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Top view of a Christmas Tree Worm underwater.

Top view of a Christmas Tree Worm underwater.
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upload_dateAug, 2019

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Behind The Lens

Location

This image was taken in the Florida Keys off of Tavernier, FL.

Time

This was taken underwater during the morning dives between 9am and 12pm.

Lighting

One tip I learned about underwater macro photography was to place the strobes off to the side facing the subject. That works well when you have a subject like this that has texture.

Equipment

I was using an Olympus OMD EM-1 MK II with a 12-42mm lens inside a Nauticam housing with dual Sea and Sea YS-2D strobes. I also had the CMC-2 diopter on the housing as well.

Inspiration

I love taking photographs of Christmas Tree worms but most people, including myself, take the image from the side. I decided I wanted to try a different perspective and shoot straight down on one side and after several tries I was able to get this image!

Editing

I did some basic editing in Lightroom focusing on exposure, white and black point setting, and sharpening. I also cropped the image a bit to focus on the one side of the animal.

In my camera bag

I have the above mentioned gear plus the Nauticam WWW-1 wide angle wet lens for underwater. Above water I have the Olympus M. Zuiko 40-150mm PRO, 7-14mm PRO, and the 14-150mm lens!

Feedback

Patience! I took hundreds of photographs of this and other Christmas tree worms to get this one shot. The water is moving you around and much of the time I was in a vertical, head down position in the water to get these shots. This makes camera stability a crap shoot and using back button focus is critical so when the timing is right you can operate the shutter!

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