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i took this photo last week at Guadalupe Island , just last week.

i took this photo last week at Guadalupe Island , just last week.
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upload_dateSep, 2015

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5 Comments |
StevenWalker7270
 
StevenWalker7270 October 27, 2015
A lot of skill on this one. Holy moly that shark is pretty close.
jnoaman
 
jnoaman November 06, 2015
this is magnificent, wonderful, well done and thank you for the view
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots May 08, 2016
Amazing capture! Congrats.
libbsguajardo
 
libbsguajardo October 18, 2016
Wow i would love this for a wallper
sharonotero
 
sharonotero June 10, 2018
Such a cool perspective! Nice shot.

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Behind The Lens

Location

Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Time

It was taken mid morning

Lighting

The sun was behind me, and I was only using ambient light. (No strobes)

Equipment

I was shooting with my canon 70D. Lens was a fish eye 10-17 F3.5-4.5 Tokina

Inspiration

I wanted to capture the shark with open jaws to try to capture the power that this shark possesses

Editing

The only post processing that was done was in Lightroom 5 to sharpen the eye, and to bring out the true grey of the shark. The water at Guadalupe Island is really that blue with over 100 feet plus of visibility.

In my camera bag

While shooting underwater, I have my Ikelite housing, canon 70D, and most of the time I am shooting with my Fish Eye lens.

Feedback

I learned that when photographing in really blue water it is hard for the camera to auto focus. So I went to my custom setting and used my auto focus lock. When I got into the cage, I got as high up in the cage as possible, shot the bottom of the cage which was around 8 feet down. This then allowed my to fire away at my subject without having to worry about the camera auto focusing. Just as long as my subject was within 8 feet. This worked out great since I was shooting with a fish eye lens.

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