"Gaudy Clown Crab"
Great marco subject one afternoon on the North Wall in Cayman.

"Goddess on her throne"
A purple crown sea goddess on the move. Shot with constant light.

'What Lies Beneath' - Southern stingrays in the shallow waters off the coast of Grand Cayman

A brightly colored starfish rests on seagrass just below the surface. I took this shot with my camera completely submerged, and utilized a Snell's window to include the sky and clouds.

"Joy"
Shortlisted!

an unlikely friendship.

'On The Lowdown' - Southern stingrays glide just over the sandbar off the coast of Grand Cayman

Just keep swimming.

"After The Dive"
We surfaced from a magical dive to this magical light.
Photographed with a small aperture so that the sun burst through the cloud with a star effect.

"Gotcha"
Bandtail Puffer Fish

The Groupers in Little Cayman are very friendly, let you get up close and personal.

Cryptic Teardrop Crab

"Racing Stripes"
A juvenile spotted drum on coral, shot with a slow shutter speed and panning.
Runner Up Monthly HotShots Shortlisted!
Through to 2016 awards final round judging

Tarpon hunting silversides

I wish the Cayman grottoes would be filled with silversides once more.
Devil's Grotto, July 2013 (the last year of big numbers)

'Spectral' - A southern stingray on the sandbar off the coast of Grand Cayman

'On One Breath' - A freediver ascends from the wreck of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman

Colorful Ceilings
Inside the cut out in the iron shore known by local dive guides as the Ballroom.

"Big Green"
A large Green Sea Turtle makes its way over a shallow reef on the North Side of Grand Cayman.
Fantasea Red Filter

I prepared my camera with a fisheye lens, but with my extension ring on the port to create a false vignette. I was hoping for some larger marine life to utilize this effect. Perfect for when a goliath grouper--unusual for Cayman--showed up!

'Cleaning House' - The tiny eyes of pederson cleaner shrimp in the waters off of Grand Cayman

Stingray in flight

Ready to spread my wings
Southern stingray at the sandbar
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Through to 2016 awards final round judging

A colorful goby models for the camera atop star coral. I used a very shallow depth of field to focus only on the goby's eyes, and to make the rest of its translucent body blur into the backgruound.

'Catching Some Rays' - Southern stingrays enjoying the warm, clear waters of Grand Cayman
Shortlisted!

'Out On A Limb' - A flamingo tongue cowrie off the coast of Grand Cayman

Face to Face
When you are the biggest creature cruising around at any given moment you have the right of way. This large Loggerhead Turtle just kept his chosen path and it was up to me to snap this shot and roll out of the way.