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A true challenge this month – negative (or complimentary) space that will draw the eye to a striking subject… I love the submissions this month – open aperture gives the images either a soft, dreamy bokeh or blue-greenish background, a true reflection of underwater world. And @marylinerenault ‘s “it’s full of stars” moment is such an innovative take!
But yeah, it wasn’t easy – especially in our silty Singapore waters – to move away from the subject and achieve empty space without a storm of backscatter. @dwerpii so well done on getting a high key bright photo of a goby in these conditions without too many distractions in the frame.
I tried and failed, time and again, so I decided to take a small shortcut. Is it cheating (for this challenge then) if I achieve my negative space simply by cutting the light out with a snoot?
Here’s my snooted negative space. Frankly, I wish I had moved further away from my subjects, especially the pipefish could use more breathing space in front 😅
(1) ISO 200, 1/125 sec, f/9
(2) ISO 200, 1/125 sec, f/9
(3) ISO 200, 1/125 sec, f/11
