Close-up photograph of a small crab with a distinctive pale blue-grey carapace and cream-yellow legs, positioned on rippled wet sand. The crab casts a sharp shadow on the golden-brown beach surface, which shows wave-patterned ridges and scattered shell fragments. The crab appears alert with legs spread, ready to move.
Light-blue Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus)
Sandgate, Queensland, Australia
Taken with an OM-3 / M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO
Post processing in Darktable
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