UPY Macro - Commended
yatwaiso
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UPY Macro - Commended
'Torpedo attack'
yatwaiso
I found this kind of larval porcupine fish twice within a week when I stayed in Anilao. As I know from the adult porcupine fish, they only inflate when threatened but as I observed, both larval porcupine fishes were always inflated so this looks like its normal state (is it a kind of baby fat?). I also found this larval porcupine hunted the plankton when I was taking this photo.
I have stopped down the aperture and lowered the strobe power to avoid overexposing its eyes. I got some frontal shots showing its funny face but this shot showed the plankton and the larval porcupine fish and its intention is hunting.
Judge's comment: Very strong image. The two eyes are immediate and In my opinion it’s the composition together with the eyes which
work so well. Their is space around the behaviour which is clear to see.
- Martin Edge
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