Ocean Art Results

Peter Rowlands · Issue 76, Jan/Feb 2014 · pp. 29–32

Products mentioned: Canon 5D, EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens, Canon T1i, Canon 60mm, Canon 7D, Nikon D800E, Nikon 14-24mm lens, Ikelite DS-161 strobe, Canon G11, Nauticam Housings, Nauticam SMC

1st Place Wide-Angle Francis Perez - Freediver and bait ball ” I got this picture last may, in Tenerife, Canary Islands. It was in the afternoon, I was with a group of friends and my girlfriend taking pictures of pilot whales. We saw in the distance, there was forming a big group of shearwaters and seagulls,countless in numbers. Underwater there were many spotted dolphins. The baitball would spin and spin but not move apart, all the time changing its shape. Dolphins, shearwaters, and seagulls attacked the group of fish, and it changed shape . When the scene was quiet, my friends and myself tried to get pictures and video of the movement. My girlfriend is an excellent swimmer and freediver and I told her to dive near the ball. It was my chance to get this picture. Canon 5D; EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheyelens; F6, 1/80th, ISO 400 1st Place Macro Jeffrey Milisen - Pelagic octopus in Kona, Hawaii “I …