3rd Place Nudibranch
Bettina Balnis
Essen, Germany
“Frosted Pearl“
Bettina won a gift certificate from Bluewater Travel
The Story: It was the last dive during my vacation and it was a night dive to say good bye to the most impressing dive site I experienced.
Beside giant jellyfishes, octopuses, and seastars – all subjects too big for my macro lense – I suddenly saw this beautiful creature crawling on a kelp leave. Fantastic. I watched it until the end of the dive. Never saw such a beautiful nudibranch again.
Location: Barclay Sound, BC, Canada
Equipment Used: Nikon D7000 in a sealux housing, Nikkor 60 mm lens, dual inon z240 strobes
Settings: F18, 1/60 sec, ISO 200
