The Lion's Mane Jellyfish
Do not expect these blogs to be too full of words, we would rather let the images tell their own story. This inaugural blog if from a single dive at Fanks. Using the Canon EF100mm f2.8L IS Macro lens Gill has created a number of images that study in detail the Lion's Mane Jellyfish. For my part I have done a little post production to take the images from their raw file to the finished photograph.
Click on image for Lion's Mane Jellyfish wiki page
The Lion's Mane Jellyfish - A king of the Ocean
Tim Rice's lyrics from the Lion King song the Circle of Life seem very apt:
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
Well through the course of our project and our blogs we hope to scratch a little way beneath the surfcae of the waters in and around Skye.
The lion's mane jellyfish is the largest of the jellyfish found around Skye and is characterised by the dense, centre tentacles that are tightly clustered and provide a blaze of colour as the jellyfish gently propels itself through the water or simply drifts with the tide.
But what about close up?
Well we invite your to explore for yourself, looking over Gill's shoulder, as she captures some of the fine detail of the Lion's Mane jellyfish from all angles and allows you to exmine these fine creatures closely without the risk of being stung! None of the colours have been changed during post production although some images have had the background reduced to blackness to better contrast the detail captured underwater.
If you click on any of the images you will be able to flick through a carousel of the images in a larger format.
Gill & Geraint
28 July 2019
