Motion Blur in Underwater Photography is a fun way to add a bit more action to your Wildlife Photography.

Jackfish Shoaling 1/15, F16, iso100





If you shoot a lot, you're probably looking for a technique to kinda break the monotony of shooting the same scenes or subjects over and over again. Enter Motion blur which adds 'trails' to you're images...





Spinning Manta, 1/15, F13, iso200





Like all my posts, I usually go direct to the point for beginners how to achieve this effect...start with 1/15, F13, iso100 and adjust this median setting depending how fast your subject is juxtaposed the light available when you're shooting (e.g. too deep, lessen f-stop, in the shallows, jack up the f stop, night dive, bump up the iso... here are more samples and their settings relative the light available at the time





Pan Shot, Butterfly fish taken in 2012, 1/10, F13, iso100

Waves from below, 1/50, F13, iso200

Anchovies by the Thousand, 1/15, F8, iso400





Portraits, 1/10, F13, iso200

Statue, 1/15, F13, iso100

Ride the Current, 1/10, F16, iso200

Turtle Selfie, 1/15, F13, iso100

Giant Frogfish Black, 1/20, F10, iso100





In Summary, using motion blur or spinny sh*t as Ozzy man reviews calls crazy motion flippy sh*t all the time is a fun way to while your time if you're tired of shooting the same subject or scene over and over again. Hope this helps, especially for beginners...cheers everyone :P





I've been taking slow shutter shots underwater since 2012 where this butterfly fish I probably followed 30 minutes to achieve a specific effect which I wanted. Settings are in the photo caption. This was shot in the morning with great light available.Shooting Waves in Siargao, the rolling waves were moving fast why the shutter speed was higher than normal, where 1/50th of a second blurs the line between still and motionOne of my favourite shots is a thousand anchovies shoaling in a frenzy whenever light is shined upon them on a night dive. Had to bump up the iso since the only light available was the fisherman's light used to attract the anchovies.Taking portraits is pretty straightforward, on a fisheye, for that spinny effect, remember to press the shutter halfway during your spin... you can experiment with speeds 1/5- 1/20, where for me, the best effect happens with a 1/15th of a second setting.Shooting downward changes your metering, everything gets darker so even with great light available, lower your f-stop. The statue is an Anilao resident, used by dive master trainees to practice using lift bags, why you never see this 3.5 foot statue in one place.Shooting your buddy while on a current dive is sweet, just ride with the current with him/her and for the best effect, make sure the reef is not far behind him/her :)Taking selfie with turtles is a habit of mine, spinning with one while taking a selfie is simply me showboating :)