Saturday, 20th June 2009
Etu Moana
by Michael Anderson
'Etu Moana' is the Maori word for blue starfish.
I just returned from a fantastic trip to Aitutaki Atoll in The Cook Islands in the heart of the South Pacific. I had a feeling that a great sunset would materialize this night and I spent 3 hours walking up and down the beach looking for a suitable foreground and wasn't having much luck until I glanced down and saw this little guy. He was invisible without polarized sunglasses and luckily I had just put mine on. Believe it or not, these guys move pretty fast and I had to use a high ISO to keep the shutter speed up and hold the limb movement to a minimum.
Canon 5D MkII 16-35mm lens at 16mm
5 seconds at f20 ISO 320 and a 2 stop hard graduated neutral density filter.
Equipment: Canon 5D MkII
Michael Anderson
Michael is a landscape and travel photographer based in Golden, Colorado. He strives to photograph and share the most magestic and remote corners of the earth.
Website: www.MichaelAndersonGallery.com
Etu Moana by Michael Anderson was photo of the day on Saturday, 20th June 2009. It is tagged Sea, Starfish, Sunset. You can leave a comment below.
29 Comments
Jim Atkin
Excellent shot Mr. Anderson. Perspective makes it a classic shot. Thank you for sharing.
KJ Barr
Absolutely stunning!
geni
This is an awesome photograph Congratulations on a job very well done. Beautiful!
Trenna Field
This is absolutely amazing.
Woody
Right place, right time, right capture! A stunning shot!
Ann
Dark and moody, yet full of vibrant colour. Fantastic lead in to the shot with the foreground interest in alignment with that fantastic space and dramatic sky. Very interesting excellent image. Well done.
Leslie Parsley
Gosh, that’s pretty. Well, actually beautiful.
I like your work and think you’re one heck of a photographer. Keep on snapping.
su
Fanatastic shot, just love that sunset. Check out his website folks, loads more wonderful stuff on there.
Gerry Pacher
Hi Micheal
Well, this is indeed a marvellous shot. Great work!
Regards, Gerry
Waseem Asmar
fantastic great perspective !!!
very beautiful composition and image treatment
ebrahim
omfg…I love it…
wanda krack
Incredibly beautiful shot. Love the perspective!
planet lover
Calm water, fiery sky, beautiful creature… Nice shot!
mike
Wow. Some sky colors there.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Patience & Talent – good combination for this wonderful shot!
Matt
Your effort was well rewarded – an absolute Peach.
Katherine Lee Strassburg
I love it! Your composition is spot-on with the horizon accented by dark rocks, and the sunset reflected perfectly in an hour-glass shape. Even the starfish cooperated by holding his arms in sync with the high clouds on the left and the reflection on the right! Magnificent!!
Marla
this is a fantastic photo, love the colors and the blue starfish, reminds me of fiji
Dianne
The splendor of it all and YOU captured it! Thanks for the perseverance as I’ve been blessed.
Please keep shooting!
Herman
Great shot!! Dramatic. Full of excitement
Malta Photography
great image indeed. the way the star-fish introduces to the photo.
Malcolm
Wow. Shot of just the sunset would have been fantastic
Laurie
Incredible! Spectacular! Stunning! Dramatic! Amazing! Magnificent!
Words really cannot fully describe this photo.
Definitely…”A picture is worth a thousand words!”
Pauline Jones
Just beautiful
yo
that is a composition dude
Renee
Just beautiful is Right! Wonderful colors!
alina
i can’t believe i bump into you everywhere! well done for getting so far mike! love alina
k libby
Your patience for the sunset was well rewarded – and such a bonus with the starfish! Beautiful!
Su
Beautiful shot.