2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.

Spinyhead Blenny

Bispira Brunnea (Social Feather dusters) flowing with the current

PADI instructor and accomplished underwater photographer Gerald Wilson in action

Caribbean Squid taking an interest in underwater photography

Found several Yellowhead Jawfish with a jaw full of eggs while on a shallow dive in Bonaire. Captured with a Nikon D850 and 2 INON strobes. Settings: 1/250, f16, ISO 80.

Yellowhead jawfish aerating his eggs
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Yellowhead jawfish aerating his eggs

Sailfin Blenny Male Bonaire
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Orange spotted Blenny Carib Inn Bonaire
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Juvenile Queen Triggerfish

Breeding pair of Papillate Clingfish
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Spotted Eagle Ray and hungry Smooth Trunkfish searching for an early morning breakfast.

I captured this tiny Line Seahorse with my Nikon D850, 60mm lens & INON z330 strobes. It was challenging to shoot since the seahorse was almost the same color as the sand and the white scroll algae it was clinging to.

very tiny mantis shrimp in St Eustatia

If you look closely you can see eyes below the flamingo tongue's antennae. I've taken hundreds of photos of flamingo tongues and this is the first time I've captured it's eyes. Shot with Nikon D850 / 60mm lens / 2 INON z330 strobes.

Peacock Flounder in Bonaire, set against staghorn coral

A macro shot of a spinyhead blenny, about 1 inch in length, peeking out from its tubular home in the coral. Its got so much character - highly entertaining fish!

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
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Turtle on the Island Small Curacao.

Salt Pier Bonaire. A very nice divesite with lot of human impact, but in this case not always negative. Corals grow on steel poles from the pier. A lot of marine life

Wire Coral Shrimp ….Home sweet home

Macro shot of banded coral shrimp taken in Bonaire. You can see the blue ovaries.

Inside the Hilma Hooker on Bonaire.

Hilma Hooker on Bonaire. A nice wreck for every diver.

This turtle is resting on a piece of fabric. Taken on Curacao.

Curious turtle on Bonaire.