"Ruffles"
A Lettuce Sea Slug on a Rope Sponge.

"Out in the Open"
A Gaudy Clown Crab poses out in the open on a Purple Vase Sponge. Generally I find this guys tucked away into a hole in the coral/sponge, but it is always a treat to find one out and about.
Runner Up Monthly HotShots Shortlisted!

The king of the mimetism

Scorpion fish in Bohol

Britle Stars

"Curious"
These aren't always the most cooperative subjects. After taking a couple of shots with just the 100mm, I decided to try the +10 Diopter. Luckily this guys was holding his ground and let me get extremely close.

Fluorescence! This is so exciting! Using Nightsea filters to photograph, I discovered that the eyes of a banded coral shrimp fluoresce a vibrant green. I used a small aperture to focus only on the eyes. The coral it's on also fluoresced.

Porecelain Crab on Soft Coral

Britle Stars

Colourful Mantis - Odontodactylus latirostris

Seahorse from "under the Bridge"

Smiling Blenny
Shortlisted!

H A I R Y . C R A B
Anilao, Philippines. April 2015
P/S: Check out the green eyes

Goby on Whip Coral (Whip Coral Dwarf Goby)
This little Gobi always turned away,i spend about 20-30 min. to get it face to face but at the end i just gave up and thought let's do it from behind....;)
Olympus OMD EM 1 and 60mm f 2.8

"Grooves"
A Close up of Star Coral.

"Fish in the Flowers"
A Triple Fin Blenny in a very detailed hiding spot.

Crab inside a sphere
Shortlisted!

Illuminating a hawkfish from the outside of a sponge.

Big black eyes

Colorful encounter

"Wide Eyed"
A Secretary Blenny caught out of his hole. These guys are hard to catch away from their little burrows in the coral.

"Care"
A Red Cling Fish protecting it's eggs.

Cupcoral

"Open Wide"
Banded Jawfish giving my camera a smile.
Shortlisted!

"Smile"
A Golden Tail Moray giving me his best smile.

"Leaf"
A very camouflaged crab.

Durban Dance Shrimp, Koh Doc Mai