Squid

Blogged by Simon on March 06, 2010 6:51pm | Last updated by Simon on July 28, 2010 11:39am | Category: Underwater Photography | Get a Print Get a Print |

SquidSquid, or Southern calamary (Sepioteuthis australis) are a common visitor to the flat, sandy bottoms of Chowder Bay. You can easily observe them schooling during the day, but like with everything else it’s easier to get close to them at night. Their colorful display is fantastic to watch when you shine a torch at them, and makes for great photographs. Here I pretty much just flashed one as it was swimming by, it is the only shot I got before it disappeared.

Camera settings: Nikon D300, 60mm macro, aperture f/22 for 1/125, ISO 200. I burned this shot around the squid in Photoshop until the background was black in most areas, where it previously only was at the top. Adjustments include levels, saturation and a vignette filter in Aperture. The glow effect is achieved with good flash and pushing level adjustments just a bit over the top on the bright end.

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