Winner of the Scubaverse Underwater Photography Competition – May 2019, Oksana Maksymova tells us all about their winning shot…
Nudibranch Melibe Colemani by Oksana Maksymova
Location
Romblon Island, Philippines
Equipment
- Canon 5D
- Canon EF 100mm f/2,8
- Nauticam Housing
- 2 x INON Z-240 Strobes
Settings: 1/200; f20; ISO 200
Dive Centre
The Three P Holiday & Dive Resort, Romblon
The Shot
Why do I like it? This critter is absolutely unique and amazing. It is a transparent nudibranch. The body of this nudibranch looks like a net of branched tubes. These animals are very well camouflaged, they are nearly invisible. It was really exciting to take pics of it.
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Nick and Caroline Robertson-BrownNick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology.
They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered.
Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus.
To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com
