I thought I might as well enter this months theme, so here's a shot of a Giant Moray
These are surprisingly approachable animals provided you take your time, this was taken about 50cm from the eel. He was happy enough with this, but I stayed at this distance for sake of the composition
Canon 7d in a Subal CD7 housing
60mm macro
1/160th f8, ISO 200
lit with 2 x Inon z240 strobes
Hi Mike - those teeth look sharp, I'd keep my distance for that reason. Another nice underwater image. I wondered what it would look like with a bit more pop so I took it into PS, applied a linear contrast curves adjustment, a luminosity mask to tame the highlights at 30% and then another round of selective sharpening. Not sure if this is off-base but thought I'd give it a try. WDYT? I would prefer a bit more room below but understand how difficult it can be to compose with currents, etc. Thanks for participating in this month's theme.
Hi Mike ,
another great UW shot i think , and it fits well in the row of tight predator portraits.
Like the overall composition and the detail in the moray skin. Colors are very nice as we can see in Rachel`s RP .The BG is too contrasty for my liking , i would back off on the contrast or even really darken it down.
Thanks for looking and commenting everyone. The re-post adds a little extra which works well, but what I should have done at the time of shooting was to turn the strobe on my left down in power and turned it to face inwards. That would have naturally darkened the background. Still, you live and learn!
Giant Moray
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