3rd Place Underwater Digital Art

Lorenzo Terraneo

"Alien - People Swimming in a Cave"

The Story:

An upside down shot in a cave in Italy. I was experimenting to see how to capture the natural light of this beautiful cave (blue cave) in the south of Italy without using flash. Since there were a lot of swimmers, I tried to find nice shots without people. At a certain point a group of swimmers arrived and placed themselves right in the most beautiful corner I had found. At first I was annoyed, then looking at the scene I tried to capture some particular situations. The man in the foreground, having dived beyond his head gave me the idea. Then turning the photo 180° made the image evocative.

Location:

BLUE CAVE - Marina di Andrano (Lecce) - Italy

Equipment Used:

• NIKON D500 – NIKKOR 10
• 5 FISH EYE - IKELITE HOUSING - NO STROBES

Camera Settings:

• F/4 1/80 ISO 800 (NATURAL LIGHT)