I recently went to Redang for the first time. Two firsts on this trip. As already stated, this was the first time I have ever been the Redang, having somehow missed numerous trips there because of one reason or the other. I must go on the record to say that Redang is almost everything they say it to be. Beautiful white sandy beaches and clear azure waters perfect for idling the day away. (Well.. almost perfect. You need to minus out the many local ah beng's and ah lians from the mental picture)
Anyways.. I went there for the diving, and that certainly did not disapoint. Redang boasts of some absolutely gorgeous coral formations, incredibly picturest and is definately a wide-angle photographers dream. Which leads me to my second first. This is the first time I got to use a 'housed' digital SLR to take pictures with. The only minor problem was that it ws set up for macro. Which restricted me to shooting anemone and their resident clown and anemone fish, darting blennies and the very occasional nudibranch. NK shot some stunning wide angles, which to me is really the next level for underwater photographers. Shooting on macro is simple enough I guess.. maybe I am used to it. Shooting with an SLR is a totally different experience from using my tiny housed IXUS. For starters, you need to use the tiny view finder. Easy enough on land, but its a totally different scenario underwater with a dive mask on, peering through a tiny opening in the housing. Tiring to say the least. However, what you get is much improved focussing speeds and much sharper pictures, and not to mention the better compositions. Now, all I need is to save up loads and loads of moolah to get myself rigged.
Anyways.. go check out my pictures at: http://homepage.mac.com/dyap38
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