4th Place Marine Life Behavior
Filippo Borghi
“Cuttlefish in Love”
Filippo won a 7-night dive package at Aiyanar Dive Resort, Anilao.
The story: I was at the end of diving in beginning of summer time at Giglio Island, where I was looking for sun fish, and during the deco time I saw a beautiful cuttlefish swim very slowly in front of me. I set my camera and strobe and followed the animal. The cuttlefish was not scared of me. I start shooting when the cuttlefish made a fast move behind a rock. I swim there and when I arrived I discovered the cuttlefish had found another one and they started mating. It was first time I had seen this beautifull behavior – the cuttlefish looked like they were kissing each other. They gave me time for take pictures of this incredibile moment. After a minute they separated and swam away.
Location: Giglio Island, Italy
Camera: Nikon D800E, Subal housing, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens, dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
