Photographer Gary Tyson not too way back took a Sony Alpha 7S III into the ocean of the Phillippines and captured some attractive nighttime pictures and slow-motion footage of the native sea life.
Tyson, a British expert photographer now dwelling in Manila, has been making an attempt to boost his underwater pictures skills since he has been unable to journey for work since ultimate yr because of coronavirus pandemic. He says he would normally be working run journey pictures workshops spherical Asia (Mongolia, Japan, Cambodia, India, and so forth) along with taking footage enterprise pictures and video for sports activities actions and enterprise producers world extensive.
“I spotted my skills as a British Navy Photographer. I spent 18 years throughout the British Navy sooner than I moved to Asia to run my very personal freelance pictures and video enterprise,” he tells PetaPixel.
This particular shoot was achieved primarily as an experiment that he may have the benefit of whereas distancing himself from others and staying safe underwater. Tyson says that initially he tried this similar thought with the Sony Alpha 7R IV nevertheless wasn’t able to get the low-light outcomes he was looking for.
“I’ve shot some video on the a7R IV moreover, and nearly as good because it’s, by way of low mild there’s merely fully no comparability to each different digicam obtainable available on the market with the a7S III. I can set my ‘low’ ISO at 12,800 which is insane and merely shoot at over 100,000 ISO with no factors,” he says.
“That talked about, by way of stills pictures, the A7RIV is elegant. I am terribly happy with the A7RIV for the pictures side of points. That’s now my dilemma, as I shoot every, one is right for stills, the alternative glorious for all video,” Tyson continues.
Beneath are a variety of examples of what Tyson is able to seize all through the day when the a7R IV is the superior various:
Nevertheless at night, the a7S III is the upper risk and permits him to take pictures like these along with the video above:
In his video above, a number of of Tyson’s footage does not look slowed down though virtually all of it was shot at each 60 frames per second or 120 frames per second. Nonetheless, near the highest of the video, he displays what the footage looks like sooner than it was slowed, which really highlights the challenges of taking footage small, fast-moving matters like these.
Tyson’s underwater setup for the video and nighttime pictures together with the digicam is the Sony 90mm Macro, a Seafrogs housing with a macro port, and two Keldan lights.
“The one totally different lenses I exploit for underwater are Sony 16-35F4 and Sony 28mm with fisheye converter for fisheye form pictures,” he says.
As an example, the turtle {photograph} above, along with the free-diver reduce up shot, have been taken on the 16-35mm whereas the diver hovering above the wreck and diver with digicam swimming alongside a wall have been captured on the Sony 28mm f/2 and Sony Fisheye converter in a Seafrogs 6-inch port.
“The ultimate free diver in camo go nicely with is taken on Sony 12-24mm f/4, nevertheless I’m not using that anymore as a bit bit too giant for this purpose I imagine — I lose edge definition an extreme quantity of when shut up,” he explains.
One phrase that notably impressed Tyson was that Sony’s animal eye-AF works properly underwater, even on small, unusual-looking creatures at nighttime. Beneath are two 100% crops of pictures above that Tyson included to point that the principle goal is sharp on the eyes:
For additional from Gary Tyson, you’ll adjust to him on Instagram (an underwater-specific account could also be found here) along with subscribe to his YouTube Channel.
Image credit score: Photos by Gary Tyson and used with permission.
