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Zola_Chen

Floatinf Whale

Humpback whale calf breathes above the surface from the deeper sea

Humpback whale calf breathes above the surface from the deeper sea
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Aug, 2022

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Behind The Lens

Location

TONGA VAVA'u

Time

2022.8:03am

Lighting

Natural light

Equipment

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 8-15mm fish eye

Inspiration

Humpback whales are one of my favorite aquatic animals, so I decided to remove the color from the black and white representation, the black and white image actually focuses on the relationship between shape, light and shadow space. I have several 120 film cameras and I like to shoot black and white. I vaguely remember that the water color was not very good that day, so I dived deeper underwater, the lens used the elevation stage to get the sun and water ripples, and kept a moderate amount of space for the picture. There is an ethereal feeling, that's what I want to express.

Editing

Adobe] lightroom,photoshop

In my camera bag

SONY A1 14mmf1.8 . 90mm . 100-400mm . 24-105mm radio microphone

Feedback

Master the direction of the light source, learn more about the habits of humpback whales, and focus on multiple postures,The main focus of underwater photography is light and the distance from animals. If you want to further record the interactions between animals and plants, and even special animal behaviors such as foraging, hunting, courtship, mating, spawning, breastfeeding, etc., it is even more necessary to observe the subject for a long time. It can be said that it combines various balances between knowledge and physical strength, ecology and aesthetics, environment and humanities, and has certain challenge threshold.

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Floatinf Whale

Humpback whale calf breathes above the surface from the deeper sea

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