Winners Gallery
Finalist Fine Art Photographer of the Year
Gabriel Barathieu Mayotte
"I took this photo during the first test dive of a new rig - Canon R5 in a Seacam housing. It was also the first time I used a wide angle lens during a night dive," says photographer Gabriel Barathieu. "I was secretly hoping to meet a squid for long exposure tests with rear-curtain synchronisation. That's why I took the 14-35mm lens, to be closer to the subject. After 15 minutes of diving, I came face-to-face with this squid and spent 30 minutes having fun with long exposures and flashes in stroboscope mode."
BEHIND THE LENS
Gabriel Barathieu France
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- Night dive
- Clear sky, no wind
- Very little current
- Taken while scuba diving
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