Pygmy Leatherjacket

Blogged by Simon on June 22, 2010 2:10pm | Last updated by Irene on June 22, 2010 2:18pm | Category: Underwater Photography | Get a Print Get a Print |

Pygmy LeatherjacketOne of my Sydney favourites, Pygmy Leatherjacket (Brachaluteres jacksonianus), very tiny, almost cute looking fish, which loves the mucky bays in the harbour. This is a stock photo from a while back that I rediscovered and decided to edit. The original was a bit washed out, suffering from low visibility on the day. I post processed with a clone stamp against backscatter and adjusted for saturation, then cropped to the subject – nothing special here, the usual treatment. I also added a gradual neutral density filter in the top half to burn the background and adding some depth to the image where the “rear” bits now fade to black.

Camera settings: Nikon D300, 60mm macro, f/16 for 1/250s, ISO 200.

Stay tuned for new posts, I’m going away for a very long long weekend to Queensland, diving the SS Yongala, more on that soon!

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