Hide and seek with a common reef octopus.

Top view of a coral fish_2023
(Canon 100,1/250,f13,iso125)

Seahorse
Winner Monthly HotShots Shortlisted!

A pact with the moray

Bedford's flatworm ,named "Persian carpet"..and you can understand why! Photo taken at Aquarium dive site_Thanks to great support of Barefoot diving staff in Havelock Island-Andamans_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f13,iso100)

Big Island, HI

Anemone fishes are immune to anemone's tentacles from day 1. It is a mutually beneficial relationship in which the anemone feeds from the fish dejection while the fish gets shelter from predators_Havelock Is._2023
(Canon100,1/200,f13,iso100)

Mexican barnacle blenny photographed at "El Morro" dive site_ P. Vallarta-Mexico_2021
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso125)
Shortlisted!

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Pontonides ankeri

A tiny fish stays on a branch of corals. Photo taken at "Aquarium dive site" of Havelock island , Andamans_2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f14,iso100)

Mediterranean Sea Fan Worm - Sabella spallanzanii

Yellow Goby

Thecacera Picta
2nd place Monthly HotShots Shortlisted!

A curious and very colorful goby. Photo taken in Havelock, in the Andamans-2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f14,iso100)

Mediterranean moray_Casteldaccia_Sicily-2021
(Canon60,1/125,f7.1,iso200)

Big Island, HI

A large chunk of coral life is tiny, lesser known, easily hidden creatures. These include both sessile (fixed in one place) and mobile reef invertebrates, as well as the itty bitty reef fish like this in the photo_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso125)

Fistularia commersonii (cornetfish). (f/5.6, 1/160, ISO-250, 50mm). - Erik

Duet - Micro Nudi dancing with Skeleton Shrimp

Riding on jelly

Leaf Fish

Stare long enough on a portion of the coral reef, and you are guaranteed to catch some movement, a tiny fish like these blennies & gobies abundant on these barriers_Havelock island_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso125)

These worms live inside corals where they hide from predators. Their bodies stay hidden except their colorful crowns which are feather-like appendages that resemble fir trees , giving Christmas tree their name.
(Canon60,1/200,f/13,iso100)

The weird face of Naso unicornis (short-nose unicornfish). (f/8, 1/80, ISO-200, 42mm). - Els

A squat shrimp often called sexy shrimp because of its provocative dance. Their quirky abdominal movements, often in sync with one another, are amusing to observe and can captivate divers for long underwater time!
(Canon100,1/250,f16,iso125)
Shortlisted!

Seahorse in a blaze of lights
Shortlisted!

Donald Duck Shrimp