ianharris_2256

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NIKON D7000

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Aperture 5/1 ISO 4000 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 200/10

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Jul, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

I would love to say that I was free diving deep underwater but the truth is this was taken at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, UK

Time

Mid-afternoon - but not sure that made a lot of difference being indoors :)

Lighting

You can't use a flash photgraphing fish, it just isn't fair. So picking a spot where the top lighting from the surface broke through was important but I got lucky with the level of reflection on the underside.

Equipment

Nikon D7000 and my trusty 18-200 Nikkor lens. Handheld but with the lens pushed tight up to the glass to cut out reflections.

Inspiration

Hard not to be inspired when you get such great access to such beautiful creatures.

Editing

I processed the RAW in Lightroom - pushed the contrast and black level a bit and slightly enhanced the vignette but not very much really.

In my camera bag

Apart from the D7000 I keep only three lenses, a Nikon 50mm 1.8 for anything where I really want to drive depth of field, a Sigma 10-20 which is great for really wide, dramatic angles and a Nikkor 18-200 which is a Swiss Army knife. For lighting I carry a Speedlite 600 which is great on and off body and a Gary Fong Lightsphere. There's a set of ND filters, some flash filters and the usual spare batteries, remote control and junk ;)

Feedback

This was a really easy but satisfying catch :P The main thing photographing through glass is to cut out reflections by getting close to the glass and shielding if you can. A flexible hood is great but a well placed hand can do just fine.

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