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Shinto

Lion Fish
The Beauty heart of the Ocean
Marine life Series
3000x4000 px
400 dpi
2022

Heart of the Ocean

This tiny yet colourful pigmy seahorse is a master of camouflage. They can grow only up to a couple of centimetres in size and live in these sea fans their entire life. Their camouflage is so good that it took more than five minutes for me to recognise it even after my dive buddy was pointing at one. It was also the first time I saw one in the wild. And now, they are my favourite macro subjects to photograph.

Queen of Anilao is an image very close to my heart. It is that one image which gave me recognition as a photographer. The image was exhibited in multiple conferences and also won different photography awards. (First price in Blue India Underwater Imagery Competition 2019  and Planet Untamed Nature Photographer of the year 2020)

While coming back from my first trip to Anilao, I never thought this was my best shot. Something is hidden in this photo that I am not able to see, but everyone else loves.

Artist: Shinto (FloodedCamera)

Editions: 1/1

Collection: Unicorns of Blue

Queen of Anilao

In Greek mythology, a creature called Hippocampus (Underwater horse) pulls the God Poseidon around in an underwater chariot. These magical seahorses are nowhere connected to an actual horse. They are one of the only few fishes which can swim vertically with their spiky bony bodies. Definitely not strong enough to carry any chariots. There is a ton of unbelievable seahorse facts which made me a big-time fanboy of these beautiful unicorns.

This shot was from my last trip to Anilao in December 2019. It was almost the end of our dive, and we were navigating back to the boat. I spotted this colourful one hanging out in the plain sand bed which was a bit unusual. They are usually well camouflaged in the reef or in a patch of seagrass to hide from predators (also to hunt). He was not camera shy either, posing for good portraits. It was a great safety stop subject to end the dive with.  

Artist: Shinto (FloodedCamera)

Editions: 1/1

Collection: Unicorns of Blue

Hippocampus

Turtle Friends - Who doesn't love some turtle action. There is a lot of wonderful memories to share from this tiny island called Guraidhoo in Maldives. I spend a lot of time diving and shooting on these colourful reefs of Guraidhoo.

While I was there, I had a number of beautiful encounters with these turtles in their natural habitat. In one of the frame, it's a young Hawksbill turtles who help keep reefs healthy by feeding primarily on sponges that out-compete corals. Another fun fact about them, female hawksbills return to the same nesting grounds where they were born to lay their eggs. How cool is that !

You can also see a giant green sea turtle resting near a cave entrance. It was a dive site called Kandoma. I still remember every second I spend with all those friendly creatures just like yesterday.    

Edition Size: 33

Artist: Shinto | FloodedCamera ([@5hint0](https://twitter.com/5hint0))

Music: Ivaavi ([@ivaavimusic](https://twitter.com/ivaavimusic))

Location & Year Taken : Guraidhoo, Maldives (2018)

License: Can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups. The License includes unlimited use and display in virtual or physical galleries, documentaries, and essays by the NFT holder. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Copyright remains with creator.

Turtle Friends #9/33

"We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected on the deep" - William James Ocean fascinates me. There is always a hidden curiosity, before I descent into those depts. Will there be a new surprise waiting for me in those blue water.&nbsp; This artwork was derived by an AI algorithm from one of my original photographs taken in Maldives.&nbsp;Artist: Shinto K Anto (Alias: FloodedCamera)&nbsp;

Island Dreamer

Broken Beach, This is one of the most unique places I have ever visited. After a dive at Manta point, we went up to this part of Nusa Penida to to checkout this amazing beach. A bridge made by the mother nature isolates this in credible beach from the open ocean. 

Edition Size: 1/1 NFT

Artist: Shinto | FloodedCamera (@5hint0)

Location & Year Taken: Broken Beach, Nusa Penida, Indonesia (2018)

License: Can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups. The License includes unlimited use and display in virtual or physical galleries, documentaries, and essays by the NFT holder. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Copyright remains with creator.

Broken Beach

For a diver, Pygmy seahorse is one of the most difficult subjects to spot amongst the gorgonian coral it inhabits. It is unsure whether these individuals can change color with the host, although the ability to change color according to their surroundings does exist in some species. This one was a bright orange color instead of the usual pink.

When I went back to Anilao in Dec 2019, my friend Andy said that they spotted a different color pigmy recently. He knew how crazy I was about these beautiful creatures. It was a challenging dive. We had to travel quite far by boat and dive down to 30 meters to reach the fan where they first spotted them.

I made the mistake of diving with regular air instead of Nitrox. By the time we spotted the first seahorse, I had almost hit my NDL (deco). I had to quickly take a couple of shots and come back to a safer depth. Hopefully, they will still be there when I get a chance to do it again.

Artist: Shinto (FloodedCamera)

Editions: 1/1

Collection: 

The Tiny One

This tiny yet colourful pigmy seahorse can grow only up to a couple of centimetres and lives exclusively on gorgonian sea fans. They are the masters of camouflage and quite difficult to spot while diving. Their camouflage is so effective that believe it or not, they were only discovered in a lab when scientists were examining a gorgonian sea fan in 1969.

This particular shot was a hard one to achieve. These corals usually open it's bright pink polyps only when the current is strong. At the beginning of our dive, it was all normal and took us a while to spot them. Once found, I started shooting different seahorses on that coral for almost 30 mins. We were about to end the dive and out of nowhere, current started picking up. Whole fan opened up. We were struggling to keep up with the current and shoot. Luckily I got one in focus out of hundreds of bursts I took. Spring of 2019, what a memorable trip to Anilao.

Artist: Shinto (FloodedCamera)

Editions: 1/1

Collection: Unicorns of Blue

Pink Dragon

Unicorns of Blue

Turtle Friends #1/33

Turtle Friends - First edition drop from FloodedCamera. An edition of 33/33 of this 33 second video. 

It's been an honour to introduce the underwater world to web3 community. Although I mostly shoot photographs, when I thought about editions, I wanted to do something different. This was one of the short clip from an early photoshoot in Maldives. Plus turtle always have an important part in my underwater journey. They are one of the animals everyone love diving with. 

I was able to do a collaboration with the music artist @ivaavimusic to bring the right music for this short clip. Let me introduce you to my turtle friends. 

Turtle Friends.

Kalamint

This is an inhabited island in Maldives called Lhosfushi, also known as the bikini island among locals. This tiny paradise is connected with it's main island Guaridhoo using a wooden bridge. My perfect place to spend an evening swimming in those crystal clear waters, surfing or simply sunbathing and counting those beautiful waves.  

Edition Size: 1/1 NFT

Artist: Shinto | FloodedCamera (@5hint0)

Location & Year Taken: San Francisco (2018)

License: Can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups. The License includes unlimited use and display in virtual or physical galleries, documentaries, and essays by the NFT holder. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Copyright remains with creator.

Tiny Paradise

Even thought most of my works are from below the surface, I was lucky enough to travel to few beautiful destinations throughout my life.   This collection will showcase some of my favourite non-UW works from my journeys.

Shinto

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