Honorable Mention, Marine Life Behavior
Steven Kovacs
"New Generation" Shot in Florida, USA with Nikon D7000
Steven won a 9-night dive and stay package in Indonesia with Alor Divers!
The story: Ocassionally during night dives I have observed crabs and shrimp release their eggs into the water column and so I'm always on the look out for this possibility. One night I was just plain lucky to be able to photograph this event. I was actually focused on another subject when I happened to look beside me and notice an arrow crab with eggs. I didn't think much of it, but suddenly it opened its pouch and started aerating its eggs. A second later I noticed couple of new hatchlings floating away and realized what was happening. The entire event was over in seconds but fortunately I was able to get a couple of shots off before it was over.
Location: Riviera Beach, Florida, USA
Camera: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 60mm lens, Ikelite housing, dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Settings: f32, 1/250, ISO 200
