This a portrait of a Moray Eel captured in Trincomalee. Low depth of field is used to emphasise the facial expression and blur the background.

This is renowned photographer Simon Lorenz shooting at famous Car Wreck off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. I was lucky enough to dive with this world class photographer and get a couple of valuable advises as an amateur photographer.

This lizard fish is a typical example of a bottom dweller commonly found in shallow waters around Sri Lanka. Once disturbed, they move fast from one place to another. Then stop and freeze, making it hard to identify. In order to get a portrait, you need to sneak carefully from front on the sandy bottom, provided it’s a flat terrain. ...

Taprobane East Wreck is a typical example for a shipwreck with outstanding beauty, tranquility and life, which is nothing but a dream of any shipwreck enthusiast. The day I dived the wreck was extra special in terms of visibility. Though it lies around 30m depth, wreck was clearly visible from far. This provided me the avenue to capture a bird’s eye view of the wreck.

This is Emperor Angelfish and cleaner shrimp. Glad to capture the moment, yet not so pleased about the clarity and colors, which should have been improved. Since this phenomenon can last limited duration, photographer get tempted to shoot without spending time on change of settings.

SS Orestes is a great shipwreck off the coast of Unawatuna/ Galle. This time I managed to capture a different perspective of the wreck which I am pleased about. Wide angle lenses come in handy when capturing this kind of big structure. I have used the widest of all, a fish-eye lens.

Lionfish is not a rare fish but very frequently they place themselves in an odd orientation. Even in this occasion, it was moving downwards in a diagonal direction. Anyway, this posture provided room to capture its face. I am particularly pleased with the surreal colors of the blurred background.

This is a scorpion fish: venomous and camouflaged as can be. Fishes of this family always gives a mysterious feeling with its stone-like roughness and striking poker face. By increasing light and contrast, it was attempted to take viewers attention to the subject while separating background. On the contrary, showing the background reveals the territory of the fish and its magnificent adaptation.