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Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
PONTONIDES ANKERI
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
taken in Oman
tiny crab that lives at the bottom of a coral
a very tiny hairy crab that lives at the bottom of a coral.
Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Commensal Sponge Shrimp
Thaumastocaris streptopus
Thuridilla hopei. Often mistaken for a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossal opisthobranch without dorsal appendages. It can only be spotted with a keen eye, on the rocky seabed a few meters deep. Rarely exceeds 2cm in length.
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,i.100)
Coryphellina exoptata. I took a few to practice with the new wet diopter. And then this nudibranch is very photogenic and I really enjoy photographing it. Feb 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Phyllidiopsis xishaensis nudibranch. I used macro lens Canon EF 100 mm with a diopter by using a wide aperture to get a shallow depth of field_April 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f8,iso100)
Spinyhead Blenny
Imperial shrimp ( Periclemenses imperator)_March 2024
(CanonEF60, 1/200,f16,iso100)
Inverted image
Pedersen shrimp with piercing metallic eyes comfortably resting in a bubble coral
Elysia shy, white with red dots on body,head and rhinophores. It is characterized by a green color bands produced by the chloroplasts that it retains in the cells of digestive system_June 2024.
(Canon 100,1/200,f14,i.100)
Thorunna daniellae nudibranch_Nha Trang_March2024
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso100)
Sea whip goby with eggs
Hypselodoris maculosa front view_A beautiful tiny one! March 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f13,iso100)
Coryphellina exoptata_Feb 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Sweet Elysia_June 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Tiny creatures from the Indian Ocean_Dec. 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
Andaman gobi fish close up_April 2024
(Canon60,1/200,f16,iso100)
When spotting a whip coral check the surface of the coral if there is a variation in texture. It will probably be a whip coral shrimp as they are perfectly camouflaged with the coral’s colour and polyp structure.Jan_2024
(Canon60,1/200,f16,i.100)
Intense orange for this specimen of Flabellina rubrolineata nudibranch , just over a centimeter long, photographed during diving in the sea of Goa_India_Dec2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
Bluestriped Fangblenny ( Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)_April 2024
(Canon60,1/200,f14,iso100)
Who call me?
It’s possible to find juvenile Samla bicolor nudibranch of less than 1cm! They are fast moving and relatively common on many of the dive sites in Andaman sea. (Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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