2nd Place Macro

Giacomo Giovannini

"Monster Face"

Giacomo won a 5-night dive package from Scuba Club Cozumel

The story:  This shot has been taken in an abandoned swimming pool and talk about of a "special" animal, the tritus (Lissotriton vulgaris), in fact his first part of life, during his neotenic phase, he keeps an charming external crested gill for breathing, entirely spent into the water; until achievement of sexual maturity when (should) happen a metamorphosis, where he lost extranel gill and breath with "new" developed lungs.

Location:  Rimini, Italy

Camera:  Nikon D610 and Nikkor 60mm Micro Lens (F18, 1/60, ISO 100) with Nimar housing and Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 Strobe.

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