Shane Wasik Photography
MFish Photo Comp
A national competition run by the NZ Ministry of Fisheries where I entered the Aquatic Ecosystem category.
Out of 3 place finishes I got first and highly commended; there were 3 esteemed judges, Ross Giblin from Wellington’s Dominion Post; Athol McCredie, Curator of Photography at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; and Simon Woolf, a well-known Wellington photographer!
So I was very happy after receiving commendation from these people!
Aquatic Ecosystems - High Commended
Aquatic Ecosystem 2009 Winner
The picture was taken on a night dive at Karewa Island, off Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty, NZ.
This little flounder had come over to investigate the debris from the anchor drop. I came down the shotline and there was a mass of fish feeding on the disturbed material. It took a big effort to creep up to get a shot as close as I did. The mouth of the fish was only 2inches away from the lens and was lit by a strobe.
This picture was taken on the same dive as the flounder but right at the end. The boat had anchored in around 18m so for a 2nd dive the no-stop time ticked away pretty fast and right at the end I found this squid near a pile of boulders. It was moving fast so I had to be quick and change the setting to a fast shutter speed to darken the background. The eyes of cephelapods are very similar to humans and I wanted to focus in on that. I managed to get in quite close without losing the shape of the squid and you can see all the different chromataphores in the squids skin. Very interesting animals.
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