Hunting Lion ... fish

Posted by scubastu on Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:35 am

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Hi Folks,

Here's a longfin lionfish hunting at night. Taken at Balicasag Island in the Philippines with a Canon EOS A2e in a Subal CE5 housing, EF 50f2.5 macro, 1/60th, F8 Kodak 100VS with dual Sea & Sea YS120 strobes set to TTL for light.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Aug 28, 2003 11:46 am

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Very cool - the fish and the sea bottom look great here. In a perfect world, there would be a little more separation between the fish and the bottom but its very nice as is.

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by scubastu on Thu Aug 28, 2003 12:44 pm

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Hi E.J.

I do have another shot of the fish that's more separated, but it's been posted on other forums before and I thought I'd post a new one. Not sure what the rules would be to posting that as it's not technically a repost?

The other image is much better though

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:03 pm

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Post it tomorrow

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by Mary Dennis on Thu Aug 28, 2003 4:38 pm

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This is pretty cool Stu. I am always amazed at the beautiful colors under the water! I am amazed at underwater photography in general since it is so out of my realm. Look forward to seeing the other version of this that you mentioned.

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by Cindy Marple on Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:28 pm

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It's amazing how much color there is down there on the ocean floor when you get light to it. Overall I like this, mainly due to the color and the overall composition- the fish is nicely balanced by the negative space. I'd like to see the other version too!

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by Lillian Roberts on Sat Aug 30, 2003 10:19 pm

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This is neat. I recently went shooting UW for the first time and gained a whole new appreciation for the difficulty of shots like this. (Actually thought mine was the first UW shot on the forum... till I saw yours... rats... but mine's a macro

) I'll watch for your others, and I'll be studying them.

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by Chris Fagyal on Sun Aug 31, 2003 6:10 pm

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Awesome shot of my absolute favorite tropical fish. Lionfish are absolutely stunning and this photo is wonderful. I love the variety of colors of the coral below it as well.

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by Juli Wilcox on Sun Aug 31, 2003 6:48 pm

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Not knowing the first thing about UW, I think what I see here is fascinating. would like to see more emphasis on the fish so I'm guessing a greater aperture would help there. At the same time, all the sea floor flowers are just as fascinating as the fish!

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