Leopard Sharks!!!!

waisj · 18th January 2005

Hi all,

It is me again,

Posting more before i elope from Singapore

and

Constructive comments welcomed.

Which works for ya?

Please contribute any of your leopard shark shots

Bluestrike · 18th January 2005

WAH.... dun they bite?

anyway, I find the colours a bit dull for both pic.

beivied · 18th January 2005

most sharks dun bite unless you provoke them... leopard sharks are generally very shy actually..

let me guess.. the background is rather dark because he is shooting downwards rather than upwards?

would have prefer a closer shot with the leopard shark's eye (though small

) more in focus.

chinaik · 18th January 2005

I kind of like the 1st picture... it gives the feeling of fluidity to me

... the sense of smoothness.... "taichi"

kng · 18th January 2005

Wld prefer more "head-on" angles for the sharks... ie swimming towards the photographer... In the first shot, the shark has already started turning away.

ScoobaKev · 18th January 2005

I like leopard sharks, so both shots are nice [scuba diver POV]

Colours abit washed out & composition for a w/a could incorporate a 2 or 3rd subject eg. sunrays, diver etc.. [u/w photographer POV]

waisj · 19th January 2005

Originally Posted by Bluestrike

WAH.... dun they bite?

anyway, I find the colours a bit dull for both pic.

Nah they don't.... they actually only bite you.. mauhahahaha..

Yeah the colours are a bit dull. lighting conditions weren't good so were the underwater scene.

waisj · 19th January 2005

Originally Posted by beivied

most sharks dun bite unless you provoke them... leopard sharks are generally very shy actually..

let me guess.. the background is rather dark because he is shooting downwards rather than upwards?

would have prefer a closer shot with the leopard shark's eye (though small ) more in focus.

Backgound dark because there weren't much available light

I was extremely careful not to blow out the white sand for the first shot. which also attributed to the darker than normal background exposure. Skill not up there yet.

Yeah i would have prefered a closer and more "eye" shot of the leopard shark, but alas i was never close enough. My profile was like a bungee hosed underwater bat underwater.

waisj · 19th January 2005

Originally Posted by chinaik

I kind of like the 1st picture... it gives the feeling of fluidity to me ... the sense of smoothness.... "taichi"

Hehe thanks. i was trying to achieve the frontal "face" shot but it was spooked even before i went close enough.

waisj · 19th January 2005

Originally Posted by kng

Wld prefer more "head-on" angles for the sharks... ie swimming towards the photographer... In the first shot, the shark has already started turning away.

Yeah.... i wanted to light the under belly and have the shark come into my frame(still remember the shots we wanted to take before the trip, shark, school of rays...

).... but from maldives till similans till i hung up fins i still couldn't get this shot.... still couldn't get the shot.

waisj · 19th January 2005

Originally Posted by ScoobaKev

I like leopard sharks, so both shots are nice [scuba diver POV]

Colours abit washed out & composition for a w/a could incorporate a 2 or 3rd subject eg. sunrays, diver etc.. [u/w photographer POV]

Well note scubakev... Thanks. Would have liked to capture those as you've mentioned . But the Similans's Leopard shark are a WEEEE bit shy...

ScoobaKev · 20th January 2005

Originally Posted by waisj

Well note scubakev... Thanks. Would have liked to capture those as you've mentioned . But the Similans's Leopard shark are a WEEEE bit shy...

Fully agree abt the shyness, none of my Leopard Shark shots had a 2nd/3rd subject either.

ransoma22 · 7th February 2005

Originally Posted by waisj

Hi all,

It is me again,

Posting more before i elope from Singapore
and

Constructive comments welcomed.

Which works for ya?

Please contribute any of your leopard shark shots

Elope from Singapore ???

2nd pix works for me though.. *Me noobie in underwater photography*

Your underwater never fail to woah me including those active posters here...

Cheers!!

Keep shooting~~~

waisj · 7th February 2005

Originally Posted by ransoma22

Elope from Singapore ???

2nd pix works for me though.. *Me noobie in underwater photography*

Your underwater never fail to woah me including those active posters here...

Cheers!!

Keep shooting~~~

Yeah.. clay Aiken is back...

Elope??? Heavenly secrets cannot be disclosed....

Thanks for the kind comments...

if you come to underwater photography. then i no where to go liao

ransoma22 · 8th February 2005

Originally Posted by waisj

Yeah.. clay Aiken is back...

Elope??? Heavenly secrets cannot be disclosed....

Thanks for the kind comments...

if you come to underwater photography. then i no where to go liao

You can go deep sea diving~~~

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Bluestrike Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: There lor~ Posts: 4,843	WAH.... dun they bite? anyway, I find the colours a bit dull for both pic.

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beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	most sharks dun bite unless you provoke them... leopard sharks are generally very shy actually.. let me guess.. the background is rather dark because he is shooting downwards rather than upwards? would have prefer a closer shot with the leopard shark's eye (though small ) more in focus.

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chinaik Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 98	I kind of like the 1st picture... it gives the feeling of fluidity to me ... the sense of smoothness.... "taichi"

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kng Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 551	Wld prefer more "head-on" angles for the sharks... ie swimming towards the photographer... In the first shot, the shark has already started turning away.

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ScoobaKev Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pasir Ris Posts: 863	I like leopard sharks, so both shots are nice [scuba diver POV] Colours abit washed out & composition for a w/a could incorporate a 2 or 3rd subject eg. sunrays, diver etc.. [u/w photographer POV]