Canon EOS 100D Rebel SL1 / 200D SL2
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F-10 at 1/125th second shutter and ISO 200 17mm
F-3.5 at 1/20th second shutter and ISO 200 10mm
1/640th second at F5.6 ISO 400 14mm
This shot was fun. I made the housing become like a boat at the end of a pole with foam insulation cut into rectangles to support the housing with buoyancy and tilt for over/unders. I can push the boat around with a 20 foot pole. There is a Camranger connected that allows full camera control of all functions from your iPad or phone wirelessly while watching in Live View. The big surprise was that the frogs don't consider the contraption a threat, and will actually hang on it, so you can get very close.. this is shot from inches away with Natural Light. Winners from my pool are the most gratifying. Look closely above the waterline and you'll see a mosaic pattern caused by condensation.. this is from letting the boat float for a long time with cool air and warmer water. The Judges questioned me about this after viewing the high resolution version.. it kind of looks like some photoshop layer.
After the sun sets, there are still some opportunities for a good capture. With no natural light, the auto focus can struggle to lock so consider pre-focusing.
F-10 at 1/125th second shutter and ISO 200 17mm
After several hundred frames of these sunset splits, this was the one I was most excited about before the edit- it's hard to get the fin sharp and bright. It appears to be a pregnant female, and I find the pose peaceful.
The shark exposure is determined by TTL in the strobes, the sunset you will have to plug in manually -these setting will change with the fading light
You can see the way the water magnifies and changes the image here- this is the way the camera sees both as a single image. This refraction causes the body to not line up evenly
It's hard to know if your camera is perfectly level when you aren't looking through the lens. A slight upward angle obscures the dry part of the frame.
F-10 at 1/125th second shutter and ISO 200 17mm
Very close wide angle of a giant clam in the Red Sea. 1/125th second at F18 ISO 200 17mm
F-3.5 at 1/6th second shutter and ISO 200 10mm