Posted by Matt Doggett on April 16, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Here's one of my underwater ones from the Red Sea earlier this year. I had just bought a new wide angle lens and dome port so the whole week was a bit experimental and combined with a dodgy flash gun made things a bit tricky. However, a few shots came out well including this one.
The shark is an oceanic white-tip and was very inquisitive about our group. She was constantly buzzing us and then chasing our bubbles to the surface before returning. This made adjusting camera settings a bit of a rush! This image is about a 70% crop as another diver's head was in the way in the bottom left corner. I have cloned out some bubbles in this area. I found this difficult with the change in blue hues but it does not show on a 16x20 glicee print, and only slightly here. Any tips on how to do that better would be greatly appreciated.
The fish in front of the shark are called pilot fish and typically swim with this species. Presumably to feed on bits of prey during dinner time!
Cheers
Matt
Canon 5D, 17-40mm lens at 17mm, Ikelite housing, no flash, ISO 100, f20, 1/60s.
Posted by Craig Jones on April 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Lovely image matt and lets see more, i learnt to dive in 01/maldives(PADI) and i've never forgotten the manter rays,sharks still do it now and saving for housing for d300, some great underwater photos on your site, well done
Posted by Major Gilbert on April 17, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Looks like there was some great timing of everything coming together just right.
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11 repliesThe shark is an oceanic white-tip and was very inquisitive about our group. She was constantly buzzing us and then chasing our bubbles to the surface before returning. This made adjusting camera settings a bit of a rush! This image is about a 70% crop as another diver's head was in the way in the bottom left corner. I have cloned out some bubbles in this area. I found this difficult with the change in blue hues but it does not show on a 16x20 glicee print, and only slightly here. Any tips on how to do that better would be greatly appreciated.
The fish in front of the shark are called pilot fish and typically swim with this species. Presumably to feed on bits of prey during dinner time!
Cheers
Matt
Canon 5D, 17-40mm lens at 17mm, Ikelite housing, no flash, ISO 100, f20, 1/60s.
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