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Vishal Bhave
15-06-2010, 09:04 PM
I am right or not; i am calling it as sea-scape.

2 common species of Algae viz. Caulerpa (Green algae) and Padina (Brown algae).
in background another common algal species is Sargassum


Image Details:

Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.1 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

Mrudul Godbole
15-06-2010, 09:25 PM
Its good to see something from the water world :). Nice composition. I liked the colours. The top right corner is a bit bright and distracts. Thanks for the information. Look forward to more.

Sabyasachi Patra
15-06-2010, 11:07 PM
Vishal,
Great to see underwater world. I like the colours. The brown and green makes good contrast. Which camera? Where did you shoot this? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Vishal Bhave
15-06-2010, 11:18 PM
It is from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra and i am using Canon Powershot G10 with Canon underwater Housing

Abhishek Jamalabad
16-06-2010, 08:54 AM
Nice, I love the colours and the composition. Look forward to more.
Doesn't Sargassum float at the surface? I didn't know it can be found submerged... (?)

Sabyasachi Patra
16-06-2010, 09:46 AM
Thanks Vishal for the info. I have heard that this camera does well underwater. You are certainly getting me excited to go down and explore.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Vishal Bhave
16-06-2010, 09:47 AM
rootlike Holdfast is used by Sargassum to hold some substrata, here a bottom of a rockpool. what we see floating is many branches as the algae of this genera can grow several meters. It floats to gain more surface area which aids in Photosynthesis.

Bibhav Behera
17-06-2010, 10:18 PM
Nice colours. I like the composition and the focus on the orange algae on the right. I agree that the bright area in the top right corner is a bit distracting. Thanks for sharing.

Jitendra Katre
24-06-2010, 08:23 PM
nice composition and colours.