Mary's Photoblog
Seahorse
Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 23 July 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
We visited the Sealife Center, there were some amazing fish there,who were happy for their photo to be taken, but the Seahorses were so beautiful and very shy. these actually changed colour as we were watching them :)
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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beautiful capture of aqua-life. It aint easy to shoot behind the glass and you have done it perfectly well here. LOVELY shot and gorgeous colors. :)
23 Jul 2007 5:03am
@Rahul: Cheers Rahul, :) I did find this a challenge, the room was in darkness, with just the glow from inside the aquarium, and they were so shy, as soon as they saw me looming towards them with the camera, the were off to hide, behind the rocks and vegitation :D
@Myst: Thank you Myst :) these were such shy, graceful little creatures.
Vanessa from Kent, United Kingdom
Brilliant shot Mary and Seahorses amaze me, they are wonderful creatures.
23 Jul 2007 6:25am
@Vanessa: Cheers Vanessa, they were a delight to watch, I could have stayed there for hours :)
There were 2 beautiful red Seahorses, but try as I might I couldn't capture them :( too shy and the aquarium, they were in, was lit with dark reds and purple light.
@ColNed Pictures: Thank you ColNed, I loved the challenge of taking this shot :)
@Celialee: They were sooo very colourful :)
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
WOW! Nice capture! love the vibrant yellow colour of the seahorse.
23 Jul 2007 7:55am
@Stunner: Thanks Stunner, they were wonderful, they changed colour as you watched them :)
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
oh wow,this is so clear and beautiful!what colour did they change to?:)
23 Jul 2007 7:55am
@tyan: Thank you tyan :) they were a sort of white to start with, then pale yellow with little black spots then to this vibrant yellow :) I may post one of three seahorses together tomorrow, because I think it has them in different colours
@Sriram: Thank you Sriram :)
tengtan from Melbourne, Australia
What a bright yellow seahorse. I'm enjoying your nature series.
23 Jul 2007 9:30am
@tengtan: Thank you tengtan :) they were wonderfully coloured creatures.
@Dimitrios: from a creamy white, to pale yellow, gradually getting more vibrant! :)
ally! from Singapore, Singapore
cool i didn't know they could change colours. haha. cool!
23 Jul 2007 11:38am
@ally!: to be honest, neither did I, I was busy snapping away, and a woman pointed it out to me! LOL :D
@Raziel: They were very cute but sooo shy :)
@badala: Thank you badala, It was a challenge :)
@Viewfinder: Aww! cheers Viewfinder :)
@Tracy From Stoke on Trent: Thank you Tracy,
I live not too far from Stoke-On-Trent :)
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
Very nice shot. And what an amazing tail.
23 Jul 2007 5:35pm
Rebel Streetshooter from NYC, United States
Marine life. Fascinating creatures. Terrific image. Thanks for sharing...
23 Jul 2007 5:57pm
Soph from Enghien, Belgium
Amazing! So hard to take good pictures of the submarine life! You do it very well, nice colors!
23 Jul 2007 7:47pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Dead cute little fish arn't they, such strange shapes and colours. I've seen them in the wild on trips to reefs, but you never can get close like this
23 Jul 2007 8:55pm
HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States
So beautiful it almost looks fake. Cool shot! :)
24 Jul 2007 12:11am
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Oh wow that is just way too cool! Looks like you were swimming with it!!!
Great shot
24 Jul 2007 1:32am
RoBeRt from Hawk Mountain, United States
very nice shot , love the colors and the clarity .....just wonderful
24 Jul 2007 1:44am
Harald from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
A wonderful shot from a seahorse with beautiful colors and very well composed.
24 Jul 2007 10:33am
Erik from Netherlands
Wonderful and cheerful colors! Isn't it a miracle how two totally different creatures resemble each other so much!
25 Jul 2007 10:34pm
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
What a beautiful yellow. You've done an excellent job under what must have been rather difficult circumstances, therefore the slight lack of clear focus is quite forgiveable. Ideally, you would have used a higher shutter speed and/or a smaller aperture to cover yourself, here. To do this, you'd have to have used a higher ISO, which might have given you an unacceptable amount of noise. (Whether this would have been a great problem would depend on your particular camera, of course.) I may seem to have gone into unneeded details here, but I did not want to pass this point of sharpness over, and neither did I want to appear to be criticising.
26 Jul 2007 6:10am
@Andrew Gould: Thank you Andrew :)
I am a complete novice at the technical side of photography, so I thank you for your suggestions, which I've taken on board, I will definatly give it a try out when I visit the Sealife Centre, which I plan to do soon.
red queen from Scotland, United Kingdom
He was probably thinking, "You can't even change your colour in peace in this place.":) I'm pleased you took the photograph, though - great colours.
28 Jul 2007 4:23pm
Panasonic DMC-FZ7
1/15 second
F/2.8
ISO 200
36 mm (35mm equiv.)