I have crabs

[ATJ]

I'm very happy with these three shots so I thought I'd post them. All taken with Nikon D300 with Micro 60mm lens in flat port and two strobes.


Spider crab, probably Oncinopus sp., at Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR. Depth: 11.5 m.


Dark-finger coral crab, Atergatis subdentatus, at Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR. Depth: 5.3 m.


Dark-finger coral crab, A. subdentatus, at Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR. Depth: 5.5 m.

[dviv]

Fantastic Shots Andrew

i like the third the best of the three - although it dould have been nice to have the whole crab in the shot.

[gstark]

The first of these has a beautiful delicateness about it .... not to be confused with the subject's potential as a delicacy.

[DaveB]

Both the first and the 3rd are my favourites.

I'm curious about technique: how do you record the specific depths for each image? A high-tech or low-tech solution?

[ATJ]

I'm curious about technique: how do you record the specific depths for each image? A high-tech or low-tech solution?

Dave,

Determining the depth of my dive photographs
Geotagging My Dive Photographs

[DaveB]

Cool - thanks for the links!

[Catcha]

Great underwater shots....always impressed with this type of photography

[the foto fanatic]

I also like #1.

But all are very good.

[RDW]

1 & 3 outstanding Anthony. I love your oxymoron mate, 'an accurate approximation'!?!
Teheheheh
It's hard enough taking great photos under good conditions, but having to put the camera in a watertight housing and doing it underwater is something else again.
Great work.

[Willy wombat]

Nice pinchies ATJ!

[zafra52]

I wasn't sure what type of crabs you had in front of your lens! I was releived they weren't what I thought!
I prefer the first two picture, though.

[stubbsy]

Andrew I always look forward to seeing your dive images since they take me to places I'll never see. You haven't disappointed me with this group. Most fascinating for me are images 2 and 3 - I didn't realise that some crabs had eyes like this.