Underwater life

Almost 70% of the world is water. It's divided in fresh water like rivers, lakes and ponds and salt water in the seas and oceans. It's an impressive number. The thought that we humans, all 7 320 414 500 and counting, are living on only 30% of the surface of this earth is even more impressive. Let's stop and wait for a minute. If so much people and even more animals and insects live on 30%.  How much life is there in that other 70% of the world?

We humans that are not skilled in diving or can't afford to go under the water with a submarine, only know a little about what is going on. The only things we do know are things we can see because of fish tanks in zoos, aquariums, sea life centers and documentaries. The only thing we all know for sure is that it's a magical world. With the fantasy of mermaids is kept alive by Disney. And who knows maybe...they do exist? 

I'm one of those many people that isn't skilled in diving. God, no. Even snorkeling freaks me out. And no I can't afford a submarine to take me to all those beautiful places on the sea. So like every other person out there, I need to go to a zoo to see fish in action. No special cameras needed, no special effects. Just a lot of patients and good timing gives you access to beautiful photos.

If you want to take photos in an aquarium, you can't use your flash. Even when you shoot in automatic try to get your ISO up. Otherwise you are going to wait for a very long time for a very blurry picture without any fish. Fish aren't that fast so a shutter time of 1/the length of your objective will do. The diaphragm depends on what you want, good lighting on a lower ISO or a good depth of field. That's totally up to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy Photography

Caroline