Parting Shot

Steffen Schmitt · Issue 139, Jul/Aug 2024 · pp. 71

Products mentioned: Canon R5, SEACAM housing, SEACAM 150 strobes

Do you have a shot which has a story within a story? If so e mail it with up to 500 words of text and yours could be the next Parting Shot. peter@uwpmag.com (It’s very easy. Images can be any size bigger than 20cm (horizontal or vertical) @ 150dpi saved as jpeg format and about 500 - 750 words would be fine.) Hovering over the seabed around Bangka Island in North Sulawesi, I spotted a pair of beautiful nudibranchs engaged in their reproductive activities. I took the opportunity to play with an artificial background to create some appealing bubble bokeh - a technique I haven’t used much before. As I tried different camera settings, I noticed that the foreground was a little blurred. When I looked up from the camera, I couldn’t see anything - no rock, coral or other subject. I continued taking photos and was able to get some clear shots. But suddenly there was something in the foreground t…