Hunting Trevally

Blogged by Simon on July 28, 2010 8:00am | Last updated by Simon on July 28, 2010 11:33am | Category: Underwater Photography | Get a Print Get a Print |

Hunting TrevallyMy SS Yongala photos from the last trip are slowly but surely coming to an end – time to go back and shoot some more I suppose :)

This was shot upwards from the stern, where the trevally (Carangidae) roam. I have to admit i failed at getting good schooling photos though i tried a few of them. Most shots were blurry where my shutter speed wasn’t fast enough and they are generally hard to frame when hunting. Second, I need to put the flash at an angle sideways to avoid overflashing their silvery bodies (mental note for the next trip: proper exposures for schools of silvery bodied fish).

This photo is an exception and worked because it’s available light only, it is one of the exposures that accidentally happened while the flash recycled. Camera settings: Nikon D300, Tokina 10-17mm, f/8 for 1/125s, ISO 200. Post processed in Silver Efex Pro, Graduated Neutral Density and with a dodge brush in Photoshop.

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