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Ornate Ghostpipefish
Solenostomus paradoxus

This species is closely related to Seahorses: after a pelagic larval stage completely transparent, it settles on the bottom, taking the color of the surrounding habitat.

Location: Manado - Indonesia
Size: 8 cm (max. size 11 cm)

Camera: Canon Eos 500
Lens: 100 mm macro
Strobe: Inon Z22
Film: Fuji Velvia 50 ASA

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~Fluggs Jun 8, 2009, 4:25:30 AM
Nice Photo, How did you get the background so uniform
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*LazyDugong Jun 8, 2009, 5:02:47 AM
Is underexposed! :)
This fish are very shy and always moving and hiding. To get all the body at focus is very difficult. So, for a better depth of field, I used F:22. It was a night dive, no natural light and I got a black background.
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~Amoxcalli Jun 8, 2009, 7:31:39 AM
Awesome. Love its colours. :D

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*Annubrius Jun 8, 2009, 9:02:07 AM
that is some crazy looking fish. Are they related to seadragons or seahorses at all?

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*LazyDugong Jun 8, 2009, 10:04:44 AM
You didn't read the comments! :)
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*LazyDugong Jun 8, 2009, 10:20:12 AM
They are always very colored: they like to hide near crinoids, taking a similar color.
If you see one which is still semi-transparent, it means that it has just finished it's larval, pelagic stage and has started its benthonic stage, for breeding.
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~Amoxcalli Jun 8, 2009, 10:56:30 AM
Ah, awesome. Where do they live, beside Indonesia? Are they common?

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*LazyDugong Jun 8, 2009, 11:07:39 AM
They live in tropical Indo - West Pacific. Not common, but can be easily seen in Indonesia and Philippines. You just need to look carefully near crinoids. It's a very 'requested' species, so almost every local dive guide knows where to find one.
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~Amoxcalli Jun 8, 2009, 11:25:57 AM
Ah, cool. I suppose you'd be able to find them around Koh Chang/Koh Samui in Thailand as well? I may actually be in the situation to go diving there as it's more or less my "home" as well.

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