Turret sponges

Taken in Anilao, at the dive site called Coconuts. A yellow goby pair was very obvious on thee abandoned tube, so while going around the tube, we located the eggs they were so carefully guarding, eggs are about a day or two away from hatching.

Hairy yellow goby.
Shortlisted!

Doto greenamyeri is one of the favorite objects to shoot when visiting Tulamben, Bali. They are very shiny and fragile and are living on hydroids.
Shortlisted!

Hello friendly Nemo

"Chiaroscuro" - I photographed this arrow crab using one strobe to give strong shadows and light. The title is a reference to the Italian word for this kind of lighting, found in Renaissance paintings.
3rd place Monthly HotShots Shortlisted!

Reality
Shortlisted!
Through to 2018 awards final round judging

Japanese style...hahaha...

Saw blade shrimp.

Parablennius gattorugine
Always curious

The other side of the shrimp

Voracious Appetite
The rare walking sea-anemone has left only the skeleton of a multicolored sea fan

Blue ribbon eel.

small octopus hiding in the neck of a beer bottle at Blue Heron Bridge near the East span.

Basket Star Feeding

Parablennius gattorugine

Hippocampus pontohi Romblon

Flaming Beard
A close-up look at a perched bearded scorpion fish.
Shortlisted!

Watchmen

squad lobster

squad lobster

"Sweeping Shadows" - A brightly-colored flagfin glass blenny rests on coral. Shot with one strobe on an angle to provide texture. (No snoot.)

The eyes have it.

South African anemone, Camps bay, Western Cape.
Shortlisted!

Sea Lemon (Archidoris pseudoargus) - Picture taken in Dunmanus Bay, Ireland.

Underwater flower

Anemonefishes are specialised damselfishes that have adapted to living in a symbiotic relatonship with anemones, to such extent that they are rarely seen away from their host. Here you can see Maldives own anemonefishes