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Feeding With The Fishies



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Feeding With The Fishies

Feeding With The Fishies
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SMDelongPhotography
 
SMDelongPhotography October 16, 2013
OMG!!! This is absolutely magnificent! The subject, the colors and the different textures is just amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this photo!!!
tissa7
 
tissa7 October 16, 2013
how cool!
jleiweke
 
jleiweke October 16, 2013
Congrats!
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo October 16, 2013
Love the bold colors! Very cool photos, great clarity, and a fun composition! Congrats!
johngreene
 
johngreene October 16, 2013
Awesome so clear so perfect. John
djensen
 
djensen October 16, 2013
Very cool shot! Congrats on the feature!
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 October 16, 2013
Awesome capture! Good clarity, color and composition! Congrats on being featured!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta October 16, 2013
Wonderful well-timed shot. Congratulations.
photosue50
 
photosue50 October 16, 2013
Wow beautiful
VickiMartin
 
VickiMartin October 16, 2013
What a beautiful shot. Congratulations
Celtic
 
Celtic October 16, 2013
absolutely great Photo!!!! Love it ;) Congrats!
drakkardarkblade
 
drakkardarkblade October 16, 2013
congrats, fantastic, please check out my works
michmcbowen
 
michmcbowen October 16, 2013
Simply beautiful! Love it, congrats!
catini
 
catini October 16, 2013
Great colors and sharpness, congrats on your feature!
mailsmc
 
mailsmc October 16, 2013
Wonderful shot! Congrats on your feature!
symesie04
 
symesie04 October 16, 2013
Wonderfull. Great colours.
CanonCarolyn
 
CanonCarolyn October 16, 2013
I Love This Picture... simple as that!!
debhall Platinum
 
debhall October 16, 2013
WOW! Absolutely awesome pic....I feel like I'm right there! Congrats on your feature!
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet October 16, 2013
nice shot.congrats
MaryAnne306 PRO+
 
MaryAnne306 October 16, 2013
Fantastic photo. Beautifully done. Congratulations on your feature!
Tkay
 
Tkay October 16, 2013
Wow! Awesome photo! Congrats!
jennylee
 
jennylee October 16, 2013
Stunning!!!
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 October 16, 2013
Love this...Congrats!! :)
nitti
 
nitti October 16, 2013
Crazy good! Congrats
Jewel
 
Jewel October 16, 2013
Awesome shot! Congratulations on your feature!
khanpix
 
khanpix October 16, 2013
I love this, it's amazing
iceman2
 
iceman2 October 16, 2013
Beautiful shot.Congrats!
JensandStef
 
JensandStef October 16, 2013
Nicely captured, great colors and composition.
PhotoAlaska
 
PhotoAlaska October 16, 2013
awesome shot
WileKyK
 
WileKyK October 16, 2013
Wonderful shot! Such a treat to get that close to a turtle. The fish feeding around him really make the composition!
sheacam
 
sheacam October 16, 2013
WOW! Wonderful shot! Love it.
RCMRDH3
 
RCMRDH3 October 16, 2013
breathtaking
wheelerdealer Platinum
 
wheelerdealer October 16, 2013
Just gorgeous on all accounts. Fish and turtle were posing for you!
trisharandall
 
trisharandall October 16, 2013
stunning! :)
zbigniewkwasniewski
 
zbigniewkwasniewski October 16, 2013
Amazing
JessKeryl
 
JessKeryl October 16, 2013
this is absolutely stunning!
tlotter
 
tlotter October 16, 2013
Beautiful shot,congratulations
ozwild
 
ozwild October 16, 2013
Love this, stunning.
chipbhi
 
chipbhi October 16, 2013
Lovely picture! Well done!
Ushine
 
Ushine October 16, 2013
Love the warm colors! Amazing!
jchurch
 
jchurch October 16, 2013
Awesome shot! Right down to the little green tusks in the sand
vinay8484
 
vinay8484 October 17, 2013
Lovely Catch.
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter October 17, 2013
Wonderful capture. Congrats. - Jake
Ujjwal
 
