A pair of Flabellina sp. (nicknamed "verrillis") in a field of pink hydroids, which they eat. These nudibranchs can get up to several inches long and come in orange, purple, and red shades.

A solitary Flabellina sp. crawling across an algae covered rock to its next meal, perhaps those pink hydroids in the right foreground?

We see Dendronotus frondosus at other sites, but they are typically under an inch long. This one was probably 3-4 inches!

Coryphella verrucosa are quite common around New England, but they are larger and much more abundant at this particular site.

I took my fisheye lens for its first New England splash and the results did not disappoint! Giant nudis in a field of pink hydroids in Portsmouth, New Hampshire!

#underwaterPhotography #coldWater #fisheye #wideAngle #olympus #om1 #nauticam #NewEngland #scuba #scubadiving #nudibranchs 📷 🦑

The March meeting from my local photo society just dropped including my presentation about the Bahamas! Let me know if there are any images in particular you liked.

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#underwaterphotography #travel #Bahamas #presentation #scuba #scubadiving #olympus #om1 #nauticam 🦑 📷 🦀

Learning Fisheye Photography 🚀 Photographer of the sea and sky, occasionally the land.

I am now 4 dives into my fisheye lens journey, so I wrote down some things I've learned. If you had anything to add, definitely drop a comment below - I'm anxious to improve my skills!

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#underwaterphotography #wideangle #fisheye #lens #photography #blog #olympus #om1 #nauticam

Blue chromis with a gray isopod attached to its cheek.

This is a blue chromis with an isopod attached. These critters will munch on whatever the fish eats and are a drag on the animal due to their large relative size.

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#underwaterphotography #fish #Bahamas #isopod #parasite #behavior #olympus #om1 #nauticam 🦑 📷

A bright yellow roughhead blenny peeks out of a coral head surrounded by algae framed with a dark background.

I found this roughhead blenny sticking out of a coral head in the Bahamas. I really liked the vibrant yellow color.

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#underwaterphotography #macro #fish #blenny #Bahamas #scuba #scubadiving #olympus #om1 #nauticam

A red-tipped sea goddess nudibranch crawling on the sand. The main body is white with a ribbon of yellow around the edges and a line of red inside that. The rhinophores and gills are both tipped with red.

I had seen Red-tipped Sea Goddess nudibranchs only once or twice before, but I saw probably 10 of them on this trip to the Bahamas.

Captured with my Olympus OM-1 + 60mm macro + AOI +20 diopter

Prints: buff.ly/Hd7lQco

#nudibranchs #underwaterphotography #macro #sand #olympus #om1 #nauticam 🦑 📷

A tiny, translucent larval fish floats in dark open water. Its body is round and glassy with a faint pink-brown core. The eyes are large and forward-facing, giving a surprised expression. Wispy, delicate fins extend like soft feathers from the top and sides, catching the light against the black background so the animal appears suspended in space. Photo credit: ©Gregory Rothman 2024 Identification: Larval stargazer (family Uranoscopidae). Behavior & natural history (notable facts): Adult lifestyle: Stargazers are benthic ambush predators that bury themselves in sand with only the eyes and upward-facing mouth exposed. Feeding strategy: They lunge upward to capture fish and crustaceans; some species possess a worm-like lure inside the mouth to attract prey. Electric capability: Several genera can produce mild electric shocks for defense. Larval phase: Unlike the bottom-dwelling adults, larvae are pelagic, drifting in the plankton. Ontogenetic shift: As they grow, they settle to the seafloor and develop the robust head and upward-oriented gaze characteristic of the group.

Sticking with the #blackwater theme from yesterday, I present a pea sized, larval, grumpy faced #Stargazer.

#Uranoscopidae #MacroMonday #EastCoastKin #Anilao #CBR #PhotographersUnited #Scuba #Oceanlife #Nauticam #NikonZ8

Get Outta My Space! This is Brock's Urchin Shrimp, Allopontonia brockii. They live on urchins, usually fire urchins; like their distant cousins the Coleman's shrimp. Unlike the Coleman's shrimp I've encountered, this fe...

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Frogfish, Dressed in White The frilly white decoration and golden crown give the scene a bridal aura.

