Category

Water Life

Charity Supported

Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Location

Scotnish, Loch Sween, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Gear

Olympus OMD EM5 MKii, Panasonic 8mm Fisheye, 2x YS-110a Strobes

Description

Loch Sween is a long narrow scar on the landscape of rural west Scotland. Scotnish sits in the upper part of the loch and here the sea squeezes through a gap less than 50 meters across creating a powerful tide. I was lucky to catch the moment between high and low tide when the water was perfectly still, allowing me to spend some time floating with this Moon Jellyfish. I thought the brooding sky and tree lined banks would put the jellyfish in context and invite the viewer to connect common views of sealochs with a rarer view of what lives in them. It wasn't long before the tide turned and took my subject on it's 8km journey back out to sea.

Photographer

mark kirkland

Social Media

Instagram: markunderwater

Facebook: markunderwater

Website: www.markkirklandphotography.com

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