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MARINE IMAGE OF THE MONTH
Melanopus
The damselfish Amphiprion melanopus in the anemeone Entamacea quadricolor.
For a long time, I didn't bother trying to take artistic clownfish pictures, as I thought they were an "easy" subject that had been done to death by every other underwater photographer with a Nikonos and a battery of strobes. However, I needed scientific pictures of them for my Image Library, so eventually I had to try and shoot some under natural light conditions - at which point I discovered that they aren't so easy to shoot after all, particularly while free-diving! They tend to move around a lot when the photographer gets close to the anemone, and they rarely present a decent profile. I still don't have many shots of them that I'm happy with, but the one shown here is probably my favourite - I like the deep shadows in the top right corner, and the image of the brilliantly coloured fish peeping out from deep inside a nest of tentacles.
(Olympus 5050Z, F5, 1/200, ISO 100, natural light).
Image of the Month Archive
Wall of eyes |
Spawning squid |
Hydnophora |
Derasa Whirlpool |
Reef Erotica 1 |
Melanopus |
Trident |
Avian Dawn |
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Tentacle Towers |
Barracuda |
Reef Erotica 2 |
Stingray's Cave |
Number 10 |
Sarcophyton |
Pavona |
Ocean Rock Sky |
Coral Garden |
Fish Temple |
Volitans |
Scyllarus |
Sand-Swept |
All the pictures shown here are available for sale as either digital images or high quality prints, framed or unframed. Email Dr. Andy Lewis for more details of sizing, prices and postage.
A wide selection of Andy's other photographs are also available from Bigprints Sydney Studios and Essense Imaging. Please visit their website to view the images and order online.
