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I shot this last month at the Backscatter DSO in Little Cayman. It is from an Olympus OM-1 in an AOI housing, Backscatter Hybrid for lights. Wide was Lumix 8mm, Macro was m.Zukio 90mm. Would love any advice on how to make it better (besides my prize reef shark being a little out of focus...ugh). Lesson learned so far ... video is hard ... especially macro video!! So much on the cutting room floor.

I like the editing idea. The blenny watching what happens around it. At least that is how I understood it. Nice. I love videos that are not just simple slideshows of nice pictures.

In general, macro images seem very soft to me, maybe too much. The focus almost always seems ok to me. On these little creatures we should always be careful to have the focus on the head, and preferably on the eyes when they have them.

Maybe it depends on the aperture used? Here you really need F11 and beyond. And if you are at 50/60p you must be at least at 1/100 or 1/125 shutter speed.

If you want to get a darker background, raise the shutter even more. The 180-degree rule is not so important underwater.

Well done.

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