{"id":868,"date":"2017-07-17T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/?p=868"},"modified":"2017-07-14T06:46:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T05:46:25","slug":"underwater-glow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/17\/underwater-glow\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwater Glow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sharing the above and below photographs of jellyfish, taken during a visit to Manchester\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsealife.com\/manchester\/\">SeaLife Centre<\/a>, for a couple of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I just like the way the red lighting made the jellyfish glow from within. They\u2019re housed in a constantly swirling aquarium, with buttons to alter the lighting just to one side. While I did experiment with the other selectable colours, the resulting photographs just didn\u2019t have the same impact.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, they remind me of an earlier piece of mine, which I\u2019ve included at the end. Entitled Qualle, it was part of The Colour of Light series I created in 2005. You can find more of these vivid images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gazh1\/albums\/72157594199068986\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-041-Copy.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/17\/underwater-glow\/sea-life-centre-041-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-041-Copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 70D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497617110&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;12800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Life Centre 041 Copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-041-Copy.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-041-Copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-864\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-041-Copy.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 70D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497616997&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;48&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Life Centre 034 Copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-034-Copy.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"866\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/17\/underwater-glow\/sea-life-centre-045-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 70D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497617155&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;12800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Life Centre 045 Copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garethhacking.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sea-Life-Centre-045-Copy.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Qualle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gazh1\/226022686\/in\/album-72157594199068986\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/87\/226022686_207b859e43_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Qualle\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sharing the above and below photographs of jellyfish, taken during a visit to Manchester\u2019s SeaLife Centre, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I just like the way the red lighting made the jellyfish glow from within. They\u2019re housed in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[80,83,81,82],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Underwater Glow - Gareth Hacking Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/17\/underwater-glow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Underwater Glow - Gareth Hacking Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019m sharing the above and below photographs of jellyfish, taken during a visit to Manchester\u2019s SeaLife Centre, for a couple of reasons. 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