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Giant acorn barnacle feeding

Giant acorn barnacle feeding

Giant Acorn Barnacles were everywhere in God's Pocket, using their cirri (the pink fan thing) to filter feed. They are the world's largest barnacle, reaching a diameter of 15cm/6 in & a height of up to 30cm / 12 in

#marinelife #macro #nature #wildlifephotography #underwaterphotography

Yellow Scalyhead Sculpin sits amongst orange soft coral at God's Pocket, BC, Canada

The most surprising thing from this trip to God's Pocket, BC was the transformation of the reef, walls, and rocks when one shines a light on it. Viz hasn't been great this week, so everything has been a bit green, but the moment it's lit up, it turns into cotton candy!

#marinelife #macro #nature

Close up of a jellyfish swimming down in black and white

Close up of a jellyfish swimming down

Which do you like better? Black and white or color?

The juvenile jellies are out in full force in BC right now. I spotted at least 6 different species in the water column at Tyee Cove!

📷 Panasonic GH4
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #macro #nature #naturephotography #macrophotography

Pink crinoid attached to a rock

We stopped by Porteau Cove for a quick look and were amazed at a sea floor covered in cold-water crinoids! Five species of crinoids are known to occur in British Columbia, along with tons of Nudis, Lingcod, and the largest starfish I've ever seen!

#marinelife #macro #wildlifephotography #nature

'Case of the Mondays'
Hope everyone has a great week!

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #macro #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Close up of an orange sea urchin with bright blue spots

There are many urchins in SE Asia, but the Blue Spotted Sea Urchin (Astropyga radiata) may be the prettiest.

Its beauty is also reflected when looking at the meaning of its scientific name: "Radient Star Anus" 🤣🤣🤣

#marinelife #macro #naturephotography #underwaterphotography

Skeleton shrimp hanging on to the edge of a blade of seagrass

Skeleton shrimp, mid jump from one blad of seagrass to another

Skeleton shrimp, among many other tiny creatures, are why good buoyancy is a must, so an errant fin or knee doesn't wipe out an entire generation!

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #macro #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography

White seahorse peeking out from under a rusted can

This may be my favorite photo of this trip. Something about the highlight on this shy one's eye is so interesting to me! It was hiding in a rusted can, and I could barely wedge my camera in to get it!

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #macro #nature #wildlifephotography

Single scuba diver holding an SMB reel in the blue

Two scuba divers performing drills with SMBs in the blue

The silhouette of two scuba divers in the blue

Deco drills in the blue.

This was my first real focused forray into shooting humans underwater. My light was acting up, so this is all natural light, but I'm digging the moodiness of these.

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#scuba #scubadiving #underwaterphotography #technicaldiving

Thank you!!

Green nembrotha nudibranch on sand in front of a reef

Red Crinoid clingling to a coralhead woth a barrel sponge in the distance

A few more wide-angle shots with macro vibes.

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatic AGH4

#marinelife #wideangle #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

I think I'm getting the hang of this wide-angle thing! A few photos from my 3rd practice dive... more to come!

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #wideangle #naturephotography #scuba

Not anemone for scale! Soft coral for scale!

Small orange brown fish with white spots amongst anemome

Small orange brown fish with white spots amongst anemome

Small orange brown fish with white spots amongst anemome

Juvy Harlequin Sweetlips are so hard to photograph. Not only was this one about the size of a quarter (see anemone for scale), they flutter around, mimicking the movements of poisonous flatworms to avoid predation.

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #macro #wildlifephotography #nature

Yellow and black eel in green seageass sticking its head out of the sand

Yellow and black eel in green seageass sticking its head out of the sand

A tiny Marbled Snake Eel (Callechelys marmorata) and friends hang out in the sea grass waiting for me to leave them alone!

📷 @panasonic_global Lumix
🏠 @aquaticadigital AGH4

#marinelife #macro #underwaterphotography #nature #wildlifephotography

Close up of a lionfish head and pectoral fin with a teal background

It's been hard to not hate all of the native Lionfish I see on the reefs here in the Philippines after diving so long in the Caribbean where they are invasive, but I can't deny how much I like the colors in this photo!

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #underwaterphotography #macro

Bright yellow christmas tree worm with white tips on a blue background, nestled in coral

The Indo-Pacific Christmas Tree Worm is a tube-building annelid fanworm in the family Serpulidae, which is found on reefs across the world. The Christmas tree worm changes its color based on depth, camouflage, and a scare tactic.

📷 Panasonic Lumix
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #macro #nature

Yellow and black banded pipefish with only its red mouth in focus

Yellow and black banded pipefish with only its red mouth in focus

Yellow and black banded pipefish with only its red mouth in focus

Yes... I totally meant to put the snoot of this little Banded Pipefish's (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus) in focus. Totally intentional.

📷  @panasonic Lumix
🏠 @aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #nature #macro

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Agreed!

A Panasonic Lumix

Green eel withyellow striped shrimp on its nose

Green eel withyellow striped shrimp on its bottom jaw

Green eel with yellow striped shrimp in its mouth

Green eel with yellow striped shrimp on its nose

Symbiosis! This cheeky Fimbriated Moray (Gymnothorax fimbriatus) was getting a dental cleaning from this Yellow Lined Cleaner Shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) and the they me hang out to catch the action.

#marinelife #underwaterworld #underwaterphotography #nature #macro

Thank you!! Hope you feel better soon!

Close up orange plumose anemone

Close up peach anemone

Close up orange sea pen wothbright teal background

First go trying out my new to me camera and macro lens. I'm working on depth of field, but I thought these plumose and sea pen shots were pretty cool in their own ways.

📷 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4
🏠 Aquatica AGH4

#marinelife #macro ##naturephotography #underwaterphotography

Sand diver showing little teeth while perched on the sand

Sand Divers (Synodus intermedius) are a type of fish that belongs to the lizardfish family, meaning that while all sand divers are considered lizardfish, not all lizardfish are sand divers!

📷 Google Pixel 6a
🏠 Divevolk SeaTouch 4 Max

#marinelife #underwaterphotography #nature

It's International Women's Day!
Around here - every day is women's day.

In an industry that is reported to be about 20% women, our team is 75%.
This includes our most technical divers, multiple segment leads, our manager and our co-owner.

Make every day women's day.

#internationalwomensday

Yellowheaded jawfish peaking shyly out from the sand

Yellowheaded Jawfish like this little one make their homes in the sand. When they find a mate, they make a honeymoon burrow while they're finishing their dream home!

📷 Google Pixel 6a
🏠 @divevolk SeaTouch 4 Max

#marinelife #naturephotography #underwaterphotography

Also thank you!!

Yep! All of my photos are either taken with a Google Pixel or iPhone 13! The DiveVolk is an incredible case!!!

Sailfin Blenny

Roughhead Blenny - yellow coloration

Roughhead Blenny - brown coloration

Highfin Red Banner Blenny (I think)

Blennies are definitely in my top 3 fish to spot and photograph in the Caribbean, and the 2 ocean dives I managed to squeeze in while in Q Roo did not disappoint!

📷 Google Pixel 6a
🏠 @divevolk SeaTouch 4 Max
🤿 Akumal Divers

#marinelife #macro #underwaterphotography