"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.

'Surfing the Sandbar' - A southern stingray in the waters of Grand Cayman
Shortlisted!

A diver explores a swim through as light filters down from an opening in the ceiling.
Snapper Hole, Grand Cayman
Shortlisted!

'Underwater Forest' - Sunlight shines through the tall corals off the coast of Grand Cayman

'Welcome to the Ocean! I'll Be Your Guide.' A sharknose goby rests on coral in the waters off of Grand Cayman

'Swirling the Bow' - A school of horse eye jacks swirls around toward the bow of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman

'Going Green' - A green sea turtle drifts through the shallow waters of Grand Cayman

'Diving The Kittiwake' - Divers begin to descend upon the wreck of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman

"Pink Peppermint"
I set off to photograph a peppermint shrimp, and looked inside dozens of vase sponges until I finally found this one. I used a large aperture to keep just the eyes in focus and blur the background into a soft pink.

'Southern Hospitality' - A southern stingray stops by for a quick hello in Grand Cayman
Shortlisted!