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Which aquarium is this?

I have been playing with upward angles and saw a great opportunity when

this school of bigeye ulua swam overhead.

A frogfish doing what a frogfish does best: hiding. I'd love to hear your

thoughts.

These milletseed butterflyfish mobbed a nest of sergeant major eggs. I just

kept snapping the shutter hoping for something worthwhile. What do you

think?

The details in the flower and the contrast between the flower and background are awesome.  The real bummer is that the bee is out of focus.  

I have to disagree with your DOF analysis.  I rather prefer the shallow DOF to help isolate the monkey.  Maybe more DOF would have brought some of the snow in the back into focus, but this way works better for me.  I agree with another poster, however, in that a little extra space to the right would help.

The focus, detail, and contrast, especially along the disappearing edge of the moon are all perfect.  I have only two points.  First is I would have waited for a full moon.  Second is this would look great photoshopped into another night scene.  It is a trick many photographers utilize to get that "big moon behind a landmark" shot.  Take a picture of the moon (like this one) then cut and paste it into the night sky of another picture.  When I learned this trick, it ruined the magic in all "big moon landmark" shots for me, but it works.

You created a nicely captured scene here.  The book in the foreground with a contemplative model in the back all in a serene setting works well, but I am having trouble getting over the choice of literature since 1984 seems to have nothing to do with the natural setting and atmosphere.  

Zoo shots usually have some sense of artificial captivity, but this one came out great!  The lighting is perfect and the image was composed just right.  Kudos!

Hey Jeff,

I love the composition here with the one fish behind but in font of the other.  Well played!

Jeff

Hey Jeff

This shot is just breathtaking!  Those mantas can really get in the way sometimes.  I'm glad to see you made the most of a bad situation (insert clever, sarcastic emoticon here)

Jeff

It looks like the hawkfish cooperated nicely for you.  The detail is excellent, the composure is nice, my only criticism is the color seems a bit washed out and just slightly bluish.  Next time you might try increasing the power on your strobes or play with the saturation to really make the colors pop.

Thanks!

J

I love how the water is spilling off the rock!  You have a great angle and cool subject.  I have two suggestions.  Watch your lens fog in wet conditions like this.  Keep your equipment dry.  Also, I'd go with either a slower or faster shutter speed.  Blurry water can be cool, so can perfectly still falling water, but in-between seems indecisive.

Horse-eyed jacks are the Carribean's version of the big-eyed jack of the Pacific.  Closely related.  I said the opposite the first time I saw a horse-eyed jack.

Hi Joaquin-

I usually enjoy and aspire to get images like your underwater shots but this one seems to lack something in comparison.  The filefish is lost in with the drab, gray background such that it is overshadowed by the orange coral behind it.  You could try shooting more up on the fish to put it against a blue backdrop for more contrast.

Best,

Jeff

This is one of my early attempts to compensate for a lack of a wide angle

lens for over/under shots through photomerging. I don't usually shoot

people, but it seemed to work here. I'd love to hear any thoughts.

I've never tried two strobes, so I'm no expert.  Two strobes will help illuminate both sides of those particles better, cutting back on the reflective properties.  Also, you can go wide which enables you to get closer to the subject while keeping everything in frame.  This reduces the amount of particles between you and your subject.  The best option is to use ambient light when it is available.