"Layers" - A sharknose goby draws the eye into the corner of this underwater abstract of a brightly-colored sponge and hard corals. I sought to make a strong graphic image, the angles and black negative space as important as the layers and colors.

Grays by can be quite interesting to photograph,especially when they let you get close with the macro lens.

Kittiwake

Underwater Happy Hour! It's easy to over look aglae, but when you get up close and personal it can be quite beautiful.

Sharks are the bomb diggity! A reef shark glides over a colorful reef on the east side of Grand Cayman

Pinecone algae shot with a single strobe positioned directly overhead to simulate the effect of a tree being light by the midday sun and create its shadow on the 'ground' below.

Tarpon - Devil's Grotto

purple crown on the south side of grand cayman dive DNS

redlip blennie was on the south side of grand cayman there are so many its hard to time there moves but this guy held still for me nikon D50 with vr 105mm in an ikelite housing with two ysd1 strobes shutter 200 f-stop 22

A baby nurse shark tucked inside a colorful overhang. This little cutie was only about a foot long! It was so inspiring to see this early stage of life on the reef.

I noticed this school of Creole Wrasse hanging around a coral head, so went over to investigate. They were all trying to get the attention of the little purple and yellow Royal Gramma. The wrasse kept jostling for position trying to get the Royal Gra
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Fluorescing secretary blenny!
I used a very shallow depth of field, enabling me to focus solely on the blenny and let the coral blur out of focus. To capture the fluorescence I used Nightsea filters.

"Psychedelic Golden Tail"
I had fluorescence filters on my strobes. The eel didn't fluoresce, so I took off the bluish-purple fluoro filters. As I was composing this shot, one of the filters swung in front of a strobe, giving this psychedelic light.

Fluorescence! A goby glows brightly on brain coral. I shot this using Nightsea filters: the fluorescence is excited by the blue light emitted through my strobes and then recorded through the Nightsea filter over my macro port.
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taken on the kittiewake bow starboard anchor chain

A transitioning French Angelfish races across a coral reef. I photographed this scene with a slow-shutter speed while panning. This enabled me to show the speed while freezing the fish in action.
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"Air Space"
A Spotted Eagle Ray soars over head under the sun rays.
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"Shooting for the Sky"
This Eagle Ray was begging to have his photo taken. Some days it all just goes your way and those are the days that take your experience to the next level.

little sea horse in 15ft water at maccabuca

Gimme Shelter - As we drifted out to the end of a coral finger near Sand Chute in Grand Cayman, we were surprised to find this lobster taking a nap in the sponge. Fortunately I was shooting with an 8mm fisheye lens and could capture the moment.
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"Just right!"
A cryptic teardrop crab peers out from the end of a tube sponge that's a perfect fit.

This is a bowling pin that was shown to me i was with him for 20mins or so he moved an inch in that time he love the spot light

Night Octopus! I came across this octopus on a night dive. It slid up against a wall of coral and spread itself wide. It changed colors and textures repeatedly while I took this photograph.

"Tarpon Cave"
The Tarpon Cave at Macabuca is always filled with these massive fish.

"Sunny Sergeant"
Small Sergeant Majors in the shallows.

"Speckled"
A Slender File Fish on a dark background.
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"Neon Blenny"
A glowing Roughhead Blenny shows the camera his teeth.