TWINS
Gobi on whip coral

Chromodoris elisabethina

Bubble gum nudibranch
Candlinela ornatissima

Upside down jelly
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Drift fish in Salp
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Ocellate damsel(Pomacentrus vaiuli)

Hamopontonia corallicola, Mushroom coral shrimp

Dragon. A polycheate found wriggling in the dark water during a bonfire dive in Anilao.
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Hypselodoris decorata
......................close up
Olympus EM1 MarkII Olympus 60 mms macro and Nauticam CMC 1 2X Inon S2000

This is a photo a Melibe Colemani nudibranch which has been dubbed the holy grail of nudis. I'm honoured to be able to take a photo of this beautiful rare slug.Hope they multiply as sightings of them were recently rare. In Anilao, Philippines.
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This is a photo of a nudibranch, Trinchisea Yamasui. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
2nd place Monthly HotShots
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Cardenalfish
Apogon sp
Olympus EM1 MaarkII system

Yellow nudibranch. I lowered the strobe power to just enough light to hit the subject. I also set the aperture to f18, ISO 100 and the shutter at 1/100. Taken with Olympus TG6 x AOI Q1 strobes.

This is a photo of a Moray Eel trying to play with my camera. It was quite challenging getting a good distance photographing this fella as he seems to want to be closer to the lens. Taken in Puerto Galera, Philippines.

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This is a photo of a juvenile scorpionfish sitting on hard coral. Taken in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
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Gobi on whip coral
Panasonic GX1 Olympus 60 mms macro Inon S2000 X2 F22 S160

Yellow Gobi Protect his eggs
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This is a photo of an octopus inside a large beer bottle. She seems to be happy living inside this bottle, she's always spotted inside it. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.

This is a photo of a nudibranch, Flabellina Rubrolineata. Captured using red filtered torch to produce the pastel background. Taken in Anilao, Philippines
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Chromodoris elisabethina

Coconut Octopus in his little plastic house.
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This is a photo of a juvenile hairy frogfish (Antennarius Striatus). This guy is a little sandy and dusty. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.

This is a photo of a coconut octopus (Amphioctopus Marginatus) living inside a beer bottle. He got attracted to the lights and was trying to play with the camera lens with her sticky fingers. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
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Medusa
Phyllodesmium briareum
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This is a photo of a sea slug, Phyllodesmium Opalescens. Most I've seen have fat ceratas but this one, have longer ceratas and looks thinner. Probably a juvenile. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.

This is a photo of a Cryptic Sponge Shrimp (Gelastocaris Paronae) in its natural habitat, sponge coral. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.

Hymenocera picta Harlequin shrimp
Panasonic GX1 and 60 mms macro