1st Place Marine Life Behavior Ocean Art Safe Under The Sea
1st Place Marine Life Behavior Ocean Art Safe Under The Sea
Yung Sen Wu
"Mola Mola"
Yung Sen won a 5 nights 4 days with 6 dives trip from Ramayana Candidasa and AquaMarine Diving
The Story: This is a shot of the cleaning behavior of Ocean sunfish at a depth of 37 meters underwater. They are large and slow moving. Sunfish are susceptible to a wide variety of skin parasites, sometimes over 40 species on a single fish - they are literally habitats that move. Many of these parasites are hosted by the jellyfish that the sunfish consume. Fortunately, being charismatic has its perks and sunfish have developed some unique interspecies relationships to help them cope with parasites. Mola mola have a symbiotic relationship with a large variety of species, from seagulls to wrasse. Sunfish signal these species whenever they need a cleaning, to attract cleaner fish.
Location: Lembongan, Indonesia
Equipment Used: Sony A7R III Camera, Sony 12-24 F4 FE Lens, Seacam Housing, Dual Seacam 150D Strobes
Camera Settings: 1/100, F8, ISO 640