Ujjwal October 17, 2013
Beautiful.Congratulation.
ShannonRogers1
 
ShannonRogers1 October 23, 2013
I'm From Cairns, Qld, Australia, Right on the Great barrier Reef and we have many Turtles here, but this my friend is fantastic. One to be very proud of, congrates :)
glburghart
 
glburghart October 23, 2013
Congrats...
SoniaM
 
SoniaM October 23, 2013
stunning!
marilyn_opray_27
 
marilyn_opray_27 October 26, 2013
Are you in Maui?
maureenlight
 
maureenlight November 01, 2013
Most excellent underwater! Not an easy shot, turtles usually don't cooperate! Congratulations, well deserved.
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair November 01, 2013
Nice!
marcbaechtold
 
marcbaechtold July 22, 2014
beautiful picture
kathymuhle PRO+
 
kathymuhle November 20, 2014
Fantastic shot - love it - so much detail - awesome!
MoKun
 
MoKun December 08, 2014
Awesome......what underwater cover do you have?
ArturRydzewski
 
ArturRydzewski December 17, 2014
beautiful
OutOfTheWild
 
OutOfTheWild March 02, 2015
Amazing capture Job well done
ankursaini
 
ankursaini April 05, 2015
Realy OSome PIc :)
BrunoHeeb PRO
 
BrunoHeeb May 07, 2015
stunning shot ,love it
pedronunoferreira
 
pedronunoferreira August 24, 2015
This is an absolute masterpiece of photographic skill. The subject is magnificent. I wish this would participate in my photo challenge viewbug.com/challenge/coral-reef-and-all-marine-critters-photo-challenge-by-pedronunoferreira
pedronunoferreira
 
pedronunoferreira August 25, 2015
Thanks for participating in my photo challenge.
pedronunoferreira
 
pedronunoferreira September 22, 2015
Voting is now open in my photo challenge
pedronunoferreira
 
pedronunoferreira October 06, 2015
Congratulations.
andrevondeling
 
andrevondeling April 25, 2017
absolutely adore this image. The composition, placement of the subject in the frame. the vibrant colours of the fishes. Amazing work!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots July 20, 2017
Awesome capture. Congrats!
Cbbey1974 PRO+
 
Cbbey1974 May 20, 2018
Great shot, please enter it into my challenge!
steffoto
 
steffoto February 13, 2020
Amazing!!!
mleskiw.wildlife_EC5E
 
mleskiw.wildlife_EC5E March 24, 2020
Love it! Stunning capture!
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Behind The Lens

Location

Port Ghalib , Egypt

Time

this was taken on a mid afternoon dive about 2 o'clock

Lighting

Natural lighting from the surface was the main light source with the two flash lights out wide to add some fill flash. The flash guns were set at 1/3 power.

Equipment

Canon 50D camera , Canon Efs 10-22mm lens Ikelite underwater housing and 12 inch dome port 2 Sea & Sea YS110 Alpha strobe lights set out wide from the camera

Inspiration

I love taking underwater photographs and seeing all the different marine creatures. This shot was different from all the others because this Green Sea turtle had some pilot fish feeding with it and they didn't mind me getting very close to them.

Editing

I adjusted the white balance and levels to compensate for the lack of colours in the water at 12 metres, also used the spot healing brush to remove some the back scatter from the fill flash

In my camera bag

I only use two lenses for my underwater photography my Canon Efs 10-22mm and a Canon Efs 60mm macro lens. I also use two Sea & Sea YS110 underwater flash strobes.

Feedback

Photographing marine life you need to approach your subject slowly so you don't spook them, be patient and watch how they react to your presence. If need by back away then try again. You need to get as close as possible to your subject as possible so you get good detail

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