Cuttlefish

[johnd]

This is the first image I've posted from my Smugmug site.
I'm still in the process of putting up my galleries, but I wanted to test it out with thumbnails and larger pics etc.

This image is of a cuttlefish I photographed at Melbourne Aquarium.
Very low light and I didn't want to use flash because of reflection of the glass.
It was handheld at 1/20 sec using 50 mm f1.4 wide open. I forgot about ISO so it was at 200.
If I'd gone up to 800 I could have used a faster shutter and a smaller aperture.
Although I do like the dof effect of this from using f1.4.

[big pix]

yep your fish comes up big and ugly...... they are not the best looking things in the ocean.........':lol:'

[christiand]

They can have very interesting colours,

have a look at this fellow (Melbourne Aquarium):


Cheers,
CD

[SteveGriffin]

Nice work!

They are actually good fun to photograph in the open ocean too. Not only do they change colour to match there surrounds but they also change the texture of their skin. Really weird to watch it transformation take place

[christiand]

Hi Steve,

I think they are really fascinating.
I've seena few in an aquarium in dim light and they were iridescent, like white opal.

Cheers,
CD

[mudder]

They're an incredible creature, amazing things to watch... Great shots guys, they're both clean as!

[BBJ]

John i would not complain about that shot even at that apeture, still i nice result, well done and CD nice shot as well, i have never been there but looks like it would be woth a vist if i ever get over there, but as i hate victoria who knows when that will be. To many dodgy drivers for my liking.
Cheers
John

[johnd]

Thanks for the comments guys. And I really like that shot of yours CD. I had no idea they change colours and skin textures. Next time I go back to Melbourne, I'll be a little better prepared: higher ISO for low light at Aquarium, 80-200 instead of kit lens at Zoo, maybe a monopod from Birdie.

Cheers
John

[Potatis]

Great job, John with the 50mm 1.4 in the low light. I am keen to try at the Manly aquarium as a bit of a test. I like your cuttlefish photo.

[christiand]

Hi Johnd,

I thought I'd let you know that the photo was taken with the SB800
fitted to the hot shoe of the D70.
You can use flash if the angle is right.

Cheers,
CD

[johnd]

Hi Johnd,

I thought I'd let you know that the photo was taken with the SB800
fitted to the hot shoe of the D70.
You can use flash if the angle is right.

Cheers,
CD

That's interesting CD. Presumably you angled the camera at enough of an angle so there was no light bouncing back? Something like 45 degrees maybe
I'll try this out with my daughter's aquarium at different angles. Thanks for the idea.

Cheers
John