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Here it is almost off my mirror as it senses the anemone and rears up for the attack.
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It misses....
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But recovers!
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I will post a few more sequences soon.
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 ?
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.
Thanks 60south. Appreciate the shout out60south wrote:WOW!
Thanks NWB.Nwbrewer wrote:Those shots are so cool!
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!
Thanks B-man. Haven't seen you in a while, hope you're doing well.bradmond wrote:Great shots Jesse!!
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!!