Friendly Sculpin

Posted by kevinfeenstra on Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:40 pm

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This is a male sculpin I found the other day. I have been trying to learn how to use a strobe underwater and this image is the result of this attempt. Without the strobe, I would have needed much higher iso and the image quality would have suffered.

1/100 @ f8.0 @60mm with single strobe

Thanks!

Kevin Feenstra
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by Tom Whelan on Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:48 pm

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Excellent flash lighting, looks very natural. Nice detail as well.

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by John Benway on Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:33 am

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The lighting looks great, along with the color and comp. Beautiful work.

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by Matthew Pugh on Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:34 am

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Hi

The lighting looks good - I cant help with underwater stuff, the nearest I have been to that set-up would be an aquarium. A fine shot as well, nicely close and a good solid comp

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by SMB on Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:07 pm

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Nice job. Love the eyes.
You can see that the strobe light has aimed a little to the right of the fish. Do you have a diffuser? Sometimes with these fish with cool eyes it is fun to try more side lighting than 3/4 or overhead. Also try a higher f stop and the background will be darker giving just the face the concentrated light.
Always fun to play around, but the fish has to stay put of course!

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by kevinfeenstra on Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:21 pm

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SMB wrote:Nice job. Love the eyes.
You can see that the strobe light has aimed a little to the right of the fish. Do you have a diffuser? Sometimes with these fish with cool eyes it is fun to try more side lighting than 3/4 or overhead. Also try a higher f stop and the background will be darker giving just the face the concentrated light.
Always fun to play around, but the fish has to stay put of course!

Hi Stan: Thank you very much for the advice, I really appreciate it! I was using the built in diffuser on a Sea&Sea strobe, is there a better option?

If I could get away with it, I would prefer natural light but the deeper I go, the more apparent it is that I need to get better with the strobe. Again, thanks!

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by SMB on Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:13 pm

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Yup, you will need a strobe to bring out the best colors.
Have a look at this:http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/under ... ositioning
There is a short section on single strobes with macro.
Send me a PM if I can help.

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