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SPRING 2014
5th PLACE
Pregnant Pygmy
Seahorse
Nudi Retreat, Lembeh, Indonesia
By Jeffrey Chua de Guzman
The first step in finding a pygmy
seahorse is recognizing the
host Muricella gorgonian, and then
the search is on for the half-inch-
long fish, which looks exactly like one
of the coral’s polyps and may or may
not actually be there. My goal was
to take the best-ever super-macro,
head-on photo of a pygmy seahorse.
Nikon D800E, AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor
105mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens, 1/320
sec @ f/45, ISO 80, Sea & Sea
YS-250 strobes (2), Nauticam
housing, Nauticam Super Macro
Converter (+15 diopter)
