PHOTO CLINIC
Flamingo tongue snail,
West Palm Beach, Florida
Equipment and Settings: Olympus TG-3,
Olympus PT-056 housing, Sea&Sea YS-01
strobe, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 200
Lia Flamingo tongues have
such interesting patterns
that you really want them
to stand out in your
composition. For this
reason, I would shoot from
the side and use the water
column as a background,
so that the patterns on the
shell are not competing
with the fan. If you took this
approach, you could also
move your strobe to the
centre and down to focus
on the shell, and eliminate
the need to add a second
strobe to fill in the shadows
that are created on the
right side of your image.
Joseph Much like the
fireworm, flamingo tongues
burst with interesting
patterns and colours. I find
the orange and pink hue
match well with the purple
and blue tones of the
background. If you shoot
this subject more from
the side to include open
water, the colours of the
flamingo tongue will “pop”
even more. SDOP
THE EXPERTS
Lia Barrett is the Photo Editor of
DivePhotoGuide.com, Creative Director of
Prawno apparel and a member of the Ocean
Artists Society. She is an underwater, travel,
and fine art photographer whose work has appeared in
some of the most prestigious publications in the world.
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Joseph Tepper is the Editor of online
underwater photography resource
DivePhotoGuide.com. His images and stories
have appeared in many of the world’s most
eminent publications, including Scuba Diving,
Sport Diver, Scuba Diver AUSTRALASIA, and California Diver.