pca118: How's the Water Down There?

nobody@flickr.com (HipChicklette (perenially catching up)) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:51:07 -0700

HipChicklette (perenially catching up) posted a photo:

Assignment: pca118
Date: August 15 - 29, 2010
Image tag: pca118
From: mags_Tag (Margherita)

Mission from mags_Tag:
We've all marveled at shots looking up at the canopy of trees, looking up at skyscrapers or up under some flowers from a snail POV. Well, we're going the opposite direction with this one. Looking down. Here are a few examples in FlickrLand where the perspective is such that the height difference from high to low is very markable.

What it Took:
Had a great day today. Lea invited Ant and me to go to Brookside Gardens to see a butterfly conservatory. It was awesome. After a few hours of shooting the butterflies we walked around the gardens and enjoyed other views. As we approached the ponds by the Japanese gardens, I was looking into the water to see if there might be fish or turtles swimming, and spied two little eyes peering up from the water. This little guy was sitting perfectly still, hiding under the fronds and among the petals in the water. A totally lucky shot. Wasn't sure what to do for the assignment, and this shot found me.

Don't know if this shot meets the requirement that the height difference from low to high register as remarkable, but he definitely would not have been spotted if not for looking down. And, he is beneath the water and water flora. As Ant and I were talking about this shot he observed that from a frog's-eye-view a whole lot of the world must be "up". Guess it always does come back to perspective. :)

Technical aspects of this shot included a crop to square that zoomed in to focus on the frog, as well as the adjustments in post-processing noted below.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i
Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Filter: none
ISO Speed: 800
Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure Value: 0
Aperture: f/10
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Flash: Off, did not fire
Post-processing: crop to square, noise reduction, sharpen, .1 saturation, .05 vibrancy, .1 definition, .05 contrast, -.05 brightness

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pca118: How's the Water Down There?