Kenneth Kopp

Gallery: Wet: FEATURED: Light Table Nudis

We've all seen Nudibranchs photographed and lit from above. I wanted to show them a little differently: Lit from the bottom 

When I spot one on a kelp frond, my buddy illuminates it with an underwater light and lights the frond from directly below the Nudi. I then dial down the strobe's intensity so they're just acting as small fill lights. I want the animal and the kelp lit primarily from below.  

Because of the translucent nature of Nudibranchs, they glow when lit from below and offer a whole new look to these marvelous animals. 

  • Lit from below with a 21 Watt HID dive light, the kelp and the Nudibranch glow
  • Lighted from under the kelp frond.  The frond shifted in the surge, giving it an eerie flame quality in the back of the frame.
  • This unidentified species of Dendronotus was lit from below by a very powerful dive light, making him glow from the inside.
  • In verythick bubble kelp, the kelp isn't really illuminated by the dive light, but the nudi glow from the inside-out.
  • Rarely found on kelp fronds, we lit this from the bottom with a powerful light to create the floating effect
  • Lit from below, the kelp takes on a tiger stripe effect.
  • This very thin kelp frond seems to glow and expose it's texture as we light it from below.
  • Same Nudi, just a different angle with the bright light below it.
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