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The Mythical Sea Dragon

The Mythical Sea Dragon

an effort to try capture the full beauty of a sea dragon and a full sun burst together

an effort to try capture the full beauty of a sea dragon and a full sun burst together
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OLYMPUS E-M1

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Aperture f/11 ISO 100 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 12/1

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Oct, 2017

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921

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Animals And Water Photo Contest

Peer Award

+37

Absolute Masterpiece

+5

Top Choice

+4

Outstanding Creativity

Superb Composition

Magnificent Capture

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What a beautiful creature! Have never seen one before; didn't even know these existed! Congrats on being a finalist.

Thanks, Sea Dragons are retaled to sea horses but are a bit bigger but can only be found natively in the tempurate waters of Australia. I believe a lot of the Aquariums around the world have special tanks for sea dragon displays but nothing beats seeing these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat. there are 2 common species the Weedy (in Picture) and the Leafy

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underwater and black and white seem to produce such dramatic shot, especially with the large animals

light rays and a weedy sea dragon

Strong use of colour and dramatic background this image was a lot of effort to capture and control of the environment. it is a close focus wide angle

Super macro (macro lens plus +15 wet lens) photo of a fanworm on a pylon at Blairgowie Pier, this took a lot of effort and a steady hand underwater as

one of the 2 octopus that were posing for the camera on a dive at Julian rocks in Byron Bay

when she was a puppy Isabeau had some great expressions the hard part was being there at the right time, but this one did capture her crazy cute side

Melbourne Sunrise HDR from Docklands on a slightly wet morning

Weedy Sea Dragon,I took this shot in shallow water at the start of the Pier which I feel helped to get the this interesting effect that happened in th

so it has been that time of year again to get in the garden with the macro lens and try some new creative ways to capture flowers

Weedy Sea Dragon in Black and White because it a high contrast image to being with, the light rays and the sea grass in black and white make it a very

my delightful Isabeau's (Bella) look when you are taking photos while she is trying to eat. it's the wrinkles on the head that I find so gre

My Rottweiler back when she was a puppy loved playing with the camera and was always a great subject for practicing portrait photography, was laying o

more puppy portrait practicing

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