Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

Henrik, I can't wait to see your Blenny when you return in September. I will have a little "talk" with the Blennies when we are down there in a few weeks....I'll let them know you are a good guy and will make them gorgeous without looking too pompous!

Blennies crack me up because they always seem like they are "barking" at me when I study them...little heads always bobbing up and down trying the scare me off. They are so cute. I don't "stress" them out...they automatically start barking! Carole

Just amazing. Thank-you!!!!!!

Good Morning Henrik,
I have been searching photo contests and found tons of entries that do not hold a candle to yours.

You could go right to the source with NG's photo contest
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/pcontest/intro.html

or

just do a Google search for under water photo contest

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=underwater+photography+contest&btnG=Google+Search

Let us know which contest you enter and I am sure we will all go to the site and vote for you:-)

Your photos are spectacular!!!

Dana

Hendrik, I have really been enjoying your beautiful photos!!! They are very professional quality and are sure to win prizes or maybe even a trip back to Bonaire!!! Good Luck on your entries!

Henrik
I was so impressed with your pics that I sent the link to my son who is a professional photographer. He seldom has much to say about anything I have to show him, guess I haven't reached a level he can appreciate yet. Anyway I have copied his response below.


Those were very cool shots. The color and contrast are perfect and there is virtually no debree in the water. It looks like he took them all in his bath tub

Henrik, your pictures are incredible. You should go to SCUBABOARD and post your pictures there also. Gary

Thanks for the help with links and stuff. I´ll check them out.

Meanwhile you can look at some teeth...

You are sooooo good to us, Henrik!! Good luck with the entries and I certainly hope you can land a spread in the NG!! That would be the best ever. That was always a dream I had, too...to work for National Geographic's photo department taking pics....what fun that would be...

Please keep us posted as to your entries and contacts, OK? Thanks again for sharing your wonderful work with us. Carole

I think that all the nice words about photos have already been said, so I will not repeat all of them. Just one: AMAZING

I would like to say that your work has inspired me to attempt to take better underwater photos when I snorkel. You have an eye for composition, and clarity of your shots is superb.

I noticed that all of your shots have a black border, so I assume some PhotoShop work has been done. Some questions for you.

1) Can you reveal the type adjustments you are typically doing on the photos?
2) What photo editing package are you using?
3) Are you applying any filters to make the shots so clear?

Please keep the posts coming…

I would like to see a select few individuals that have permission to upload pictures beyond the 50K limit. I would suggest that Henrik Jonsson is one of the individuals who could exceed the limit.

It is so nice to see larger, high quality images.

Henrik has a web site displaying his photos. Check his profile.

Not sure the recent Bonaire photos are displayed there yet, but plenty more where these came from.

Gord, Henrik covered some of his techniques on the first thread....here is a copy of that posting. If you have not seen the first thread of Henrik's, definitely go back and check it out....just superb!! Carole

"By Henrik Jonsson (BonaireTalker - Post #28) on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 5:53 am:
Thanks Dan

I usually shot in JPEG (highest quality) with some colour correction in PhotoShop 7. Mostly I use curves with black and white points. For shots with only natural light i often use RAW.

Both camera and srobes are in manual mode without any other light meter than the cameras own. I use the information in the histogram to adjust the exposure during the dive. In the prewiev picture on the back of the camera I can see if I got the fish the way I wanted it, but not the exposure or focus. "

Thanks Carol,
I also use UnSharp Mask on the pics before upploading them (radius 0.3). No filter on the camera.

I will start a new thread with some shots later today...