Leaping Manta Ray (mobula)

Leaping manta rays (mobulas) having a lot of fun and feeding during

sunrise

Holy Shit! I had no idea manta rays could even do this, you always see them swimming so gracefully, they have to generate tremendous speed to do this. Bravo, great shot!

What a marvelous catch! I also have never heard of rays jumping. Excellent color and shutter speed. I assume film was grainy due to high speed film and lack of light. Other than that, this is a very original/very well composed shot.

I do not know why it is so grainy. I shot it with a Canon EOS 20D with a shutter speed of 1/1250 at fstop 7.1 with an exposure compensation of -1/3 at ISO 400. I have to date never noticed any grain at ISO 400 with this camera. Any ideas as to why it turned out so grainy?

What a beautiful capture!Compliments Stephan!!