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PHXAZCRAIG
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How about some seahorse (and sea dragon) shots? Forum is pretty slow here lately. I've never seen a Sea Dragon outside an aquarium, but I've seen a few seahorses in Roatan.

Roatan, 2017. Found this white seahorse on first dive, had camera set wrong. (ISO 8000)

Roatan, 2017. Same seahorse as earlier, but on a different day and camera setting

Seahorses come in a variety of colors. Not sure why.

Roatan 2017

A problem I have with seahorse photography is that it can be very hard to get a shot with the seahorse positioned the way you want. Often there are branches and corals in the way of the 'right shot' and the creatures are twisted or viewed from a bad angle.

Roatan 2016 - Nikon D810

Sometimes the creatures are in such a position that you can't really get a great shot:

Roatan 2016 - Sony RX100 II

Sometimes you want a different camera or lens:

Roatan 2014 - Canon s95

I've also got a shot somewhere of a pygmy seahorse (size of my thumbnail) in Fiji.

I generally can't find these on my own, but the divemaster at the Reef House in Roatan is phenomenally good at finding these creatures.  (And many others.  Probably due to having made 18,000 dives at the Reef House area dive sites over 18 years.

Roatan 2015, Sony RX100 II - could not get low enough due to obstructions to get a side view shot here.

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