Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse


Posted by ChrisRoss on Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:29 am

All times are UTC-05:00

Reply to topic  
 First unread post  | 5 posts | 
Image
Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse  Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri

From a dive today at the leap at the entrance to Botany Bay, these pipe horses are tiny (50mm long +/-) and extremely cryptic.   I had Andrew Trevor Jones as a guide, he is expert at finding them he used to post on NSN some years back.  They are endemic to the Sydney region.  Rather challenging to photograph with a bit of surge and current thrown in.

Larger Image:Pipehorse

Olympus OM-D E-M5 MkII + 60mm macro: Nauticam housing, 2x INON strobes.

1/160 @ f8 ISO200
Chris Ross
Sydney
Australia
http://www.aus-natural.com   Instagram: @ausnaturalimages  Now offering Fine Art printing Services

Posted by:
ChrisRoss
Forum Contributor
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 13182
Joined: 7 Sep 2005

   

by SMB on Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:33 pm
SMB
Forum Contributor
Posts: 1046
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Never heard of this little guy. Great to get an image.
I feel your pain trying to get a macro image in surge. The entire seahorse family tends to turn their head away from the camera when approached!
Stan
 

by Tom Whelan on Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:41 pm
User avatar
Tom Whelan
Moderator
Posts: 30150
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Lexington, MA
Member #:00293
Fine capture of a wonderful creature.
Tom

http://www.whelanphoto.com Portraits and Abstracts (web site)
http://tomwhelan.wordpress.com/ Nature Diary (blog)
 

by Matthew Pugh on Sat Jan 07, 2017 6:21 am
Matthew Pugh
Moderator
Posts: 38059
Joined: 1 Apr 2004
Location: Kent UK
Member #:00345
Hi

Nice shot of this fun little critter - perhaps a shame he was swimming away, but it is an image that still shows him off nicely


All the best
Matthew
 

by D7avid on Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:40 pm
D7avid
Forum Contributor
Posts: 3251
Joined: 5 Sep 2003
Location: Atlanta,Ga.
Cryptic indeed.Must be really hard to spot.Very cool little guy
 

Display posts from previous:  Sort by:  
5 posts | 

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group