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Flight of the Jellyfish
Flight of the Jellyfish
yakatme


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fauna II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
Date: Oct 7, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2007

 This shot was taken during the Florida Keys/Key West GTG. Most of us took the "Fast Cat" ferry to the Dry Tortugas to tour the fort and snorkel in the waters around the island.

I used an underwater housing by Fantasea for my D70 and got a couple of hundred of shots from two days of snorkeling. I came across this jellyfish and I had wanted to get a shot of it from directly below it with only the sky above, but for some reason that shot had some sort of banding across it. This shot was one of the next best.

I ended up getting stung about six times, but it was worth it.

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 230
Avg (all users): 6.2550
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.8475
Avg (non-participants): 6.4255
Views since voting: 1579
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 200
Comments: 10
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 10/17/2007 11:22:34 AM
Wow! That is really interesting. What a great perspective!

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 10/17/2007 02:12:11 AM
Really great concept. Love the shot, but the one without the wall in it would have been even better.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 10/15/2007 07:42:59 PM
This looks like an underwater shot, or maybe through an aquarium wall. Nice one.
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Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/15/2007 01:08:29 PM
ccccccccccoooooooooolllllllllllllll:)
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/13/2007 10:53:12 PM
Great POV ... Wow - definitely haven't seen this before. key west? fort jefferson? I just feel like I recognize the wall and I know there was a GTG.
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/12/2007 11:28:44 AM
Neat shot, appears that you were actually in the water ... but for the life of me I can't figure out what that brick wall would be doing there.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1K
Leica 14-50mm f2.8-3.5 Mega O.I.S.
 10/11/2007 06:35:50 PM
awesome shot
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 10/11/2007 05:37:38 PM
This is great! A difficult critter to photograph for sure.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/11/2007 04:06:30 PM
Very impressive for an underwater capture.
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Pentax K10D
Pentax SMC- DA * 50-135mm F2.8 ED (IF) SDM
 10/10/2007 10:51:34 PM
This is a nice shot, I actually thought the jellyfish was in the air for a second.
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