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What is this Underwater Creature?

By Scuba Diving Partner | Published On September 22, 2014
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What is this Underwater Creature?


Honorable Mention Winner

It's a starfish! We know, cool right? David Lopresti's unusual perspective on a starfish is truly captivating.

Davide Lopresti

LIGURIA, ITALY

Photo by Davide Lopresti

For one last image from Scuba Diving’s 2014 “Through Your Lens” photo contest, we chose Davide Lopresti’s unusual perspective on a starfish. (Just trying to figure out what we were looking at kept the selection committee intrigued with this Honorable Mention winner.)

Says Lopresti: “the peculiarity of this photo of Astropecten aranciacus — quite common in the Mediterranean — lies in the lighting. Using a retra snoot allowed me to create this particular illumination, making the image almost abstract, and emphasizing only a detail of the starfish.”

» HOW HE GOT THE SHOT

Nikon D600 in Nimar housing, Nikon 105mm macro, and a flash Inon Z-240, on which he mounted the retra snoot

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It's a starfish! We know, cool right? David Lopresti's unusual perspective on a starfish is truly captivating.

Davide Lopresti

LIGURIA, ITALY

Photo by Davide Lopresti

For one last image from Scuba Diving’s 2014 “Through Your Lens” photo contest, we chose Davide Lopresti’s unusual perspective on a starfish. (Just trying to figure out what we were looking at kept the selection committee intrigued with this Honorable Mention winner.)

Says Lopresti: “the peculiarity of this photo of Astropecten aranciacus — quite common in the Mediterranean — lies in the lighting. Using a retra snoot allowed me to create this particular illumination, making the image almost abstract, and emphasizing only a detail of the starfish.”

» HOW HE GOT THE SHOT

Nikon D600 in Nimar housing, Nikon 105mm macro, and a flash Inon Z-240, on which he mounted the retra snoot

» GO NOW

Divenjoy, divenjoy.it

More Photos That Make You LOOK:

Best of 2012 | Funny Fins | Cooky Crab