Category

Water Life

Location

Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Gear

Sony A1 camera. Sony FE 90mm F2.8 macro G OSS lens. Nauticam underwater housing. 1 x Backscatter Mini-Flash and snoot.

Description

This image captures the brilliant lemon yellow bodies, grumpy expressions and emerald eyes of two Yellow Pygmy Gobies. This small fish frequently inhabits discarded bottles on the seabed. This particular shot was taken in the Lembeh Strait, an area where there is unfortunately a lot of waste discarded into the water. At least these creatures are able to make use of it. To isolate the fish and bottle from the unattractive, sandy, silty, seabed I used a snoot on my flash light. I held the snoot in my hand in order to get the precise angle I wanted for the light beam. 1/400th, f14, ISO 100.

Photographer

Richard Condlyffe

Social Media

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Website: https://www.richardcondlyffe.com

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