#anilao #frogfish #crystalblueresort #nauticam #bluewaterphoto 🦑
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#Granada
#trilonstyle #buceo #vida #naturaleza #macrophotography #submarinismo #scubadiving #nauticam #seaandsea #fotosub #marmediterraneo #saga #powerex #sea #mediterranean #uwphoto #diving #paradise #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #tritandiving #MarineLife

Marina del Este
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#trilonstyle #buceo #vida #naturaleza #macrophotography #submarinismo #scubadiving #nauticam #seaandsea #fotosub #marmediterraneo #saga #powerex #sea #mediterranean #uwphoto #diving #paradise #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #tritandiving #MarineLife

#Granada
#trilonstyle #buceo #vida #naturaleza #macrophotography #submarinismo #scubadiving #nauticam #seaandsea #fotosub #marmediterraneo #saga #powerex #sea #mediterranean #uwphoto #diving #paradise #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #tritandiving #MarineLife

This blackwater photography image, taken in Anilao, showcases a larval-stage lobster floating in the open ocean. The lobster is nearly transparent, with a delicate, elongated body and intricate appendages. Its segmented exoskeleton reveals an internal orange-hued organ, possibly its digestive system. One of its most striking features is its large, reflective eye, which gleams against the pitch-black background. The lobster’s delicate legs and swimmerets extend outward, highlighting the fragility of this early life stage. The photograph beautifully captures the ethereal and otherworldly nature of marine larvae in the open water. Copyright Gregory Rothman 2024

Went on a blackwater dive.
Saw a Speck.
Looked Closer.
It wasn’t a Speck!
It was a Lobsta.
Larval Lobsta!
Oohah

A late larval lobster. I assume close to settling. Earlier larval stages look likeflat spiders.

#photography, #uwphotography, #blackwater, #anilao, #divecbr, #nauticam, #retra, #NikonZ8

#Granada
#buceo #vida #naturaleza #macrophotography #submarinismo #scubadiving #nauticam #seaandsea #fotosub #marmediterraneo #saga #powerex #sea #mediterranean #uwphoto #diving #paradise #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #tritandiving #MarineLife

#Granada
#trilonstyle #buceo #vida #naturaleza #macrophotography #submarinismo #scubadiving #nauticam #seaandsea #fotosub #marmediterraneo #saga #powerex #sea #mediterranean #uwphoto #diving #paradise #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #tritandiving #MarineLife

Some photos from last dive in Discovery Passage across from Campbell River.
Shot with #Nikon Z7ii using #Nauticam housing with #BigBlueLights

My friend Christine took this pic of me a few years ago. I love scuba diving and underwater photography! As you can see, it takes quite a bit of gear!

#underwaterphotography #scuba #padi #sonyalpha #nauticam

#Granada

#trilonstyle #buceo #vida #naturaleza #macrophotography #submarinismo #scubadiving #nauticam #seaandsea #fotosub #marmediterraneo #saga #powerex #sea #mediterranean #uwphoto #diving #paradise #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #tritandiving #MarineLife

We almost decided not to dive at this location due to the rough conditions, but as it turned out, it was worth it. #nature #underwaterphotography #wildlife #freediving #canon #nauticam #diving #underwater #ocean #mantaray

#Granada

#trilonstyle #buceo #vida #naturaleza #macrophotography #submarinismo #scubadiving #nauticam #seaandsea #fotosub #marmediterraneo #saga #powerex #sea #mediterranean #uwphoto #diving #paradise #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #tritandiving

Platinum Toned Figure Study - Underwater ⁣
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Shot on @sonyalpha @sony.unitedkingdom @sonyusers #a7R3A in @nauticamhousings
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#underwater #underwaterpic #underwaterphoto #underwaterpics #underwatermodel #underwatermodeling #nauticam #poolshoot #underwaterfineart #underwaterportrait #no_Ai

The curiosity of some sea turtles always amazes me. #seaturtle #turtle #underwaterphotography #photography #underwater #nature #marinelife #wildlife #canon #nauticam

A baby Grey reef shark

I was surrounded by downs of these baby grey reef sharks, they are know my favorite animal. #underwaterphotography #marinelife #shark #freediving #nauticam #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #canon #kauai

Mermaids

#underwater #underwaterphotography #underwaterpic #underwaterphoto #underwatershots #underwaterphotographer #underwaterworld #underwaterpics #underwaterimages #underwatermodel #underwatermodeling #nauticam #sonyimaging #sonyalpha #mermaidphotoshoot #underwaterfineart #underwaterportrait

Dive of the year. 100s of basking sharks gathering off the west coast of #Ireland

#underwaterphotography #diving #naturephotography #baskingsharks #sharks #ireland #nauticam #divingireland