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We regularly post short Marine Wildlife Videos an Photographs with a short explanation regarding the subject and the technique used to capture the image.

All videos are made by Olivier Van den Broeck using Light & Motion video lights

and all photographs are by Greet Meulepas unless stated otherwise.

138. Pink Whipray (Himantura fai) at a cleaning station



Subject: A Pink Whipray (Himantura fai) lies on a sandy bottom where it is getting a rapid clean by Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Although the Blacklip or Sunburst Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) aren’t considered cleaners, they use the presented opportunity to get their piece of the pie.


Technique: To avoid spooking the subject with my camera lights, I turned them off and increased the ISO, resulting in quite a noisy image. I used an orange filter to filter out the blue. The noise was easily removed in post-processing by applying a noise reducing generator. Fine-tuning the colours and adding a bit of contrast resulted in a satisfying shot.


For a more in-depth description about Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse cleaning a Pink Whipray and Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse cleaning behaviour please go to our vlog post 178 or click on this link: https://www.beyondscuba.com/post/bluestreak-cleaner-wrasses-labroides-dimidiatys-on-a-pink-whipray-himantura-fai


For a more in-depth description about the Pink Whipray please go to our vlog post 176 or click on this link: https://www.beyondscuba.com/post/a-pink-whipray-himantura-fai-swims-over-the-wreck-of-the-tug-ii


Also you can capture the magic of the underwater world with our online Marine Wildlife Videography course!