Honorable Mention / 2020 / Nature / Underwater

La vie on rose

Pygmy seahorses are tiny with a size ranging from 1.4 cm to 2.7 cm, they are the the smallest seahorses species on earth.

I visited this particular pygmy seahorse over the course of a month, waiting for the seafan to bloom and show it’s beautiful red colors. To minimize stress to this tiny creature I limited the use of strobe light and held the interactions as short as possible. It faces the camera gently as it moves with the current.