8 Awesome Seahorse Photos from Our Underwater Photo Contest
Judging the Through Your Lens photo contest is one of our favorite parts of the year at Scuba Diving — but it’s also one of the most challenging. For the 2017 contest, we sifted through more than 2,500 awesome entries to find the best of the best in underwater photography. We wanted to highlight some of our favorite images that didn’t make the winner’s circle, but that blew us away nonetheless. Seahorses can be some of the most elusive creatures in the ocean, but our contest entrants proved that when encounters do happen, they're nothing short of magic. Here are some of our favorite seahorse photos from this year's contest.
See the 2017 winners here. The 2018 Through Your Lens photo contest is currently accepting entries. Learn more about the image categories and prizes here.
Helmut TheissSpiny seahorses (Hippocampus histrix), are also called thorny seahorses. They are native to the Indo-Pacific region.
Marco GargiuloCoral reefs are a favorite habitat for seahorses.
Tobias FriedrichThere are about 40 known species of seahorses.
Jingong ZhangSeahorses come in many colors. This one was found in Chiba, Japan.
Meni MellerSeahorses are diurnal, meaning they're more active during the daytime, but some divers are lucky enough to spot them at night.
J. Gregory ShermanThis seahorse looks more like it's in outer space than the ocean.
Kevin StokellThis seahorse was captured in the waters of Curacao in the Caribbean.
Virginia SalzedoThis long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) can be found off Apulia, Italy.
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