UPY Macro - Highly Commended
Dr Alex Tattersall
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UPY Macro - Highly Commended
'Xenia pipehorse'
Dr Alex Tattersall
Discovered by Simon Buxton and the amazing guides of NAD Lembeh, this tiny piece of spaghetti with eyes was moving around the patch of Xenia coral heads. I followed him around for half an hour, watching his moves until he was relaxed with my presence and let me take this photo. I was hoping to isolate him away from the coral outcrops and then get some nice eye contact to try to bring out the personality of the lovely, cute little critter.
Judge's comment: Too many macro photographers obsess about the magnification, trying to reproduce the subject as large as possible in the frame. This photo exceeds them, with an elegant composition, with the timid, but curious character of pipefish balanced against the specialist habitat of coral polyps.
- Alex Mustard
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