Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
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Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
Hello all, I've been a little back logged in my photos. I still have a lot to get through from June/July :-) Here are a few cool sequences I captured at Sund Rock a few weeks ago. The first is my favorite. It is an 11 photo sequence of a Giant Nudibranch crawling across my mirror and over to a tube-dwelling anemone. I captured the GN, plunging into the anemone to get some lunch. If you have never witnessed this live, it is pretty cool.
Here it is almost off my mirror as it senses the anemone and rears up for the attack.
It misses....
But recovers!
I will post a few more sequences soon.
Here it is almost off my mirror as it senses the anemone and rears up for the attack.
It misses....
But recovers!
I will post a few more sequences soon.
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Great shots ! How do you keep the mirror so clean ?
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Re: Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
Great question Jan. A couple techniques. Before placing the mirror I give it a little shake to get the dirt off. After the critter is on the mirror, I developed a little hand wave technique (very difficult in dry gloves) to remove particles, If the critter is securely on the mirror I can gently raise the mirror and move it back and forth to get debris off. I also purposefully slightly underexpose the shot. This allows me to raise the exposure on the critter while keeping the background dark (which helps eliminate the backscatter). There are a couple shots that are really tough (like the squat lobster) where I do extra work to remove backscatter. It is tedious and I do not mind removing small particles, since it is a "creative" shot any way. On a lot of my other shots (Warbonnets in cloud sponges), I work really hard to do little to no post processing.Jan K wrote:Great shots ! How do you keep the mirror so clean ?
Next time we dive together, I will bring my mirror and we can mess around with it. It is fun, but pretty time consuming. It does give me something new to shoot :-)
Re: Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
Those shots are so cool!
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Re: Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
Thanks for the tips.
I carry mirror in my car, but it has been a while since I shot with it, I was more interested in the critter reaction to seeing image of itself.
Only one Painted greenling got worked up over seeing a "rival" in its territory.
I carry mirror in my car, but it has been a while since I shot with it, I was more interested in the critter reaction to seeing image of itself.
Only one Painted greenling got worked up over seeing a "rival" in its territory.
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Re: Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
True, some critters freak out about it and other are okay with it :-) That is for sure. It is something different to try.Jan K wrote:Thanks for the tips.
I carry mirror in my car, but it has been a while since I shot with it, I was more interested in the critter reaction to seeing image of itself.
Only one Painted greenling got worked up over seeing a "rival" in its territory.
Re: Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
Very cool! The gn's in particular!
Wow cant believe you got that squat to squat like that!
Wow cant believe you got that squat to squat like that!
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Great shots Jesse!!
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Thanks 60south. Appreciate the shout out60south wrote:WOW!
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Thanks NWB.Nwbrewer wrote:Those shots are so cool!
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Yeah thanks. Super stoked on the GN. Haven't seen one munch on an anemone in almost 2 years.YellowEye wrote:Very cool! The gn's in particular!
Wow cant believe you got that squat to squat like that!
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Thanks B-man. Haven't seen you in a while, hope you're doing well.bradmond wrote:Great shots Jesse!!
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Doing good, hope we can hook up soon.Scubie Doo wrote:Thanks B-man. Haven't seen you in a while, hope you're doing well.bradmond wrote:Great shots Jesse!!
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Holy epic squat lobster shots!!! You are so cool!!! Great work all around! Hope to see you at a ThThTh soon!
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Wonderful captures!
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Re: Close Encounters of the Cool Kind
Awesome work Scubie. Love the GN, WB and SL. I'd like to catch one of those GN sequences on video one day, sans the mirror. :-)
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