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  • A day octopus (Octopus cyanea) feeds openly on the reef at Cannibal Rock in Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_111935.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) catches a shrimp goby after waiting for over 3 minutes, motionless and camouflaged. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253952
    echeng100307_0253952.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252358
    echeng100303_0252358.tif
  • This was an incredible find. These three sea slugs are Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. They are almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which they sit, and are laying egg spirals as they move. Only the strobe light at an angle makes them pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_152726.tif
  • An Armina sp. sea slug. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111101_192321.tif
  • An emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hitches a ride on a purple-edged ceratosoma  nudibranch (Ceratosoma tenue). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0252975
    echeng100305_0252975.tif
  • Giant clam reefscape with schooling juvenile convict blennies. Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Canon 1Ds Mark II, Canon 16-35mm f2.8 USM lens @ 16mm, Seacam underwater housing, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes. 1/80s @ f/6.3, ISO 200.
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  • A day octopus (Octopus cyanea) hunts on the reef by spreading the webbing between its arms over a coral head, trapping crustations and fish underneath. This octopus turned bright white while hunting after a small yellow damsel and a triggerfish started aggressively biting it, trying to drive it away from their territory. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_112130.tif
  • The eggs of a flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) attached underneath a discarded dinner plate. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100308_0254171
    echeng100308_0254171.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) -- view from behind. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253943
    echeng100307_0253943.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253938
    echeng100307_0253938.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252915
    echeng100304_0252915.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252360
    echeng100303_0252360.tif
  • A mosaic octopus (Abdopus abaculus). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_120107.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269378.tif
  • Purple-edged ceratosoma nudibranch (Ceratosoma tenue). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0253155
    echeng100305_0253155.tif
  • A beautiful red nudibranch (Marionia pustulosa) next to a Xenia sp. coral. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252959
    echeng100304_0252959.tif
  • Marionia pustulosa nudibranch next to a Xenia sp. soft coral. A small shrimp is riding the nudibranch. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252938
    echeng100304_0252938.tif
  • A large and beautiful Berry's bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi). They are irridescent, and are frequently found out on the sand at night. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_193538.tif
  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_160856.tif
  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_160619.tif
  • The eggs of a flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) in the broken mouth of a beer bottle. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100308_0254207
    echeng100308_0254207.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252362
    echeng100303_0252362.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252354
    echeng100303_0252354.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252296
    echeng100303_0252296.tif
  • A small squid arm pulled from the mouth of a 10-year old male sperm whale named Scar.
    echeng100129_0248445.tif
  • This was an incredible find. These three sea slugs are Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. They are almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which they sit, and are laying egg spirals as they move. Only the strobe light at an angle makes them pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_152510.tif
  • A magnificent ceratosoma nudibranch (Ceratosoma magnificum) in Horseshoe Bay, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_080310.tif
  • A poison ocellate octopus (Amphioctopus siamensis) feeds on a crab. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111102_082643.tif
  • A nudibranch rears up. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101113_0270454.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269345.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish extends its feeding arms during an act of predation (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269339.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253941
    echeng100307_0253941.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253938
    echeng100307_0253938.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253811
    echeng100306_0253811.tif
  • Solar-powered nudibranch (long-cirri phyllodesmium - Phyllodesmium longicirrum). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253424
    echeng100306_0253424.tif
  • Two tiny shrimp hitch a ride on a nudibranch. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0253211
    echeng100305_0253211.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252915
    echeng100304_0252915.tif
  • Red-gilled nembrotha nudibranch (Nembrotha rutilans). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252687
    echeng100304_0252687.tif
  • Red-gilled nembrotha nudibranch (Nembrotha rutilans) feeding while resting on a sea pearl (Ventricaria ventricosa). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252643
    echeng100304_0252643.tif
  • Tiny flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) in the sand at Torpedo Alley in Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_193330.tif
  • Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_185309.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253325
    echeng100306_0253325.tif
  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_193711.tif
  • Two mating coconut octopi (Amphioctopus marginatus). The male extends a  special arm called a hectocotylus and delivers spermatophores in the female's mantle cavity. Beangabang, Indonesia.
