8. July 2011 by Friedhelm.

It was a lot of fun observing and photographing this Jellyfish. Sometimes I think I should have used the video mode on my camera but even as a still photo this image reveals a lot of movement.

Enjoy and happy Friday!  

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7. July 2011 by Friedhelm.

This is a sea dragon. This is completely camouflaged and I had to try several times to get a good image.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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6. July 2011 by Friedhelm.

Photographing this moon jellyfish was not at easy as one might think. I noticed very quickly that the light in the center of the aquarium was quite lower that the light at the edge. So I started photographing more towards the edge. You can clearly see that there is much more light on the right hand side of the fish than on the left which reminded me of a typical portrait situation where you don’t want to use “flat” for your subject either.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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5. July 2011 by Friedhelm.

In order to avoid glass reflection I was positioning the camera lens directly onto the glass. On preview mode I moved the camera around to frame my image.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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4. July 2011 by Friedhelm.

Photography under water has it’s own challenge. Either you have a a camera that you can use under water or you have to photograph through glass which can create reflections and distorions. This week I challenge you to create at least five images where you photograph mlife under water.

I drove to Monterey, CA to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium to photograph. I took my heavy tripod with me which I was not allowed to use. I had to use higher ISO settings to photograph. Thanks to image stbilization and moise reduction I got some decent images. Camera setting: 28mm focal length, f4, 1/25sec., ISO 800.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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