AlanPittman

Camouflaged Spider Crab

Camouflaged Spider Crab

This large spider crab, hiding amongst the weeds shows how they can use pieces of vegetation attached to their shell to conceal themselves....
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This large spider crab, hiding amongst the weeds shows how they can use pieces of vegetation attached to their shell to conceal themselves.
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SONY ILCE-5000

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Aperture f/8 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 160/10

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Jun, 2017

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Outstanding Creativity

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A cloud of bubbles from the breath the diver has just exhaled stream towards the surface.

A catshark, ironically (?) known as a dogfish. This one probably came in to shore to lay eggs. Taken on a shore dive in Anglesey, UK.

A male Red Sea Napoleon wrasse, this one about a metre long.

A large octopus found in the red sea.

A lareg shrimp-prawn, about 4 inches long, found on a night dive in Anglesey.

The remains of a jet provost in the Eccleston Delph dive centre in Lancashire, UK.

A Red Sea Lionfish, with a little style :-)

Portrait of a diver.

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The remains of a large plane, now resting in Capernwray dive center, near Lancaster UK.

Red Sea anenome fish (clownfish) in their anenome home. Taken in the Ras Mohammed national park at Shark and Yolanda reef

A diver playfully 'hiding' behing a bus stop sign at Capernwray dive center, near Lancaster UK.

A mast from the from the Jolanda, a wreck in the Ras Mohammed national park in Egypt.

Found on a night dive in Anglesey

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