Mandarin Fish, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guineaby Erik Schlogl
Mandarin Fish (Synchiropus splendidus), Restorf Island reef, Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Photographing Mandarin Fish requires a lot of patience, as they are quite small (this one was about 30mm long), shy and flit in and out of the coral rubble. It took 49 minutes lying quietly in one spot to get this shot.
Nikon D300, 105mm Micro Nikkor, ISO 200, f/32 at 1/60 sec in RAW, Seacam housing, Seacam flash.
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Comments
Beautiful fish and very well captured Erik. 49 mins in the one spot – Lucky the water was warm.
Yes, and the depth of the spot where the Mandarin Fish hang out was only 7m. Total dive time: 104 minutes!
– Erik Schlogl
Fantastic!!!!!
Thank you – you honour me too much!
– Erik Schlogl
WOW! This is awesome! Congratulations on your feature!
I just feel your work deserves more recognition, you bring a whole new world to us- and I for one love your photography- thanks for sharing!!!!
Thank you – I’m very happy you like my photos, and the features really make my day. It’s nice when people appreciate one’s work.
– Erik Schlogl
Great shot Erik, and a good reminder to all of us u/w photographers that patience is as important as good glass. Nice work!
ditto to above well put George.
Stunning image here – very well done.
fabulous closeup
Thank you for the feature!
– Erik Schlogl
Wonderful photo! Two very well-deserved features.
Thank you!
– Erik Schlogl