1st Place Wide Angle
Byron Conroy
“Last Light“
Byron Conroy won an Indonesian Dive Cruise for one + 50% off a companion aboard the SMY Ondina Liveaboard!
The Story:
Cuba is home to one of the last abundant populations of sharks in the Caribbean, this shot was taken at sunset with these surface patrolling silky sharks. I wanted to tell the story of the number of sharks and the healthy population and the movement as they patrol the shallow water. I used a slow shutter speed to burn in the ambient light coming through the partial n=snells window and a front curtain flash fore to freeze the sharks sharp in amongst the chaos of the surface movement and the sunset
Location:
Jardines Del Reina marine Park in Cuba, Caribbean
Equipment Used:
- Camera – Sony A7R V
- Housing – Nauticam
- Strobe/light – Backscatter HF-1 strobes
- Lens – Canon 8-15 fisheye
Camera Settings:
- ISO 160
- F/18
- Shutter speed 1/5s
