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Semi hemi

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Saturday 10th March 2012
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The ship I work on is currently operating off the coast of Brazil. The following images were taken from our Helideck approx 25-30 ft above the water, Camera is a Nikon D5000 with a 55-300 zoom and a circular polarising filter was used.
Apart from cropping and the odd wee tweak of contrast that is how they came out.
There was a lot got binned as the refraction could be a bit much at times, but if the fish were within a metre or so of the surface on the lee side of the ship it was pretty smooth.
As there is nothing to judge scale ,the biggest of the file fish were 10-12 inches, the Needle fish 4-5 feet and the Dorado were 4-6 feet

File Fish




Atlantic Needlefish




Dorado, AKA Lampuki, Mahi Mahi or Dolphin Fish






Sometimes the refraction would work out pretty good


Edited by Semi hemi on Saturday 10th March 14:33

rxtx

6,050 posts

239 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Nice, I initially thought they were underwater photos smile

TheD

3,142 posts

228 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Magic photos. Almost hard to believe they have been taken above the water

CarMac

669 posts

243 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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Wow...liking those!