One of the corals I shoot the most isn't really a coral at all. I imagine most folks reading this are familiar with the Millepora genus, but I suspect most of my fellow divers think it's just another coral. The Millepora dichotoma in the image above has a passing resemblance to Turbinaria, so [...]
I've often thought that hermit crabs must be the most abused animals ever to find their way into captivity. As members of that oft-used phrase 'clean-up crew' they are purchased in vast numbers to fulfill a role with little care or consideration. What happens when there isn't anything left [...]
Wart slugs belong to that large and well-distributed Class Gastropoda. Unlike most of their Class mates they have lost any visible trace of their shells, something they have in common with the rest of the Order Nudibranchia. Unlike many nudibranchs, they don't have noticeable external [...]
Photo gallery fun, the importance of iron, rail cars, and the Inky the Octo Show. This week we catch up with our good friend Kat and hear about her systems. Jeremy finally installed a float valve on his RODI reservoir and is enjoying his system, Peter is running his system remotely, and its rocking [...]
Knowing how much clam fans enjoy poring over images of these immensely variable bivalves I have been sharing some of my images in two galleries of tridacnids from the Red Sea, where on most sunny reefs they are very common. I'm not sure this image does this specimen justice, those deep blue [...]
This is the second part of the gallery of my favorite tridacnids from the Red Sea. As you can imagine I've picked the best, so this collection isn't exhaustive. I have ignored quite a few of the small brown ones, and have instead selected ones that particularly stood out as I finned past. I [...]
Whenever I'm on a dive trip, be it a commission or a even just a holiday, I always look out for interesting clams and shoot as many of them as possible. Sneaking up on clams in the wild is not easy, they are tremendously sensitive and will invariably retract their mantles just at the moment [...]
Many underwater photographers have their favorite type of subjects: some love shooting wrecks, others sharks, whilst some favor fish portraits. For me, nudibranchs are in my top 5, and possibly my overall favorite, with the exception of sharks. The best nudi, in my opinion, is Hexabranchus [...]
