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Anthias Portrait These little 'goldfish' are always on the move, and very tough to shoot! It requires a lot of patience and pig-headedness to stay with one subject for the majority of your dive.  This was shot in the Northern Redsea and was one of about 50 images i took of these fish.

 Getting the blue background required a slow shutter speed and a steady hand but i think it was worth it.

 The Red Sea is famous for its blue water and masses of Anthias

Anthias Portrait
 
I also took some with a black background which you can see in the gallery.
 
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Harlequin Shrimp

The Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) is a highly colourful shrimp which predates on Starfish, the large, somewhat useless pincers (chelipeds) are mainly used for display.

Pygmy S'horse


Hippocampus bargibanti is a tiny seahorse that is found on seafans of the indo-pacific, it is normally pink in colour and grows to 2cm tall!

Horsing Around


This young lad was taking his horse for a swim and wash at sunrise as I went out to photograph the bay in the soft morning light. As I came back into the beach he took the horse for a canter in the shallows

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Hammerheads! This picture of Scalloped Hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) was shot in Cocos Island, Costa Rica.  We were having a bad week for hammerheads, and hadn't seen many, but fortunately I found this group by wandering off on my own at a divesite called Alcyone.
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Hyla bifurca This little Tree Frog Hyla bifurca was photographed in the upper Amazon, Ecuador. To get close to these critters i had to stand in knee to waist deep water that had baby Caimans and possible Anacondas in there!

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