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Seahorse Central: 12 Amazing Photo Contest Submissions

By Scuba Diving Partner | Updated On January 30, 2017
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Seahorse Central: 12 Amazing Photo Contest Submissions

Get a peek at in the bizarre and enchanting world of seahorses through these incredible submissions from Scuba Diving's 2014 Underwater Photo Contest. As you marvel at these mystifying masters of disguise, consider how they observe their underwater environments — with both eyes operating independently of each other!

(Photo names and captions provided by photographers.)

See more photos from Scuba Diving's annual Underwater Photo Contest:

Nudibranchs | Sea Turtles | 25 Early Submissions

This shot of a pygmy was taken with f/4.0.

Location: Lembeh Island, Indonesia

Martin Klein

A little yellow sea horse dwelling in an urban setting a mile from the ocean (60mm with 10x diopter and Sony Nex-5N).

Location: Blue Heron Bridge, South Florida

William Goodwin

A couple of seahorses.

Location: Capo Noli, Italy

Maurizio Pasi

A longnose seahorse.

Location: Chalkidiki, Greece

Nicholas Samaras

This red seahorse was discovered on a dive in Bonaire. The seahorse moved around slightly, but never detached from the coral. In this picture it is fully visible, but still looks very camera shy.
Location: Kallis Reef, Bonaire

Brianna Korb

A male hippocampus guttulatus.

Location: Spiaggia Caterina, Italy

Marco Gargiulo

This shot of a White's seahorse was taken along the shark net on Manly Harbour Beach.

Location: Sydney, Australia

Michael Gallagher

A thorny seahorse faces the photographer head-on in this iconic photo, a rare sight for these shy creatures.

Location: Puerto Galera, Philippines

Goos Van Der Heide

A common seahorse in front of squid eggs.

Location: Ambon, Indonesia

Goos Van Der Heide

One of the few pygmy sea horses left around Mabul island in Malaysia, this one was obviously in a good mood, as it looks as if it is whistling its favorite song.
Location: Mabul, Malaysia

Jan Wegner

A seahorse feeding in the current under a peacock worm.

Location: Giglio Isle, Italy

Filippo Borghi

A yellow pygmy seahorse on his yellow gorgonian.

Location: Philippines

Raffaele Livornese

Get a peek at in the bizarre and enchanting world of seahorses through these incredible submissions from Scuba Diving's 2014 Underwater Photo Contest. As you marvel at these mystifying masters of disguise, consider how they observe their underwater environments — with both eyes operating independently of each other!

(Photo names and captions provided by photographers.)

See more photos from Scuba Diving's annual Underwater Photo Contest:

Nudibranchs | Sea Turtles | 25 Early Submissions