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Underwater Snapshots of Roatan

Roatan offers macro photography opportunities galore, but the underwater world is vast and provides opportunity for wide angle shots as well. While switching from one lens set up and mindset can be cumbersome, the opportunities to shoot both are simply too fantastic to ignore when you have limited time at each site. Natural Wonders: Underwater …

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Underwater Macro Snapshots of Roatan

Tiny creatures abound in the underwater world of Roatan, Honduras. From tiny algae plants to worms, to shrimp and crabs and small fishes like blennies and gobies, Roatan offers a vast variety of interesting things to see…with a magnifying glass. In order of appearance: Juvenile Lancer’s Dragonet Sea Pearl Christmas Tree Worms Banded Coral Shrimp …

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Red Sea Slug Nudibranch

What is exactly is a Nudibranch? Wikipedia says: A soft-bodied mollusk. I like to think of “Nudibranch” as a common term that SCUBA divers throw around on land because the hand signals for such a creature are virtually non-existent. There are several thousand different Nudibranchs that live in the oceans, deep to shallow, cold to …

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The Yellowhead Jawfish

The Yellowheaded Jawfish is somewhat of a shy creature, elusive of divers, and especially photographers. But sometimes, if you hang out long enough…you can catch a glimpse of these remarkable tiny creatures. The males actually store the eggs of the young inside of their mouth. On occasion, you can see a pair of Jawfish and …