Photographer Captures Rare Fish That Walks on its Hands
Lighting
Lighting underwater is difficult enough, but on a gloomy riverbed the situation is dire and although Remy brought with him a Retra Flash Pro strobe he still had to use a modifier to get the desired results.
“In murky waters, strobes tend to light up an awful lot of floating particles (backscatter), so I had to set up my lighting to cover the handfish while minimizing the amount of particles lit up,” he says.
“For this, I used Retra LSD snoots, which are essentially optical tubes, which I attached in front of the strobes to narrow down their light beams.
“Having such controllable lighting also made it possible to produce these rich black backgrounds during daytime.”
Lighting underwater is difficult enough, but on a gloomy riverbed the situation is dire and although Remy brought with him a Retra Flash Pro strobe he still had to use a modifier to get the desired results.
“In murky waters, strobes tend to light up an awful lot of floating particles (backscatter), so I had to set up my lighting to cover the handfish while minimizing the amount of particles lit up,” he says.
“For this, I used Retra LSD snoots, which are essentially optical tubes, which I attached in front of the strobes to narrow down their light beams.
“Having such controllable lighting also made it possible to produce these rich black backgrounds during daytime.”
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09 December 2023
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