Inner Space Meets Outer Space

Tony BrittonTony Britton Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
edited August 15, 2016 in Other Cool Shots
I hope you enjoy this photograph, which was taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, in Monterey, California.

I wanted to create the effect of an image you might see in astrophotography similar to photographs of deep space nebulae, for example. I waited for this jellyfish to move into good light. By using a relatively fast shutter speed of 1/500 and "negative" exposure compensation, the jellyfish remained well-lit while the area surrounding the jellyfish darkened. The particles floating within the tank took on the appearance of "stars" and the lovely patch of blue is due to the color of a wall within the display.


Tony

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2016
    Awesome! Reminds me of Deep-Space-9!
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited August 5, 2016
    Cool image. You certainly have achieved your objective. Very clever. clap.gif
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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,385 moderator
    edited August 5, 2016
    very cool!

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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2016
    Dittos the above!! thumb.gif
    Very nice... I love shooting there!
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  • Tony BrittonTony Britton Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2016
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Awesome! Reminds me of Deep-Space-9!
    Thanks very much. Glad you like it!

    Tony
  • Tony BrittonTony Britton Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2016
    Richard wrote: »
    Cool image. You certainly have achieved your objective. Very clever. clap.gif
    Thank you. I really appreciate that. I enjoyed browsing your website. Fantastic!

    Tony
  • Tony BrittonTony Britton Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2016
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    very cool!

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    Thank you, Denise!

    Tony
  • Tony BrittonTony Britton Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    Dittos the above!! thumb.gif
    Very nice... I love shooting there!
    Thanks, Eric. I always enjoy my visits there. You have an excellent website!

    Tony
  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2016
    I have a similar shot from a visit several years ago - yours is much more successful. Wonderful capture of the details of the jellyfish and the gradiating shades of blue.
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  • Tony BrittonTony Britton Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2016
    sarasphotos wrote: »
    I have a similar shot from a visit several years ago - yours is much more successful. Wonderful capture of the details of the jellyfish and the gradiating shades of blue.
    Thanks for looking and commenting. You have a fantastic website. A wonderful collection of excellent, thoughtful compositions.

    Tony
  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2016
    It does look like an entity from the outer space - Very nice! clap.gif
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  • Tony BrittonTony Britton Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2016
    travelways wrote: »
    It does look like an entity from the outer space - Very nice! clap.gif
    Yes, it certainly does! Thanks for looking and commenting. I visited your website links and I really enjoyed looking at your sensational photos. Great work!

    Tony
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