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SPRING 2012
Honorable Mention
ClownfisH eggs, eilat,
red sea
By EstEBan toré EscofEt
these little eggs were next to the
anemone with their parents —
two beautiful clownfish. the shot
was tricky because the clownfish
were constantly oxygenating the
eggs, and they move very quickly.
You can see one egg had already
hatched. Clownfish eggs hatch
about seven to 10 days after they
are laid.
nikon d7000, 105mm Vr macro
lens, subsee magnifier +10,
1/320 sec at f/57, iso 400,
nauticam housing, inon Z-240
strobe, estebantore.photaki.com
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6tH PlaCe
HarP seal, PrinCe edward island
national Park, Canada
By John sylvEstEr
every March up to 200,00 harp-seal pups are born on the sea
ice in Canada’s gulf of st. lawrence. in 2011, storms and a
lack of ice cover due to an unusually warm winter resulted in
the drowning deaths of many seal pups. Hundreds washed up
on the shores of Prince edward island. this young seal faced
an uncertain future. at nearly three weeks old, it was weaned
but not yet ready to swim on its own, leaving it vulnerable to
predation or drowning in the incoming tide. with a 17-year
trend of warmer winters and reduced sea-ice coverage, the
future of the gulf of st. lawrence harp seal herd is in question.
for me, this image expresses not only the vulnerability of this
individual pup but of the entire harp seal population.
Canon eos 5d Mark ii, 24-70mm lens at 27mm, 1/50
sec at f/5.6, iso 200, Canon speedlite 580eX ii flash on
camera with sto-fen diffuser, www.johnsylvester.com
Honorable Mention
sweetliPs, raja aMPat,
indonesia
By JosE alEJandro alvarEz
i spotted this small group
of sweetlips holding in the
current behind a seafan while
a school of convict blennies
swam nearby. i had to work
close because of the nutrients
in the water. while i managed
several frames, this is my
favorite because the fish is
“yawning.”
nikon d300, tokina 10-17mm
lens at 14mm, 1/125 sec at
f/16, iso 200, aquatica hous-
ing, dual inon Z-240 strobes,
www.josealejandroalvarez.com
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