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one of the types of shots that you might see every now and then is an incredibly shallow depth of field quite usually it is quite an abstract style shot and it’s of the surface of the water might be the Sun in the background or there might just be nice colors in general and the subtle ripples of the of the ocean on the surface and the way I found of getting these shots like most consistently is to use a macro lens you don’t have to you can do this type of shot with other lenses as well but a macro lens I found makes it quite a lot easier to get a higher rate of keeper’s when you’re doing this so I would sit in the water I’ve used the sony 30 mil f-35 macro lens for this in sea frogs sorted line housing the standard port get as close as you can to the surface of the water I mean the port is literally partly under the water and you want to look through the viewfinder and to kind of line that up so you’re probably going to be mouths underwater like lining this up and then get something of interest in the background if you can I find actually it’s quite nice to have almost nothing in the background as long as there you can film no of the frame with the interesting texture of the sea and then fire away with your macro lens I just use a center foots in Center focus spot and make sure that’s in the near foreground you’re focusing on and I found you can come away with some really nice abstract shots which are obviously water when you know what water looks like in that kind of environment but again and it’s not something you’re gonna see every day you’re not going to be able to do this with a GoPro and you don’t really do this with your phone unless you’ve got perhaps my latest iPhones with a special like computational technique that does it but anyway generally speaking this is the type of shot that is relatively straightforward with the right equipment ie macro lens water housing but doesn’t take that much effort or time or even you don’t even need amazing waves you don’t need any waves and you just need good light and you just need that equipment and some patience and it’s something you can walk away with I can pop down after work because it’s great at sunset so I can walk down to the water after work with this setup and just be pretty confident I’m gonna come back with some nice photos that look that bit different try portrait orientation with this one as well I really liked that and you know what portrait orientation real ends itself to Bowman backgrounds my phone background has been at this style of shop quite a few times because it’s just there’s not too much that’s distracting in it as it gets further away then it gets blurrier because the depth of field is so narrow work especially with a macro lens so you’ve got this one crisp line of water and then you’ve got blurry ripples to the horizon and that’s perfect for popping your icons over so yeah I think it’s a nice relatively simple shot I think if you wanted to go she wanted to get the really the best you can possibly get with big Sun in the sunset then obviously gonna have to think about that plan out where you’re going to be you want to be at the right spot so that you can get a nice view of the Sun with no nothing around it that’s I mean obviously could get that sunrise as well but I think there’s not not a huge technical barrier to – I’m getting this one done and I think it’s something that can be quite rewarding and like I say you can’t get this same shot with a point-and-shoot camera or a GoPro or anything so it’s gonna set your website up set you apart that way as well so yeah a little tip if you want a really quick win then try all macro lens and and especially if there any waves in a while that’s when it really got me was it’s been flat for quite a while get down there you can still make amazing photos just with no ways at all