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B o b t a i l S q u i d
A n i l a o , M a b i n i , B a t a n g a s , P h i l i p p i n e s
B y T o d d B r e t l
“After half a dozen three-hour night dives photographing schools of reef squid, my
dive guide and I chanced across this unusually large bobtail squid hovering in the
water column. Normally these squid are found half buried in the sand, so it was
a thrill to see one swimming. When I moved my camera port up close for a shot,
the squid struck this pose, which lasted only a second. Interestingly, bobtail squids
have special light organs that host glow-in-the-dark bioluminescent bacteria, which
produce the brilliant iridescent colors seen here.”
Nikon D7000, AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED lens, 1/320 sec at f/11, ISO
320, Sea & Sea YS-250PRO strobes (2), Nauticam housing,www.toddbretl.com
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C o mm o n G h o s t G o b y w i t h E g g s
T u l a m b e n , B a l i , I n d o n e s i a
B y S t e v e n K o v a c s
“During a recent trip to Tulamben, I had been
looking for a goby guarding its eggs on a tunicate
when I finally found one during a routine dive.
Realizing that the tunicate lay against a distracting
background, I attached a homemade snoot to one of
my strobes and used a single, narrow beam of light
from the side to isolate the subject and more clearly
show this interesting parenting behavior.”
Nikon D7000, AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm
f/2.8G IF-ED lens, 1/250 sec at f/40, ISO 100,
Ikelite DS160 strobe with homemade snoot, Ikelite
housing,www.underwaterbliss.com