Elusive
Another one of the oceans little treasures that has eluded me for some time,this is a Mandarin Fish from the Dragonet family(Synchiropus splendidus) & I could hardly contain myself when i found this little fella.This is a male which was about 5cm & is fully grown.They are very secretive living in small families amongst broken coral in still coastal zones.Image taken in Alor,Indonesia
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Jacky
He’s gorgeous:)) Beautiful capture !
eseffpe
beautiful colours and great detail! nice shot!
salsbells69
Picture perfect Matt :)) Well done.
mrcool
never seen a fish as beautiful as this !!
lucky & beautiful capture.
Robert Mullner
Yet another brilliant and rare find..what a treasure trove this Alor must be..
MattTworkowski replied
Underwater photographers heaven mate,lots more to come,thanks for the comments
michaelpowell
I just got back from a Philppine dive holiday and we saw these fish mating on a dusk dive. They are so full of personality! Awesome shot!
migaloomagic
truly beautiful, ah takes my breath away, and makes me sigh!!
how lovely
Stephen Colquitt
Lovely light and exposure Mat. I have only ever seen one of these guys and I had my 10.5mm on that day so the photo I got is tiny! Great job
Marcus Grant
Just another one of your fab shots. I have always wanted to photograph these.
Miri
god i would be doing a happy dance underwater if i saw one of these
great shot!
jesika
Brilliant capture, super little fish
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LoveMy7Cs
What a great find!
dinghysailor1
stunning capture and what amazing colours! lovely!
DanaMS
AWESOME!!!! Superb Matt!! Ohh how much I love fishie fishie!!! LOL!
Mary Campbell
Can always count on you to take me to the depths.. nice one
aabzimaging
Top shot!! The fish turning towards the lens makes this shot special and it is great to have some green colour on the coral as well.
Caroline Swinb...
These are SO hard to photograph!!
the6tees
STUNNING fish and image!!
Globalphotos
Must be a great dive spot, fab shot Matt :))
velveteagle
So beautiful..
SMOKEYDOGSOCKS
THAT’S THE ONE REASON I ALWAYS WANTED TO GET MY SCUBA LICENSE, PHOTOGRAPH UNDERWATER CREATURES. THIS GUY LOOKS PHYSCHODELIC, WHAT DOES HE DO UNDER A BLACK LIGHT? GREAT SHOT, NICELY COMPOSED, FANTASTIC COLOR AND CLARITY. WENT STRAIGHT INTO FAVORITES.. BOB
MattTworkowski
Thanks to all for taking the time to comment
Amanda Cotton
My favorite fish of all time, and one that is incredibly hard to capture. This is down right stunning! WELL WELL DONE!!!
MattTworkowski replied
Thanks Amanda :-)
Al Neaimi
wow love this
vinny turner
love these guys , and so hard to get them to pose
Jennifer Prome...
great capture!!
Steve Bullock
Fantastic, I love these guys..