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    Hi, The title is a cop-out! Akos, can you help id this species? :confused:

    I watched this family - there were two adults tending the baby in the soft coral - for quite some time. The skin of the Pus was very silky, I don't know if it shows enough in the image. One of the things I changed in my approach to shooting UW this trip from the last two the same month, and this might help other shooters with contact lenses, is that I finally removed one of my contacts so that I was able to look at the LCD and everything was in focus! Normally, when I wear contacts and read I wear magnifying glasses. When I do not have on contacts I do not need glasses. So, every morning I removed one contact before diving for the day!!

    Hopefully, you will find that the next group of images, are sharper and more in focus. Of course it helps that I am now starting to delve deeper into CS4 and experiment with unsharp mask, levels, and curves. ;)

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    This is such a riot of colors
    Thanks for sharing
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    Wow! Difficult to see where one starts and one ends Jay. Nice one! Thanks for sharing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Kes View Post
    Hi Jay - I am not sure what I am looking at .... :D forgive my total lack of knowledge here. Can you explain ?
    Mate, I have to find a site that identifies this species. There is more than one in the lower grouping; only one in the soft coral - the baby. I am having trouble identifying the body:confused: from all of the tentacles :eek:. :o

    I'm working on it! :D
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    Sharpness looks OK or better. The COMP is a bit confusing as there is so much going on. As is, it definitely could have used a bit more room below....

    Let's start with a simple question: is the main subject an octopus?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Sharpness looks OK or better. The COMP is a bit confusing as there is so much going on. As is, it definitely could have used a bit more room below....
    Let's start with a simple question: is the main subject an octopus?
    Hi Artie, Welcome back from the Galapagos! Caught the turtle; looking forward to the whole story and images. Thanks for taking time from your busy schedule to comment.

    I have posted the original image so that the COMP can be play with by the experts; I saw the main subject as the clump/group of adult Pusses AND also the baby in the soft coral. Thanks in advance for the assistance; you know I really appreciate the time everyone takes to teach.
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    Jay, this is neat. I am tossing up between a Holothurian (sea cucumber) or a Gastropod. Though I am really leaning towards Gastropod - more specifically a species of nudibranch (sea slug). I have certainly seen similar ones in appearance. Difficult, as I am not all that familiar with tropical species and having a cleaner BG so the animal is isolated would make ID much easier. At least that is my excuse mate. :D

    Any idea about size? Inches or mm is fine. :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Let's start with a simple question: is the main subject an octopus?
    Hi Maestro

    octo = eight, but you probably knew that Sir. THis has way too many arms/appendages. :)
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    Akos, it definitely is an Octopus! From memory, it was 4 - 6" in diameter. I will write to our dive master at Wakatobi to see if I can get an identification. The result of all of this is that from now on I will be sure to get names in the future!

    Jackie says it is an octopus and there were at least three in the crowd.
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    Sorry mate, not a Cephalopod and definitely not a Holothurian. This is a seaslug and took me less than 20 seconds to find it in one of my textbooks. It is Phyllodesmium longicirrum. It is a nudibranch and was familiar to me, though I don't personally know the species. They feed on corals and ingest the zooxhanthelae from the coral polyps, which are little nutrient producing cells. The nutrient production occurs with the help of sunlight via photosynthesis.

    I suggest you visit the Seaslugforum run by Dr Bill Rudman at the Australian Museum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ákos Lumnitzer View Post
    Sorry mate, not a Cephalopod and definitely not a Holothurian. This is a seaslug and took me less than 20 seconds to find it in one of my textbooks. It is Phyllodesmium longicirrum. It is a nudibranch and was familiar to me, though I don't personally know the species. They feed on corals and ingest the zooxhanthelae from the coral polyps, which are little nutrient producing cells. The nutrient production occurs with the help of sunlight via photosynthesis.

    I suggest you visit the Seaslugforum run by Dr Bill Rudman at the Australian Museum.
    Akos, I think management should designate you the resident Marine Biologist!

    The creature is also found in a lovely image at http://www.nudipixel.net/species/phy...m_longicirrum/.

    Thank you for the information and identification. :D
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    That's kind of you Jay, but an overstatement of my knowledge and/or ability. I appreciate the kind thought. :)

    only too happy to offer some help.

    Take care mate.

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    Very intereseting post, Jay, love the pastel blues and the single tentacle ;) :)

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    Jay,
    Somewhat confusing riot of colors! glad Akos could help with identification. You might want to consider a crop to present it as an abstract - I find it somewhat difficult to sort out the various tentacles and bodies!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay Gould View Post
    I have posted the original image so that the COMP can be play with by the experts; I saw the main subject as the clump/group of adult Pusses AND also the baby in the soft coral.
    Therein lies the problem.... Most good images feature a single, well defined subect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deborah Harrison View Post
    Jay,
    Somewhat confusing riot of colors! glad Akos could help with identification. You might want to consider a crop to present it as an abstract - I find it somewhat difficult to sort out the various tentacles and bodies!
    Hi Deborah, I attempted an abstract of just the tentacles; not enough "something" to crop down to less than 10% of the original image.

    Thanks everyone for commenting!
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    Jay
    Here is an image from my mate's, Dave Harasti (another Hungarian - well half) - website.


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    Beautiful and Ugly and Beautiful all at the same time!!
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