UW Photo Challenge

2024 Underwater Photo

Category: Macro (First Place)

Name: Yury Ivanov

Title: Make Love Not War

Introduction:

I was lucky to see and photograph something extremely rare - a couple of Coconut Octopuses - Amphioctopus marginatus are "making love" (mating). The photo was taken during a night dive at a depth of 5 meters and it shows the end of the "story".

Camera: Nikon D850

Aperture:F20

Shutter: 1/250 sec