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Philippines 2015

Another trip to Dumaguete for more muck diving. The creatures there are amazing. Many of them are quite small and amazingly well camouflaged: the dive masters must have a lot of practice. I spent some time practicing with a diopter on top of the 105mm macro lens (Macromate): the small depth of field makes it hard to use, but worth the effort.
Clown fish.
Clown fish.		 Ornate ghost pipefish.
Ornate ghost pipefish.		 Jawfish with eggs.
Jawfish with eggs.		 Ornate ghost pipefish.
Ornate ghost pipefish.		 Tube worm.
Tube worm.
Ornate ghost pipefish (again).
Ornate ghost pipefish (again).		 Fire urchin.
Fire urchin.		 Halgerda batangas (nudibranch).
Halgerda batangas (nudibranch).		 Halimeda ghost pipefish.
Halimeda ghost pipefish.		 Juvenile common seahorse.
Juvenile common seahorse.
Porcelain crab on the edge of an anemone.
Porcelain crab on the edge of an anemone.		 Noumea crocea (nudibranch).
Noumea crocea (nudibranch).		 Flamboyant cuttlefish,
Flamboyant cuttlefish,		 Clownfish.
Clownfish.		 Robust ghost pipefish.
Robust ghost pipefish.
Camouflage!
Camouflage!		 Hairy frogfish.
Hairy frogfish.		 Devil scorpionfish.
Devil scorpionfish.		 Commensal shrimp.
Commensal shrimp.		 Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa (nudibranch).
Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa (nudibranch).
Juvenile porcelain crab.
Juvenile porcelain crab.		 School of ornate ghost pipefish.
School of ornate ghost pipefish.		 Painted frogfish.
Painted frogfish.		 Crinoid squat lobster.
Crinoid squat lobster.		 Delicate ghost pipefish.
Delicate ghost pipefish.
Skeleton shrimp.
Skeleton shrimp.		 Thorny seahorse.
Thorny seahorse.		 Skeleton shrimp.
Skeleton shrimp.		 Goniobranchus kuniei (nudibranch).
Goniobranchus kuniei (nudibranch).		 Mantis shrimp (with attitude).
Mantis shrimp (with attitude).
Clown frogfish.
Clown frogfish.		 Phyllodesmium nudibranch and nudibranch eggs.
Phyllodesmium nudibranch and nudibranch eggs.		 False clownfish.
False clownfish.		 Commensal shrimp.
Commensal shrimp.		 Wire coral shrimp.
Wire coral shrimp.
Ornate ghost pipefish.
Ornate ghost pipefish.		 Mushroom coral shrimp.
Mushroom coral shrimp.		 Sexy shrimp.
Sexy shrimp.		 Porcelain crab.
Porcelain crab.		 Painted frogfish (black variant).
Painted frogfish (black variant).
Sea hare.
Sea hare.		 Warty frogfish (juvenile).
Warty frogfish (juvenile).		 Zebra snout seahorse.
Zebra snout seahorse.

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Regine L.21-May-2015 14:10
Marvellous gallery of a world we hardly ever see. Thank you for posting these images.
Kim14-May-2015 21:17
A very nice and interesting gallery! V
Rick Nantais12-May-2015 12:27
Magnifique Peter -v-
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)02-May-2015 12:45
Excellent work,congrats.V
Paolo
Jean-Gregoire Marin22-Apr-2015 19:50
A really superb series of close up images, V+++
moebeldana20-Apr-2015 09:34
Nice photos :)
Rita Perugini 11-Apr-2015 13:21
They are tiny cute and bouncy... I remember them as popcorn shrimp
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