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FollowTop view of a Christmas Tree Worm underwater.
Top view of a Christmas Tree Worm underwater.
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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!