Large pomacanthids are characterful, seemingly intelligent and, in my experience, superbly able to avoid underwater photographers, so it was a great day when I managed to spend a few minutes with these two fish. I was diving on a shipwreck in the northern Red Sea, a...
I'm a great fan of dottybacks, they're characterful and often very attractive, but they aren't easy to photograph in the wild. I've just written a post about orchid Dottybacks, fishes I really like, but I think P. aldabrensis impresses me a little bit more. Finding...
I'm not sure how many people have ever seen one of these before, so I thought it would be worthwhile to share once more these images from a few years back. As you can tell by the name, this is a fish found off the coast of Oman, in this case the southern coast, so the...
The Orchid Dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani) is a superb fish, is there any better color than that intense purple? It makes for a great aquarium fish and being raised in captivity, for me, makes it an even better choice. I've had quite a history of photographing...
My earlier post featuring the harsh environments faced by White Mangroves in the Red Sea has prompted me to share some images of a much 'friendlier' location for mangroves. These images from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean show a location where the mangroves are growing...
A little while back I shared some images of mangroves growing adjacent to the Red Sea. Here are some more from this harsh, tough, and yet functioning habitat. Mangroves are not common along the Red Sea coastline, a figure of around 2,700 square kilometers has been...
There's no doubt that we are living in difficult times right now. A lot of people are worried about their health and the health of their relatives, and where I live, in Scotland, there are increasingly severe rules coming down from the UK and Scottish governments...
It may come as a surprise to you that you can tell an awful lot about the past from shells, and not just the recent past either, but the late cretaceous. Research published in the journal Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology looked at the growth rings in a fossil...
I've mentioned in previous posts that monochrome imagery in my field is not particularly common and I hope, by sharing a few images and my choices in adjustments, I've shown that it can be useful and aesthetically pleasing. So, here are a few more pics to further...
Research published in the journal Current Biology has documented how floating plastic debris becomes covered in marine organisms and ends up giving off scents which are similar to turtles’ normal foodstuffs. "We found that loggerhead sea turtles respond to odors from...