Showing posts with label Ningaloo Reef. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ningaloo Reef. Show all posts
[UW Photo A123] Turtle at Ningaloo reef
[UW Photo A123] Turtle at Ningaloo reef
(Location: Gulliver, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia)
(Location: Gulliver, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia)
Though I have seen many Turtles in their natural habitat, couldn’t make it a point to take photos. They are very fast underwater and usually don’t give much room for a photographer unless he/she is well prepared to shoot a fast-moving subject.
While I was diving the famous Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, I got this great opportunity of shooting a descent size turtle. Fortunately, it was resting on a narrow boulder. My camera was equipped with a fish-eye lens which may not be the best but I managed to click few shots without disturbing the creature. Luckily, I had already set high dept-of-field since I was looking for opportunity for a close-focused wide angle shot. Ocean surge and visibility wasn’t in my favor, but they were manageable.
One should not understand Ningaloo reef as a very blue tropical looking reef in Sri Lanka or south east Asian region. Water in the reef was cold and its more greenish. So, given these conditions I am pretty happy with this outcome.
