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NPOTY People's Choice Award - 2022
Name: Gaetano Gargiulo
Picture title: Small Doctor, Big Patient
Category: People’s Choice Award
Nationality: Residence: Australia, Origin: Italy
Occupation: I am not a full-time photographer, I have a “normal” day time job as professor (Biomedical Engineering) at University. I have been photographing underwater from almost 25 years.
Technical information
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Nikkor 60/2.8 micro
EXIF: 1/13 sec at f16 ISO320
Accessories: Isotta dedicated underwater housing, 3x Inon Z330 strobes, 1x Bubblescuba P6s focus light
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Gaetano Gargiulo | Small Doctor, Big Patient
Name: Gaetano Gargiulo
Picture title: Small Doctor, Big Patient
Category: People’s Choice Award
Nationality: Residence: Australia, Origin: Italy
Occupation: I am not a full-time photographer, I have a “normal” day time job as professor (Biomedical Engineering) at University. I have been photographing underwater from almost 25 years.
Technical information
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Nikkor 60/2.8 micro
EXIF: 1/13 sec at f16 ISO320
Accessories: Isotta dedicated underwater housing, 3x Inon Z330 strobes, 1x Bubblescuba P6s focus light
Gaetano says:
I made this picture at a popular Sydney (New South Wales) dive site called “Bare Island”.
Little known to many divers is the location of a cleaning station where you can often find large fish getting serviced by several Eastern Cleaner Clingfishes (Cochleoceps orientalis Hutchins). In this case, a very friendly and relaxed Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) was having the gills and the mouth cleaned, using strobes at minimal power, the red focus light, and low shutter speed I was able to shoot several pictures including several details of the cleaning action without disturbing the cleaning.
Gaetano Gargiulo
Residence: Australia, Origin: Italy
I was born in Italy in 1977, I lived by the sea my entire life, always fascinated by what lay beneath the surface I had a mask/googles within my beach toys for as far that I can remember. I bought my first underwater camera even before getting my open water course. I dive (mostly shore dives) every time I can. I moved to Australia for work in 2006 and lucky for me diving in the Sydney harbor is incredibly good with many diversified dive sites.