Ardeth Carlson
June 2025 - Mealtime at the Aquarium
About the Image(s)
The Monterey Bay Aquarium in California has wonderful two-story glass-walled aquarium tanks that make it easy to watch the action at feeding time, when a pair of divers went down with pails of food that they hand-fed to the tanks' residents.
Nikon D850, Nikon 18-300 lens at 116 mm
Exposure 1/100, f/7.2, ISO 2500
Post-processing: only some slight burning of a few harsh highlights from the aquarium lighting
3 comments posted
Ardeth, interesting capture at peak of action when the little shark is accepting the treat from the diver. The presence of the other fishes adds to the story. It is sharp.
As a side comment, why are you using a DX lens (18-300 mm) on a FX camera (D850) ?
Using a DX lens on an FX body can reduce the resolution and image quality compared to using an FX lens. The FX camera effectively crops the image, limiting the area it uses from the lens. Posted: 06/18/2025 07:25:32
As a side comment, why are you using a DX lens (18-300 mm) on a FX camera (D850) ?
Using a DX lens on an FX body can reduce the resolution and image quality compared to using an FX lens. The FX camera effectively crops the image, limiting the area it uses from the lens. Posted: 06/18/2025 07:25:32
When I bought my D850 to replace an aging D7200, I don't have the bucks to buy more lenses! The 18-300 is my go-to lens for "regular" photography and the Sigma 150-600 for probably 90% of my shooting, since I am especially into bird photography, and it also can work well with other genres, just a different effect than a wide angle. For budget photographers, you shoot with what you have until and unless you can afford more! Posted: 06/18/2025 09:54:04
Ardeth
Excellent capture (right moment) showing the diver feeding with other sharks in the background adding to the story.
Adobe introduced reflection removal in LR this month. I tried it on your jpg image using the standard selection. I assume that the diver wore a black wet suit. You might consider color correcting your image by moving the temperature slider toward the yellow. In the VH attached, I adjusted both the temperature and tint slider so the shark did not appear green. You can see how the water color also changed.
With editing portraits, I find that one of the first things I do when editing an image, is check the overall color temperature of an image of the raw file and correct this first before adjust the tonal sliders. Posted: 06/23/2025 17:29:20
Excellent capture (right moment) showing the diver feeding with other sharks in the background adding to the story.
Adobe introduced reflection removal in LR this month. I tried it on your jpg image using the standard selection. I assume that the diver wore a black wet suit. You might consider color correcting your image by moving the temperature slider toward the yellow. In the VH attached, I adjusted both the temperature and tint slider so the shark did not appear green. You can see how the water color also changed.
With editing portraits, I find that one of the first things I do when editing an image, is check the overall color temperature of an image of the raw file and correct this first before adjust the tonal sliders. Posted: 06/23/2025 17:29:20