Rockpoolin!

[BigTom]

Just thought you lot might appreciate a few shots I took for a project I did last summer. All taken in-situ in rockpools in the Channel Islands. I don't have any underwater equipment so it was all shot from above using a standard macro lens and fill flash. Not easy!

Candy-striped Flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus

Sea hare, Aplysia sp.

Smooth blenny, Lipophrys pholis

Montagu's blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita

Green shore crab, Carcinus maenas

Baby spider crab, Maia squinado

 

[STD]

great pictures

 

[bagu]

hehe, they are great!

 

[iSnail]

Very nice pictures

 

[LellowFish]

Great pictures I'm amazed by how clear they are.

 

[england]

how did you manage to shoot from the top side shot's

brilliant pic's mate, thank's for sharing

 

[BigTom]

how did you manage to shoot from the top side shot's

brilliant pic's mate, thank's for sharing

Heh with a lot of patience... given the shape of rockpools lots of the fish actually tend to 'sit' on the sides at funny angles, allowing you to make it took like you're shooting them from the horizontal.

 

[simonas]

qualit pics. i want to go pooling!!

 

[TylerFerretLord]

This is great. What camera/lens are you using?

 

[BigTom]

This is great. What camera/lens are you using?

D200 and Sigma 150mm macro (some with 1.4TC too) and SB800 diffused fill flash.

 

[three-fingers]

Wow excellent shots!

You'd think they were all in an aquarium!

 

[gaz gun man]

nice pics, and nice camera too!

 

[Amunet]

Wow, fantastic photos!

 

[keenonfish]

Real nice pis mate. Do some of these critters ever reach as far as our shores?

 

[dave_oddballs]

i wouldnt of thought any of them pics were taken from above a rock pool.
Hmmm suspitions . . . .
Nice though all the same!