Photographing Fish Using an Underwater Camera
Woo Hoo! I was able to borrow an underwater camera when I went to Hawaii a few weeks ago! It was a Casio pocket camera with a waterproof feature up to three meters deep.
I couldn’t wait to go snorkeling and try my hand at photographing fish. In fact I planned the trip so we would get off the plane and drive straight to Shark’s Cove, a small natural marine reserve on the North Shore of Oaho.
It took a while to get the hang of taking a moving object while being tossed about by the waves myself. There was no chance of remaining stationary, but I discovered that the autofocus was able to compensate more effectively when I was drifting directly away from the fish, instead of moving off to the side.
After scores of unfocused shots of empty sea bottom (taken after the fish had darted away) I managed to capture this one. It’s not entirely in focus, but framed quite nicely in its rocky environment. My first actual success in photographing fish using an underwater camera.
A little while later the tide started going out, causing an undertow, and I drifted out a little further from shore than I had bargained on. To my delight, I discovered there were whole schools of the same fish out there, and the water was clearer as well. Using an underwater camera was much easier in these conditions.
Not bad for a first attempt. I’m hoping to take a trip to Okinawa later this year, where photographing fish using an underwater camera will be even more rewarding.
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