Reaper Cuttlefish


Posted by ChrisRoss on Sat Dec 03, 2016 4:01 am

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Reaper Cuttlefish  Sepia Mestus

From today's dive at Oak Park near Cronulla, a reaper cuttlefish displaying, soon after it changed colour to match the sand.

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Olympus Om-D EM-5 MkII + 60 mm macro: Nauticam housing 2 x INON strobes.

1/200 @ f8 ISO200
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by Matthew Pugh on Sat Dec 03, 2016 4:27 am
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Hi

Great shot - nicely frame filling and a good angle; works a treat

All the best
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by Mike in O on Sat Dec 03, 2016 11:53 am
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Cuttlefish seem to have so much personality compared to squids and octopi (let alone clams)...nicely shot. Most dive lenses are wide angle, how do find shooting with 120 equivalent?
 

by ChrisRoss on Sat Dec 03, 2016 5:50 pm
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Thanks for the comments,  most of the subjects I'm posting here are too small for wide angle, the cuttlefish would be about 80mm long, the Anemone fish a bit smaller, the nudibranches are 20-40mm long, so the macro lens does well.  Plus there's too much particulates and algae in the water for true wide angle shooting around Sydney most of the time.  It does struggle when you try to use it for larger fish.
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by Tom Whelan on Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:57 pm
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Love the colors and details - an excellent image.
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by D7avid on Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:52 am
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Really nice image.What cool creatures you have downunder
 

by SMB on Fri Dec 30, 2016 3:03 pm
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Great shot Chris. Cuttlefish are just wonderful subjects. This one is well captured.
A little lower angle might have caught more of the eye.
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