Animals - Nuno Correia

Flying Underwater

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Oceanário - Bird “flying” underwater, a technique used for feeding. Photo taken through the glass of the aquarium.

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Relaxing

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I’m not sure if it’s the same bird of the previous photo, but one thing I’m sure, it’s the same species.

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I’m Watching You

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I think this is a stingray, she/he was at the bottom of the aquarium, maybe she/he was watching humans in their “aquarium”.

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Perfect Predator

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No need for introductions, thanks to Steven Spielberg, sharks are killing machines, for me, they’re a masterpiece of nature.

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Beware

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A graceful predator, “built” for speed, accuracy and efficiency.

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I’ve tried first with Suka (meaning fast in Inuit), my Alaskan Malamute, but paid a little visit to the Oceanário and the results surprised me, due to a pair of lenses Pedro lent me, a 50mm and a 85mm, the last one with ultra fast focusing. They worked flawlessly, giving me a very low depth of field due to a large aperture available to both lenses and the ability to work without a flash, a limitation imposed by the Oceanário’s management.

4 Responses to “Animals - Nuno Correia”

  1. Nuno, I like all your photos, but specially the diving penguin one :) I love penguins.

    jrechena said this on June 18th, 2007 at 7:59 am

  2. Nuno, you shouldn’t be afraid to push the 400D up to ISO 1600 - I think some of the photos would gain in clarity, by permitting faster shutter speeds. There’s an excellent solution for removing noise, it’s a Photoshop plug-in called Noise Ninja.

    I love the overall light of the photos, the one of the bird on the water is wonderful, it really captures the ambiance of the Oceanário.

    ppinheiro said this on June 18th, 2007 at 4:38 pm

  3. Good job on another assignment completed!

    My comments:

    1. Nice ’space like’ effect. Good composition. It’s missing sharpness though, maybe due to a low shutter speed. Try using higher ISO speeds if possible or pulling the zoom outwards to get wider apertures and less shaking movement on the camera.

    2. Excellent shot with good composition, good lighting and good sharpness. Great job!

    3. Good and spooky picture! I like it, but would prefer to have the blueish tone corrected somehow…

    4. Excellent shot! Good job on framing the shark! Again could be improved by correcting the excessive blueish tone as well as a little more sharpness using faster shutter speeds.

    5. Same as #4. I like the composition and the fact that you can see the water surface on top. Good job!

    MCA said this on June 19th, 2007 at 1:07 am

  4. MCA, I kown what you mean about using high ISO, but there is a drawback, noise in the pictures. I used in most of the photos ISO 800 due to the lack of usable light in the aquarium, pushing it to ISO 1600 would add to much noise for my taste, and adding the glass of the aquarium, very thick one (in some of the angles caused a major distortion), resulted in the lack of some sharpness.
    On the majority of my photos used the lenses Pedro lent me, the 50mm and 85mm, no zoom there, but wide aperture sure!
    I’ve corrected a bit the blueish tone but the real color of the stingray resembles very much with the final result, maybe it’s blurriness caused by a shallow depth of field increases the blue in the picture.
    I love your reviews, i’m waiting for your participation in this project.

    ncorreia said this on June 19th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

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