I had a few dives last week and had bought a new conversion lens to try some underwater super-macro photography. My Egyptian mate over in the resort had found a rare (to that area) specimen - a whip coral shrimp - and was keen to show it to me. We missed out on going to the particular site over my planned 4 days, but booked a 5th day on the spur of the moment and ended up at the right site - Shabruhr Umm Gammar.
This little fella spends his life perched on a strand of whip coral. He's about 1 cm long and pretty static, so I was able to use a slow shutter speed to get a blue background (although he does look good against black background as well!)
Nikon d500 in a nauticam housing
105mm lens with an added Nauticam SMC-1 (super macro converter)
Twin Sea and Sea YS-D1 strobes turned in to face the camera for better lighting and avoiding backscatter (lighting up unpleasant particles in the water)
1/13th second
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ISO 200
Whip Coral Shrimp
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