Jellyfish

[Roman Kurywczak]

On a rainy day at the Tampa Aquarium. Very difficult shooting conditions as the place was crowded and the tank had many jellyfish. I wasn't sure if I should post it here....as I used my 17-40mm lens....but it did say close ups in the despcription of the forum.....and the jellyfish was only about 6 inches away from me. Canon 1D Mark lll with the 17-40mm lens at 22mm for 1/100th sec at f22 and ISO 400 the Canon 580EZ flash off camera at minus 1/3. Clean up of a few floaties in water in PP'ing.

[Charles Wesley]

Roman,

Really like this image. Most excellent graphic of a jellyfish. One can do close up photos with a WA zoom lens. Mine has a macro setting.

Thanks for sharing...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com

[Randy Stout]

Roman:
Most excellent, flash work really made this fellow pop. Like the lighter area in RUC, like he is heading towards the light. Typical Romanesque cropping. Makes me want to try it!

Thanks for providing a lovely image and inspiration too!

Cheers

Randy

[Julie Kenward]

Roman, I really love how the side lighting works here. It really does give a 3D feel to the image and creates a true feeling of suspension. The details are tremendously clear for this "behind glass" type of image. Have you by any chance tried this in black & white??? ;)

[Charissa]

Ditto Julie, like everything about the shot.

[Paul Lagasi]

Roman ... I've been to a lot of aquariums, and tried to capture what you've got here...really good work, exposure, sharpness...I qould have thought this was taken underwater not thru glass...TFS

[Harshad Barve]

Inspirational image Roman ,
TFS

[Ken Childs]

Extremely well done, Roman! I know how hard it is to shoot jellies and I don't think this could have been done any better.

[Nick Palmieri]

Very nice. I also like the 3D effect and the different BG colors. I think I saw you walking down the street in flippers and goggles...

[Markus Jais]

Great shot of this amazing creature. I like the transparency, the 3D look and the color of the BG.

Markus

[Mike Moats]

Awesome image Roman, love the lighting as this guy glows.

[Vida van der Walt]

A super image of an interesting creature Roman. You did a great job of shooting through the glass. Love the glow and detail.:)

[Desmond Chan]

Beautiful !! The sharpness and exposure are spot on ! Also like the background with those different shades of blue.

[Adrian David]

Excellent 3D feeling and beautiful lighting!
You don't see every day something like that! Well done!