OP
Wow, lots of comments...
A couple of things from my perspective. First, I agree that the background is uninteresting. I was actually trying to take a picture of this fish with his buddy against a pretty little coral head that's actually just to the left of the frame but everytime I lined up the shot, the fish moved. He'd ducked around back and was coming from behind when I took this shot.
I do like depth of field pictures in that the foreground and background are out of focus while the subject is in focus. Obiviously I haven't experimented with this underwater to see if it still works as well as on land. For this particular shot, however, I wasn't trying to do a narrow depth of field pic.
The rule of thirds does work but I worry more about being too far from the subject and losing it in the 'clutter' in my early uw photo attempts. I enjoy pictures where the subject fills the frame with the 'subject' being a part of the whole (shark eyes vs. the whole shark).
The reason this wasn't shot up is that I was literally a foot from the bottom as it was and didn't want to damage any marine life in the process so I was trying to stay clear of the other stuff. I do know this suggestion and took some other shots that used that technique, they just didn't come out very well for other reasons.
I think the main reason I like this shot is that the fish has personality. I see an inquisitiveness in the eyes and the flick of the tail shows some motion and a degree of cuteness.
Thank you all for you input, I'm sure I'll be asking you for help again before too long, at least I hope so!
Rachel
A couple of things from my perspective. First, I agree that the background is uninteresting. I was actually trying to take a picture of this fish with his buddy against a pretty little coral head that's actually just to the left of the frame but everytime I lined up the shot, the fish moved. He'd ducked around back and was coming from behind when I took this shot.
I do like depth of field pictures in that the foreground and background are out of focus while the subject is in focus. Obiviously I haven't experimented with this underwater to see if it still works as well as on land. For this particular shot, however, I wasn't trying to do a narrow depth of field pic.
The rule of thirds does work but I worry more about being too far from the subject and losing it in the 'clutter' in my early uw photo attempts. I enjoy pictures where the subject fills the frame with the 'subject' being a part of the whole (shark eyes vs. the whole shark).
The reason this wasn't shot up is that I was literally a foot from the bottom as it was and didn't want to damage any marine life in the process so I was trying to stay clear of the other stuff. I do know this suggestion and took some other shots that used that technique, they just didn't come out very well for other reasons.
I think the main reason I like this shot is that the fish has personality. I see an inquisitiveness in the eyes and the flick of the tail shows some motion and a degree of cuteness.
Thank you all for you input, I'm sure I'll be asking you for help again before too long, at least I hope so!
Rachel