    echeng111101_184218.tif
  • A Phyllodesmium sp. nudibranch. AMbon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269686.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) catches a shrimp goby after waiting for over 3 minutes, motionless and camouflaged. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253952
    echeng100307_0253952.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253930
    echeng100307_0253930.tif
  • An aggregation of sea hares (Stylocheilus striatus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252885
    echeng100304_0252885.tif
  • A blue ring octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) swims at night. Note that this animal swam of its own accord -- I did not prod. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252778
    echeng100304_0252778.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252359
    echeng100303_0252359.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252304
    echeng100303_0252304.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252296
    echeng100303_0252296.tif
  • A magnificent ceratosoma nudibranch (Ceratosoma magnificum) in Horseshoe Bay, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_080310.tif
  • A tiny Berry's bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi). These squid come out at night and are usually an incredibly-bright iridescent blue and green. Photographed in Alor Kecil, Indonesia.
    echeng111030_185406.tif
  • Apple snail (Ampullariidae) shells at the bottom of a river in Bonito, Mato Grosso Sul, Brazil. Photographed while filming Tales by Light, Season 2, Episode 3, "Misunderstood Predators", for Netflix and National Geographic Australia. August, 2016.
    echeng160806_151254.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) hunts in the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_195107.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) hunts in the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_195032.tif
  • A sea slug (Dermatobranchus sp.). Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_195518.tif
  • A moon-headed sidegill slug (Euselenops luniceps) on the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_191947.tif
  • A day octopus (Octopus cyanea) feeds openly on the reef at Cannibal Rock in Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_111849.tif
  • A bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) stalls in the mid-water on a night dive at Torpedo Alley, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_201758.tif
  • A dwarf cuttlefish (Sepia bandensis) on the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_194333.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_192006.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_191835.tif
  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_161646.tif
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  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253941
    echeng100307_0253941.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253932
    echeng100307_0253932.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253930
    echeng100307_0253930.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253811
    echeng100306_0253811.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252359
    echeng100303_0252359.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252304
    echeng100303_0252304.tif
  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_194425.tif
  • This was an incredible find. This sea slug is a Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. It is almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which it is sitting, and is laying egg spirals behind it. Only the strobe light at an angle makes this sucker pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_151733.tif
  • Reticulated chromodoris (Chromodoris reticulata). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_160650.tif
  • A yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium (Phyllodesmium briareum). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_073346.tif
  • A pom-pom taringa (Taringa halgerda). The book says this is rare. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_120228.tif
  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged amongst Xenia soft coral, which it both resembles and feeds upon. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
    echeng111107_122822.tif
  • A Phyllodesmium sp. nudibranch. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_184131.tif
  • A juvenile paper nautilus still in its salp-like egg casing. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269711.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269386.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269384.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish extends its feeding arms during an act of predation (Metasepia pfefferi), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269363.tif
  • The eggs of a flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) in the broken mouth of a beer bottle. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100308_0254207
    echeng100308_0254207.tif
  • echeng100308_0254176.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253833
    echeng100306_0253833.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253816
    echeng100306_0253816.tif
  • An octopus hides in the sand at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253684
    echeng100306_0253684.tif
  • An aggregation of sea hares (Stylocheilus striatus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253501
    echeng100306_0253501.tif
  • Chromodoris reticulata nudibranch (Chromodoris reticulata). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253443
    echeng100306_0253443.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253303
    echeng100306_0253303.tif
  • Baby squid (Bigfin reef squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, probably), ready to hatch, inside their eggs. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0253253
    echeng100305_0253253.tif
  • A Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252922
    echeng100304_0252922.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252912
    echeng100304_0252912.tif
  • Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252775
    echeng100304_0252775.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252362
    echeng100303_0252362.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252361
    echeng100303_0252361.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252358
    echeng100303_0252358.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252342
    echeng100303_0252342.tif
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