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Duplication.
Swimmer crabs.
E-PL3, 42mm, +5 subsee, UFL-2 strobes.
Cheeky Boy.
A male Green Turtle hurries away from a pair of females.
Oly E-M5, 8mm, natural light.
Curves.
Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana – Grand Cayman 2014.
Olympus E-PL3, 8mm, natural light.
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A very common shot but the lighting make it so special.
Cartilage Cowboys.
A pair of Caribbean Reef Squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea .
Oly E-M5, 8mm, natural light.
Poise - time stood still during a serene encounter with an adult female Green Turtle during a freediving session.
- Grand Cayman.
Oly E-M5, 8mm, natural light.
Soul-embrace – peaceful encounter with an adult female Green Turtle during a freediving session, with Len de Vries
- Grand Cayman.
Oly E-M5, 8mm, natural light.
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Lips.
Friendly Nassau Grouper - Little Cayman.
Olympus E-PL3, 8mm, UFL-2 strobes.
f/7, 1/125sec, ISO200.
RainbowRay
Southern Stingray, a little male one that swam playful circles around us on a beautifully sunny, calm day - Grand Cayman.
E-PL3, 8mm Fisheye, natural light.
Have a beautiful weekend everyone, filled with good food, and good company!
Duel.
Graysbys having one of their territorial arguments – Grand Cayman.
Olympus E-PL3, 14mm, muted UFL-2 strobes.
f/10, 1/60sec, ISO200.
Scarlet Beauticians.
Scarlet-Striped Cleaner Shrimp – Grand Cayman.
Olympus E-M5, 43mm, dual UFL-2 strobes.
f/10, 1/125sec, ISO200.
Grotto Silhouette.
Black Grouper with Silversides. Schoolmaster Snapper, Tarpon in background – Grand Cayman 2013.
Olympus E-PL3, 11mm, natural light.
f/4.5, 1/30sec, ISO400.
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Grotto Buffet.
Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) with Silversides – Grand Cayman 2013.
Olympus E-PL3, 9mm, dual UFL-2 strobes.
f/4, 1/80sec, ISO320.
Innerspace.
Diver and Tarpon with Silversides – Grand Cayman 2013, with Frans de Backer.
Olympus E-PL3, 10mm, ambient light.
f/4.2, 1/50sec, ISO640.
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Portal.
Tarpon with Silversides – Grand Cayman 2013.
Olympus E-PL3, 9mm, dual UFL-2 strobes.
f/16, 1/50sec, ISO400.
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Absolutely beautiful.
Scout.
Barjack and Tarpon with Silversides – Grand Cayman 2013.
Olympus E-PL3, 11mm, natural light.
f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO400.
Take a Bow.
About 10mm long Grass Squid, Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, suspected - Grand Cayman, night dive.
Oly EM5.
Take a Bow.
About 10mm long Grass Squid, suspected - Grand Cayman, night dive.
The little guy seemed so attracted to my focus light, or its own reflection, that it kept very close to my lens.
Oly EM5, +5 Diopter, UKPro video light.
Freediving Dream B/W.
Len de Vries freediving over the wreck of the USS Kittiwake, Grand Cayman - GoPro Hero3+, natural light, Lightroom conversion to B&W.
Refresh.
Mouthbrooding Banded Jawfish.
Olympus E-PL3, 14-42mm lens with +5 Diopter.
f/20, 1/1250sec, ISO200, dual UFL-2 strobes.
Dramatic Entrance!
Gymnothorax moringa - Spotted Moray Eel, Grand Cayman,
Olympus E-PL3, PT Housing, dual UFL-2 strobes,
14-42mm lens, Subsee +5 Diopter,
f14, 1/120sec, ISO200
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A Crab and his Haven - Banded Clinging Crab on Sun Anemone.
Grizzled.
Southern Stingray - Grand Cayman.
Candy Orange.
Gaudy Clown Crab, Platypodiella spectabilis, in Pink Vase Sponge, Niphates digitalis - Grand Cayman.
Not only was the colour of subject and background too good to ask for, we also found a pair of them in this same sponge!
Oly E-PL3.
Lobster and Sponge.
Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, and Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta - Little Cayman.
We'd spotted various fish being cleaned at Barrel cleaning stations here, the Lobster was new!
E-PL3, 8mm fisheye,UFL2 str...
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SevenMile Beach, above and below.
Olympus E-PL3 with Fisheye lens.
f/10, 1/500sec, iso200, natural light.
 
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