Author: Eunjae Im

Odd Couple: Shrimp goby and blind shrimp

Spotted Shrimp goby – Amblyeleotris guttata, Shot in Dauin, Philippines.

These shrimp goby live in a symbiotic relationship with shrimps(they sharing same burrow). The shrimps are almost blind and need the goby to keep an eye out for predators. Shrimp goby needs a hiding place and benefits from living in the burrow excavated by the shrimp.

Goby in this video: Spotted shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris guttata).

https://youtu.be/jUL4d7YeVNE

3 minute long original footage compressed(fast forward) in 35sec.
Filmed at Ambon, Indonesia / Canon 7D, 100mm

Snapping (Blind) shrimp – Alpheus sp., Shot in Dauin, Philippines.

I’m sure many people already know about relationship this shrimp and goby.
But I’m still very curious to know how they actually decide to pair up in the first place?

Dauin – Beneath The Wave, 5D Mark III Underwater Video

Here’s a short/rough video compilation from the Canon 5D Mark III in Nauticam housing.
Wide angle with Canon 8-15mm FE (w/ Magic filter, Manual WB) behind S&S glass dome port (with 30mm ext ring), Natural light.
Macro with Canon 100mm L IS, Subsee +5/10, Sola 1200 lights, Xit 404 tripod, SmallHD DP4 monitor.
Setting was 1080/30p, 1/60sec with various f numbers and ISO range from 100 to 1600, no color grading or noise reduction in post editing.
I could not include many footage which can showing iso capability of 5dmk3 (footage for my client) but camera produce very usable footage till’ iso 1600 and can go to 3200/6400 in tought situations.

http://vimeo.com/45890073

캐논 5D Mark 3, 노티캠 하우징으로 촬영한 수중 영상들을 짧게 편집하였습니다.
광각은 캐논 8-15mm 어안 (매직 필터, 매뉴얼 화이트밸런스), 씨엔씨 옵티컬 돔포트 (30mm 확장링 사용), 자연광으로 촬영하였으며 접사는 캐논 100mm L IS, Subsee +5/10 디옵터, Sola 1200 라이트, Xit 404 트라이포드와 SmallHD DP4 모니터 사용하였습니다. 셋팅은 1080/30p, 셔터 스피드 1/60초 고정, 조리개값과 ISO 값만 바꾸었고 편집시에 컬러 그레이딩 또는 노이즈 리덕션은 사용하지 않았습니다. 여러가지 상황에서 촬영 해 본 결과 iso 1600까지 매우 좋은 영상을 보여주었고 3200/6400도 노이즈 후보정을 한다면 충분히 사용할 만 합니다.

Bali May 2012

I just returned from the trip to Bali, Indonesia.
This trip was underwater video shooting for TV documentary about artificial reef, Bio-Rock project at Taman Sari Resort, Pemuteran in Bali, Indonesia. Additionally, we made some footage at Tulamben and Nusa Penida island.

In front of Taman Sari resort, you can find more then 60 Bio-Rock structure and reef was amazingly healthy even in high water temperature. We could see these healthy hard corals on electirc wired structures giving positive effects on natural coral area as well. After few days of diving at this site, I can say Bio-Rock project is Bali’s most successful attempt at reef re-generation.

Much respect and thanks to Agung Prana, Rani Morrow-Wuigk and Komang Astika and all staff at Taman Sari, support divers from Bali Diving Academy for support us to filming.

More info about Bio-Rock:
http://www.biorock.org
http://www.globalcoral.org 

It was full time underwater video trip but I took few photos and posted some of them to this gallery : http://ejlabs.net/zenphoto/recent/Bali_2012/

Squat Lobster Feeding

Usually this small (less then cm) squat lobster (galathea sp.) is not colorful photogenic subject but very interesting to watch that how they are grabbing food & feeding in video.
Filmed in Lembeh strait, North sulawesi, Indonesia.
Canon 7D, 100mm.

http://vimeo.com/40571714

1cm도 되지 않는 이 작은 squat lobster (galathea sp.)는 보통 그다지 사진 촬영에 어울리는 화려한 포토제닉은 아닌듯 합니다. 하지만 접사 비디오로 촬영 해 보니 먹이 활동을 하는 모습이 정말 재미있습니다. 인도네시아, 렘베에서 캐논 7D, 100mm 렌즈로 촬영하였습니다.