First posted image

I managed to catch this image in the Similan Islands, Thailand.

This was my first holiday with my new kit.

Its definately my favourite of the bunch and not your usual Leopard Shark shot as they generally just lie there instead of charging at you!

The question is how does it stand up to the trained eye of experienced u/w photographers?

Well, I wouldn't call myself an "experienced' u/w photographer, but I quite like it.

I would like to know your camera/strobe setup, technically the lexposure is not all that bad but the lighting is not all that great, a little harsh and uneven, single strobe from the right I am guessing.

The compostion I would have rather seen the shark in the left third of the picture rather than the right as that is the direction he is swimming. In addition I would have waited a little longer to press the shutter to get more of the shark's tail and fins in view. He is a little on the balled up side. The negative space in the pic is dark and light , like a night dive and doesn't hurt the pic but doesn't add anything to help it. But not a bad effort keep at it.

Actually, I like the lighting. But I agree with Photobeat that the composition could be a little better. Sometimes you only get one chance, so if that is a one-chance impage, it's pretty good. If you have several opportunities, that is where you could make a compositional improvement.

Joe

Its cool to get a dynamic photo of this critter

I'd like a tighter composition (or crop) ...

... maybe vertical

Camera is D70 in Sea & Sea housing. Photo taken with Nikon 12-24 lens and no not one but 2 YS90 strobes probably positioned a little wrong as the light from the left casts a rather harsh shadow across its fin.

I think the camera was F11 and around 250th but I'll have to check that. Exposure was manually balanced as were the strobes while it managed to lay still and I had diffusers on the strobes which were set 1 stop higher than the camera.

This is a one off shot and there really was no time to compose this but I know what you mean about giving your subject space to move into in the image.

I Appreciate the criticism here, everyone I have showed the image to says its great so it makes a change to have some of its flaws pointed out.

I do think it works better as a vertical too, it accentuates the strong diagonal. Nice shot!

Luiz