Anemone Cleaner Shrimp

Blogged by Simon on January 27, 2010 11:08pm | Last updated by Simon on February 20, 2010 11:57pm | Category: Underwater Photography | Get a Print Get a Print |

Anemone Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes Holthuisi)A while back in November, I posted a similar shot on one of these cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes holthuisi), but I just couldn’t help repeating myself with this follow-up version, where the subject stands out much better. The dive site and story are the same as in the old post, so I’m just going to stick with the technical data for this photo.

I used the Nikon 60mm macro lens, camera set to ISO 200, f/16 and 1/60s shutter speed in Aperture priority mode. Out of many many photos attempted, this is one of the few select that was sharp at this shutter speed and I switched to manual mode and 1/250s afterwards to compensate. I only wish it hadn’t taken me 50 plus attempts in 20m depth and over 100 bar of air to learn this :)

Like in the previous photo, the colors have been left mostly unchanged, with only vignetting, level adjustments and a minor saturation boost applied. I used the Graduated Neutral Density filter (grey filter) in Color Efex Pro for Aperture to darken the upper left corner, which creates a better backdrop for the subject.

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  1. Nathan Ciurzynski
    on February 2nd, 2010
    1

    Wow! love the colors!

  2. Gary
    on February 10th, 2010
    2

    Phenomenal images Simon, congrat and keep up the good work!

  3. Simon
    on February 12th, 2010
    3

    Thank you guys. Going diving this weekend, testing the new Tokina 10-17mm lens. More on that soon, stay tuned!

  4. Tina Mittag
    on February 12th, 2010
    4

    Shrimp and seahorse still my favourites. Love your pics!

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