Some days it's all worth it - Hippocampus denise - Pygmy Sea Horse

[Marriard]

After lagging behind for so long in processing my images I have finally had some time to catch up on several trips I have taken this year...

I just opened up the second image of a long series of images I had taken of Hippocampus denise on the Liberty Wreck in Bali back in mid-January, and *bang* - in focus, composed, and looking good... World's smallest known Pygmy Seahorse in all its glory.

F16, 1/100, ISO 100, Nikon D2X, Nikon 105mm lens with 2 +2 diopters on, dual Inon 220's, Subal housing

Thousands of miles by air, car and other, I purchased a second +2 diopter in Singapore on the way, put the diopters on SPECIFICALLY for the chance to photo this, 20+ minutes of searching @ 90-100' on 3 different sea fans, swimming in the same spot basically upside down....

Off to see if there may be a better image - I took 4 or 5 series over a few dives.... Even if there are, it wont make this image any less special to me.

Enjoy,
M

 

[H2Andy]

oh wow!

awesome pic

 

[Larry C]

Fantastic shot. Patience pays off!

 

[Dr. Doug Ebersole]

Very nice! We're headed to Bali next month and now I'm even more excited!

 

[RonFrank]

Very nice! How big was this pygmy? Looks HUGE to me!

 

[JTemple]

Stunning shot!

 

[Marriard]

Very nice! How big was this pygmy? Looks HUGE to me!

Maximum size is 16mm. This one was about 10mm

M

 

[pakman]

oh that is spot on! excellent shot Marriad!

 

[SCUBAJENNIFER]

Very nice!! I love those so much, but unfortunately, I don't have a lense to focus on anything that small. Everytime we would find one in Komodo, I was so frustrated because the DM's were so good at finding them and all I could do was smile and mumble thanks into my regulator!!

Thanks for sharing!!

 

[parabolic]

Beautiful image of a great subject Marriard. Well done, ++Ken++