Caribbean Macro All-Star - the Gaudy Clown Crab

Male jaw fish incubating the eggs.
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Evelio

Friends

Eggs of a Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea)

"Stars Above And Below"
Starfish are seen both through the surface of the water and below. No Photoshop: I used my wide angle dome port for this shot, carefully angling my camera housing in order to get both the over and under water views.
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Anemone Shrimp taken with my TG4 in Curacao

"Vortex"
The Horse Eyed Jacks love played follow the leader around the Kittiwake.

Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster rostrata)
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"Friendly Atmosphere"
A Banded Coral Shrimp making friends with a White Spotted Moray.

Great Smile
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American salt water crocodile close-up

Shadow hunting over a Southern Stingray

Pederson's shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni) on a Split-Crown Feather Duster (Anamobaea oerstedi)

A two claw shrimp peers out from a purple vase sponge. This kind of shrimp is a rare find in Cayman! I used a shallow depth of field to focus just on the shrimp's eyes.

Parrotfish sleeping.

Divers with whale shark

Divers wait in the light at the surface.

Hiding in the polyps

Light in front of this diver as he comes out of the shadow of the over-hang created a silhouette shot.
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Setting up for a whale shark shot...shoot and get out of the way.

Pelagic Tunicate/I happened upon this strange, nearly translucent creature, called a Salp, during a safety stop while diving in the Caribbean. Luckily I was shooting macro with my Nikonos V, and always saved one frame, "just in case".

Small shrimp rests on a corallimorph.
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Trash the Dress at the famous Stingray Sandbar

Cayman's beautiful North Wall, rich with life! An anenome, lots of little blue chromis, a snapper, sponges, colorful coral... I used my wide-angle dome port extension with my fisheye lens for a forced vingette.

A snorkeler seems caught between a whale shark and his reflection. Taken in Isla Mujeres,Mexico, using a D7200 and 10.2 fisheye lens.

"Follow the Leader" large school of Horse Eyed Jacks on a safety stop