Photo Stream

Showing nudibranch symmetry works well, like with this shot of a Nebrotha kuberyani. I particularly like to shoot these guys because of their interesting facial features, texture and vibrant colors.

By far one of my favorite subjects, and also a rather rare find is the illustrious Yellowhead Jawfish. Their colors are absolutely beautiful. The subtle ombre tones from yellow to pale aqua to violet are stunning. Like other Jawfish, they too incubate the eggs in the mouth. Normally we will have 1 that shows up each year. He’s like the lone rider. It has to be terribly stressful for him hoping to find a mate, when there isn’t another one around in site and he has to deal with all the paparazzi too. But this doesn’t stop him. He bizzies himself with creating the double entry burrow home. Spares no expense on trimming with shells and rock rubble. Then for perhaps a week or so you may see a second Yellowhead. But she disappears like the wind, first chance she gets. As photographic subjects, a 60mm is perhaps better and photographing vertically to get more of the animal in the image is the way to go. With any animal carrying eggs, you have to gain their confidence and avoid eye contact to get in close.

Ahh Blennies. They are always a source of entertainment and smiles. They really display so many different expressions, probably more so than any other fish in the area. On bad viz days I find myself hunting for them just to have a laugh. Very curious this baby Seaweed Blenny, who was no bigger than my pinkie finger, has made the face for me.

A diver swims through a kelp forest in the Channel Islands off Southern California. Shot with the Fantasea RX100 III housing.

Eagle Rays fly past the photographer. Shot with Sony RX100 II at f/3.2, 1/160, with the UWL-04 fisheye wet lens.

This crab and the sunburst were each photographed separately and then combined in-camera to produce a single RAW file.

Fish school under a pier in a high contrast shot. This photo really shows off mirrorless cameras' ability to shoot high dynamic range scenes.