Posted by Jim Greenfield on February 13, 2007 at 2:38 PM
A large and rare anemone found in one or two sea-lochs in W. Scotland. Maybe 30cms across. Its body is buried in thick dark mud at a depth of about 12m. I got one shot before the cloud of mud rolled in from where I was kneeling/sinking. The tentacles are slowly retracting in response to my focussing light.
Taken about three years ago on film and scanned which unfortunately has blown the highlights a bit which are OK on the slide. Never mind I'm going back there in August and will have a go with my digital kit.
Nikon F90x, 60mm macro, two flashes, Velvia. Loch Hourn.
Posted by Rene de Heer on February 13, 2007 at 3:41 PM
Excellent and nice to see a different kind of image!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Graeme Lee on February 13, 2007 at 5:28 PM
As Rene said, nice to see a different image. Don't know anything about underwater photography, but I'd say this was pretty top notch!!
Posted by Graham Bailey on February 13, 2007 at 6:53 PM
Beautiful. wonderfully lit and i like the fact that you can see individual curls of the outer tentacles. My only nit would be that i'd like to see something of where the tentacles are coming from but it still works very well in a more abstract way without that.
Posted by Sean Bolton on February 16, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Hi Jim
A stunning image, highlights look fine to me.
Great to see these types of shot, fantastic technique with excellent lighting.
Discussion
6 repliesTaken about three years ago on film and scanned which unfortunately has blown the highlights a bit which are OK on the slide. Never mind I'm going back there in August and will have a go with my digital kit.
Nikon F90x, 60mm macro, two flashes, Velvia. Loch Hourn.
(PS A belated welcome to UKNP
Rene de Heer
A stunning image, highlights look fine to me.
Great to see these types of shot, fantastic technique with excellent lighting.
cheers
Sean