2nd Place Marine Life Behavior
Julian Hsu
“Guarding Eggs“
Julian Hsu won a won a gift certificate from Bluewater Photo and Bluewater Travel.
The Story: Most yellow pygmy gobies are found in old worm holes or empty bottles. We found these gobies living under the bottom of a black sponge. The male goby was circling around to guard their fertilized eggs. Due to the position of these eggs, I had to shoot it upside down. After I arranged all the gears and waited about 10 minutes, the male goby paused on the place I expected, and I pressed the shutter.
Location: Anilao, Batangas, Philippines
Equipment Used: Nikon D500, Nauticam Housing, Sea & Sea YS-D1 Strobe, Retra LSD, Saga +20 diopter
Camera Settings: F22, 1/30 sec, ISO 200
