Chose my favourite shot from that final pre-pandemic trip to Anilao, Philippines as my first unicorn. You might have already noticed, this moonlit seahorse became very personal over the years and started representing me as a photographer in most of my profiles.

I have to confess, it was kind of an accident how I got this image. Me and my friend Andy were trying different light angles to get a backlit shot of this spiny seahorse. While playing with a very closed aperture to capture the shadow around the animal, I noticed my buddy's spot light in distance. It took a few tries to finally replicate an image which was there in my head.

It was natural to choose monochrome presets while editing, as it allowed me to hide a lot of murky noice around the seahorse and get that final full moon effect. Even when I was processing the shot, I didn't know this will eventually become one of my favourites.

Artist: Shinto (FloodedCamera)

Editions: 1/1

Collection: Unicorns of Blue