Had a stroke of luck out diving with Alex M in finding this beautiful specimen. I went along on Alex's license (licence no. MMO-0004/SciCon to Dr Alexander Mustard) as an assistant but magnanimous fellow that he is I didn't have to carry his tanks and cameras or even make the sandwiches
In the UK a license is required to photograph seahorses.
Taken with a 7D, Tokina 10-17, Kenko 1.4 teleconvertor, Zen 100mm dome port (Wouldn't have been possible to take these shots without a minidome), and I'll let you guess which housing.
Hope you enjoy.
Lovely shots Alex
Studland Bay??
Nige Wade
Nice shots Alex.
Didn't know about the licence stuff - good of Alex M, hope you bought the beer.
To be fair I didn't know that we had seahorses in the UK - never seen or heard of one down here in the CI.
Paul C
Thankfully it was me who spotted the horsie so I didn't need to buy any beers this time. Not easy to find them, there was a thick layer of brown algae covering most of the seabed which you can see from the shots.
Also not sure if I'm allowed to say where we saw her, I'm sure Alex will be on shortly to tell us the protocol.
Great shots `Alex.
I'm like Paul C. I only found out recently, that we actually had Seahorses in British waters. Are they present all around our coast? or just in isolated areas.
Andy.
Great shots `Alex.
I'm like Paul C. I only found out recently, that we actually had Seahorses in British waters. Are they present all around our coast? or just in isolated areas.
Andy.
Lovely shots. From what I have been told, they move in to deeper water during the winter months and come up into the shallows this time of year. The sad thing is, ( if this shot was taken in a certain bay ) the bay is used as an anchorage for small day boats and the sea grass gets ripped up by the anchors. The viz is generally very poor here too. I have read somewhere that S........ B.. has the largest congregation of seahorses anywhere in the world. I dont know if this is true or not, but it is something that I have read.
Great shots once again
Stew
Like that middle one...gives nice perspective! What focal length were you shooting at while using that TC?
Lovely shots Alex.
Number 2 is amazing! Tack sharp in all the right places! Did you/could you use strobes? I forget the rules for the UK.
Adam
Hello,
Thanks for the kind comments.
Second shot was Tokina at 17mm end
Link to the UK Seahorse trust which is a wealth of knowledge about seahorses and provides links for research and donations
