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Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby Willy wombat on Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:06 pm

A pygmy seahorse spotted on a recent dive trip to Indonesia.
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby sirhc55 on Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:54 pm

Great pics Steve but that little fella needs to see a doctor about the warts 8)
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby Marvin on Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:37 pm

Wow, they camouflage so well!
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby ATJ on Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:59 pm

Steve,

Well done. I love those little guys.

Did you manage to see them with the naked eye? I have now "seen" them twice in the flesh but my near sight is so bad I couldn't see them with the naked eye and had to get someone to point them out to me so I could take photos.

Was that with your 105 mm micro?
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby ChrisB on Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:19 am

OMG, they are soooooooooo cute! Fantastic photos.

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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby Willy wombat on Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:53 am

They took some searching to find (about 12 dives). Very frustrating search but worth it. I have fair eyesight, but it was very difficult.

Yes was the 105mm VR.

ATJ wrote:Steve,

Well done. I love those little guys.

Did you manage to see them with the naked eye? I have now "seen" them twice in the flesh but my near sight is so bad I couldn't see them with the naked eye and had to get someone to point them out to me so I could take photos.

Was that with your 105 mm micro?
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby Willy wombat on Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:54 am

sirhc55 wrote:Great pics Steve but that little fella needs to see a doctor about the warts 8)


He he - Yes they are lovely yellow warts
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby surenj on Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:53 pm

Love these fish!! or are they mammals? :P
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby chewlinyip on Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:16 pm

nice capture dude !

that second picture is sooo cute !!!!
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby phoenix on Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:06 pm

They are some awesome pics. They are really cute! I love how you know he's in there but you need to have a good hard look to find him. Is it worthwhile doing some PP to maybe desaturate everything else? I'm not sure it would help but it would be interesting to see the difference.
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby Dr Jan Itor on Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:56 pm

You did very well to see the little guy! The clarity of the shot is just amazing - holding the camera still underwater is something I really struggle with.
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby Louie on Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:55 pm

These are great, very impressive to be able to capture shots like that.
I keep looking into the first one again to see if there are any more in there - they camouflage really well!
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Re: Itty bitty seahorse - warning cute for fish lovers!

Postby Willy wombat on Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:32 am

Thanks for these comments guys!
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