File fish. Night dive Dharavandhoo divers
ISO200 , F20 , 1/125
Nikon D800E, 10,5mm fisheye lens in wide macro port .
Two strobo subtronic 160 pro

Post dive manta session outside of Hanifaru Bay.

Fused teeth plates of a parrotfish, taken on a night dive with red focus light.
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"Bat Fish Night" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of work. This image is referencing their common name: the Bat Fish.

"Maldivian Orange Tree" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of work. Image is playing off the bright orange color of the Maldivian Clownfish. Like most plants and trees, these fish are endemic, they are only found in the Maldives

Hanifaru Bay Mantas
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Freediving with this little eagle ray was pretty fun!

Juvenile form of surgeon fishes,Juvenile Bristletooth surgeonfish. Baa atoll . Dharavandhoo

Laguna di Hanufaru , manta feeding frenzly
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Juvenile Bristletooth surgeonfish were swarming Maldivian reefs in the last weeks.

Eagle ray hunting over sandy bottom

Feeding frenzly, the mantas of the Hanifaru lagoon Baa atoll, for a unique show . Pictures take during snorkelling witu housing Seacam , photocamera Nikon D800E , lens 17/35mm Nikon

This was a nice postdive manta session. A dense patch of plankton outside of Hanifaru Bay attracted about 20 -30 mantas. Luckily I had a few bar left in my tank ;-)

I took this image with a Canon Powershot whilst freediving in the Maldives in February 2018. The waters surrounding this small island now host a huge population of stingrays and moray eels, because a tuna factory on the island discards tuna waste.

Posted this before as BW. Better in colour?
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Field of flowers and spikes - flower urchin - Toxopneustes pileolus
Reunion Island TG3

Leaf fish

Smile....Lizard fish waiting for his prey

Black Eyes shrimp... amplustrum amplustre

In the arms of a big acanthaster

Seascape

Common dolphins cruising past following a mobile baitball - Sardine Run South Africa 2019

Watching this school of neon fusiliers being hunted by bluefin jack and dogtooth tunas was like watching NatGeo on TV, just better. To catch the movement I used a long shutter speed of 1/10th sec

Two Mantas

Chill out! There was so much action going on around this lazy green turtle: squadrons of bluefin jack attacking the carpet of glass fish , tunas looking for an easy meal, anthias buzzing.

More then friendly turtle. It already knew rule number one in underwater photography: get close!

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