Great Hammerhead

Have you ever noticed that there are four colors in a great hammerhead's eye?

Eric, that is one magnificent picture.

Just one point, the blue colour of the water looks a bit unnatural. Have you dabbled with the colour levels on this?

Mark

Unbelievable great shot.. Is there a story to this shot and what lens did you use?

To make it perfect I would try to retouche out the diver in the upper left corner because he is a little distracting.

Can you tell us a little bit about your experience withe the Adobe RAW Plug-In.

Simon

Eric, that is one magnificent picture.

 

Just one point, the blue colour of the water looks a bit unnatural. Have you dabbled with the colour levels on this?

Hi, Mark -

Thanks. I have, a bit, but not too much. Here's the raw image:

File: 20030221_113730_1.jpg

File size: 934KB

Image Serial Number: 131-3193

Camera Model: Canon EOS D60

Camera serial number: 0120100064

Firmware: Firmware Version 1.0.4

Owner: Eric H Cheng

Date/Time: 2003.02.21 11:37:31

Shutter speed: 1/125 sec

Aperture: 10

Exposure mode: Manual

Flash: Off

Metering mode: Center-weighted average

Drive mode: Single frame shooting

ISO: 100

Lens: 15.0 mm

Focal length: 15.0 mm

AF mode: AI Servo AF

Image size: 3072 x 2048

Image quality: Raw

White balance: Auto

Saturation: Normal

Sharpness: Low

Contrast: Normal

Custom Functions:

CFn 2: Shutter release: AE lock; AE button: AE + AF

CFn 4: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop

CFn 5: AF-assist beam/Flash firing: Only ext. flash emits/Fires

CFn 11: Menu button return position: Previous (top if powered off)

CFn 12: SET button function when shooting: Change ISO speed

And.. here's the eye at 100% from the original image. It's been sharpened and brightened to show the colors.

Unbelievable great shot.. Is there a story to this shot and what lens did you use?

 

To make it perfect I would try to retouche out the diver in the upper left corner because he is a little distracting.

 

Can you tell us a little bit about your experience withe the Adobe RAW Plug-In.

 

Simon

Thanks. I used the Canon 15mm full-frame fish-eye. He was probably just a meter from me -- maybe less. Dual Ike 125 strobes, close to full-power, with diffuser.

I like the diver! Makes the hammerhead look huuuuuuge.

I'll write more about the plug-in when I've recovered from the trip. Just got back this pm. Basically, you should get it. It rocks.

I still use breezebrowser for batch converts, but when I really want to work on an image, I use the plug-in.

WOW.............did you have the opportunity for any other shots this close?

He's baaaaaackk!

Can't wait to see the photos from this trip Eric - wow!

Cheers

James

WOW! If this were the only shot from the trip, I'd consider it a success and worth every cent!

Regards,

Wow X 2

Can't agree with donauw more, that shot worth an all dive trip!

Eric, that is simply outstanding.

Would that be considered a "money shot"?

All I can say it WOW, OMG that is agreat shot!

Hey, guys -- thanks for such nice comments. I did get close to these guys more than just a few times. All of the photos are now up at my website.

More images!

Great shots Eric!!! I love the hammerhead shot! I like the diver in the background. How could that little diver ever distract you from that huge shark coming at you!

I'm a little jealous. I was diving in the Bahamas the same week off the Nekton Rorqual. Saw only 1 hammerhead and it was not "a player". Had a great time anyways.