"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

Resting in the sand.

A tiny spotted cleaner shrimp climbs on a warty corallimorph anemone. I lit the shrimp with one strobe, and lit the background with my second strobe to provide backlighting.

"The Pit" Cenote in Mexico, Divers enter the Halocline below while their bubbles give a sense of the depth. Divers at the top take in the view before they exit.

Ribbon Blenny (Emblemaria vitta)

Lunch date with a turtle

Pike Blenny

"Black and White Slender Filefish"

Jawfish with his next generation

Moon jelly and its fish