Honorable Mention / 2024 / Special / Macro

• Photographer
  Yi-Ping Chang, Taiwan

The maximum speed of the peacock mantis shrimp "punch" can reach 14 to 23 meters per second, which is like the speed of a .22-caliber bullet. The speed is so fast that it can form a shock wave on the seafloor and destroy the object being attacked.
Therefore, when designing this picture, a lot of protective measures were taken to leave the effect of broken lenses and protect the original lenses from being broken and water not entering. The rapid movement of the peacock mantis shrimp stirs up the sand, which just shows how quickly it can move and attack.