An anemone with the remains of its last meal, the test and spines of a Purple Urchin. Taken Sunday at the tidepools just over from Cook's Chasm, Cape Perpetua. I was scouting for locations where I could do some over/under shots (ie half in and half out of the water) and was rather taken by this.
As I look at it now, I'm a little bothered by the way one tentacle is overlapping the test a little,, but I liked the way the texture of the tentacle bases radiates out from the test.
D200 and 60mm macro lens. Water shaded with a reflector to reduce glare. C&C welcome. It sure is hard to capture that green glow in sRGB...
Craig,
You are right about the overlapping tentacle. BTW, do you proof your image's in monitor rgb before you save for the web? You can then see what it will look like before you post. Then just beef up the saturation and do a small levels adjustment and then save for the web.
Erik: Yes, I do all that, I have good color management practices in place. It looks right for me, using ICC profile aware browsers (like Safari on the Mac), but loses some zing in non-ICC profile aware browsers even on my color-managed system. I think that the glowing green these anemones show is just outside of the gamut that the sRGB colorspace covers.
Craig, this is cool. I have never worked with tide pool macros. I suspect that glare would be a huge issue. You did a great job eliminating any. It is an interresting subject that is not shown often. Thanks for sharing.
I've been meaning to go play a bit in the tidepools. It must be a challenge to focus through the water like this. I like the perspective the 60mm gives here. I think the tentacles alone are enough hold interest. It's cool that you caught the urchine, but the it really changes the tone of the image. I'd be intersted to see other shots you got from this area.
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4 repliesAs I look at it now, I'm a little bothered by the way one tentacle is overlapping the test a little,, but I liked the way the texture of the tentacle bases radiates out from the test.
D200 and 60mm macro lens. Water shaded with a reflector to reduce glare. C&C welcome. It sure is hard to capture that green glow in sRGB...
You are right about the overlapping tentacle. BTW, do you proof your image's in monitor rgb before you save for the web? You can then see what it will look like before you post. Then just beef up the saturation and do a small levels adjustment and then save for the web.
Thanks for the comment.
Sean