Spanish dancer nudibranch

Photographed at Sharks Cove, Oahu. All comments welcome.

Glenn, It is obvious you have been working very hard carrying much of the weight in the underwater category. Great image of a very large slug with a nice diagonal however given the amount of control you have over the situation I would have loved to see the creature more evenly lighted. Its gills appear sharp to me but are in the shadoww of the strobe. I am not sure if strobe placement would have been better centered and directly over the subject. I am told Roger Steen does that and always uses a single strobe. He obviously produces outstanding images. I miss my home in Hawaii and the great photographers at the Honolulu UPS. All the best and aloha! 6/6 Andy

I too miss Hawaii and the people associated with the UPS. The strobe was positioned off to the left and above the subject at a 45 degree angle. What seems to be light blockage from the strobe is actually light fall-off as I aimed the strobe just in front of the nudibranch. I agree that if I lighted the subject more evenly, it would produce a better image.

Thanks,

Glenn

Glenn I went back and brightened my screen a bit and the upper left corner popped out a little bit more without blowing out the lower right. I have tried but can't change the rating that I initially gave it. Nice image! Andy