I recently returned from a trip to Germany, where I gave an invited talk (titled “Inspiring Curiosity”) at the GDT (Association of German Nature Photographers) festival in Lünen, with an audience of about 700 people. It was an inspiring experience, and I also really enjoyed the talks by my fellow presenters including Florian Shulz, Erlend and Orsolya Haarbeg, Bence Mate, Bruno D-Amicis, and so many more! I can’t wait to go back again!
After such an inspiring weekend I just had to go out and take some photos, despite not having the time to make a trip out to the wilderness. So, instead, I wandered through the Seattle Arboretum, enjoying the brilliant autumn colors. A little pond covered in red maple leaves made for the perfect subject to try out my Aquatech housing again.
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Japanese maple leaves floating in a small pond in late autumn in Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum.
The Tech: Canon 5D2, Sigma 15mm fisheye, Aquatech sport housing and dome port
Exposure: iso 1600, f/11, 1/5th sec
Notes: composed and exposed by blindly guessing.
Tags: autumn, seattle arboretum, underwater
sweet shot, love the fisheye effect. impressive given your composition was just a guess! did you just hold your breath and jump in??
Thanks Navin. I didn’t have to get very wet for this – just stuck my underwater housing in the pond and started shooting.
Congratulations on the talk. Must have been fun to be around such an inspiring photo group. I felt that way when I talked at NANPA and a few other places. You would like speaking at NANPA. If you get one of the main speeches, you are in front of some 2500-3000 photographers. What a rush for you and them. Cool, unusual photo. That housing must be fun to play around with and fish for photos. I could use one of those around here since most of my images seem to be around the creek.