Photo Stream - Macro

Dropping the angle of view and capturing the whip coral in the background with such a low f-stop created a very smooth and textured swath of color behind our common subject. In my imaginative mind I see a goby riding a comet!.. No comments please..

When no strong composition presents itself, it often pays to look for patterns when framing your shot.

Filling the frame is tough to do with small subjects, but helps to portray intricate color and detail once achieved.

Many animals will reside within inches of the water’s surface. It can be very productive to spend some of your dive in just 5 or 10 feet of water looking up.

Using a quality diopter of +10 or greater will dramatically increase the size of very small subjects and allow you to fill the frame with very little cropping. These Castosiella kuroshimae are miniscule and nearly impossible to detect. Look on small algae on sandy dive sites.

An image from Jack Berthomier's sequence of a sea snake in New Caledonia as it caught and ate a catfish. One image in this series earned 1st Place in the Compact Marine Behavior category of Ocean Art 2014.

The Miamira alleni is the holy grail of nudibranchs and is considered to be one of the most unique nudibranchs in the world. Lighting them is a tricky proposition as they have so many nooks and crannies, be sure to take your time and don’t be afraid to move your strobes to the right position that allows just enough light on the subject without creating too much light in the background.