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Many varieties of jellies are on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, California, USA), and none are easy photographic subjects thanks to the complications of low light, reflections on tank surfaces, and creature movement. Of course none of that deters me from stopping at every tank on every visit and trying yet again. I had pretty good luck on this visit with the North Pacific sea nettles, of which this is one of my better captures. (Uncropped image processed in Imagenomic Noiseware, slight exposure adjustment and a bit of sharpening in Topaz Detail.) (Olympus E-5 & Zuiko 50mm macro, f/5.6, 1/40 sec., ISO 3200, aquarium tank lighting, handheld)
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this is one awesome capture Celeste, very well done, I am totally amazed at the colour of this jellyfish !
You are so quick, Annette, thank you for the great comment and fave! The color has a lot to do with the tank lighting, and a lot of it is luck when it comes to where the jellyfish is in the tank in relation to the light. I was firing away in burst mode and so have an entire series of this one jellyfish as it powered its way up though the tank. They are amazing creatures to behold.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Beautifully captured.
Thank you, Julie! You are also very quick, and I appreciate your comment and fave!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Natures Paintbrush
BEAUTIFUL work,
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Thank you very much, Ann!
– Celeste Mookherjee
amazing picture xx
Thank you very much, Lynn! They are fascinating creatures.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Wow beautiful !
Thanks very much, so glad you like it!
– Celeste Mookherjee
awesome capture
Thank you very much, Angel!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Fantastic capture!
Many thanks, Annmarie! They are fantastic creatures, and I always enjoy photographing them.
– Celeste Mookherjee
With all those obstacles and you pulled out a stunning image!! Of course you did! You always do! This is wonderful!!
Thanks very much, Kristi, but you give me too much credit. You only see my better images and none of those when I didn’t manage a really good one. :)
– Celeste Mookherjee
Thank you, Laurie, but you give me too much credit. Really, I only show the best ones and not the ones I missed. :)
– Celeste Mookherjee
this is beautiful Celeste! almost like a creature from another world ;)
It really is a different world. Thanks for the wonderful comment, Manon!
– Celeste Mookherjee