This week we did a lot of housereef diving here at NAD Lembeh and found many cool things – squids, shrimps, nudibranches, Lembeh Sea Dragons, Stonefish, Spearing Mantis, Twin Spot Gobies, Double Ended Pipefish, Sponge Crabs, Baby Baracudas and much more. The day before yesterday i went for another housereef dive in the late afternoon to take some pictures and it turned out to be the wrong timing: visibility was very very bad. So i put on my Subsee +10 Diopter and started looking for Super-Macro Subjects and found these cool Coral Crabs.
At first i didn’t realize how cool they were … only after the first few shots i saw the nice colouration between the eyes and the spots on the legs. So even if the visibility was bad, i came back with pictures of something that i never photographed before.
For everyone who wants to shoot them: They are virtually everywhere on our housereef – living in the branches of staghorn coral.
Critters
Critter Discussion – Nudibranch Colouration
Nudibranchs are renowned for their stunning and diverse colourations, which make them some of the most visually captivating creatures in the ocean. Many Nudibranchs possess exquisite camouflage that allows them to mimic the colours and Read more…
