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  • A commensal goby in a soft coral (Nepthea sp.) forest. Ashmore Atoll, Australia. Canon 50D, Canon 60mm EF-S macro lens, INON underwater housing, 2 x INON S-2000 strobes. 1/40s @ f/29, ISO 400. echeng091128_0242497<br />
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Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF-S 60mm lens, INON underwater housing, INON insect eye endoscope lens, 2 x INON S-2000 strobes<br />
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1/40s @ f/9, ISO 400
    echeng091128_0242497.tif
  • Leather corals (Sinularia sp.) point in the direction of the current around a barrel sponge. Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140212_082726.tif
  • A spearer-type mantis shrimp misses as it goes for a cardinalfish at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_195217.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_160619.tif
  • Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_120628.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
  • The surface detail of a symmetrical brain coral (Diploria strigosa). Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140207_092348.tif
  • The veiny silhouette of an enormous Gorgonian sp. sea fan. Eastern Fields Atoll, Papua New Guinea. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 16-35mm f2.8L USM lens @ 16mm, Seacam underwater housing, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes. 1/100s @ f/8, ISO 250. echeng091202_0243694
    echeng091202_0243694.tif
  • A small squid arm pulled from the mouth of a 10-year old male sperm whale named Scar.
    echeng100129_0248445.tif
  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_193711.tif
  • A boxer crab (Lybia tesselata) shows off its anemone boxing gloves. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_120333.tif
  • Tiny amphipods. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_185137.tif
  • A tiger crinoid shrimp (Laomenes tigris), perfectly camouflaged on its host crinoid. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
    echeng111107_115723.tif
  • A juvenile saron shrimp sticks around for a single picture before disappearing into the reef. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
    echeng111107_082844.tif
  • This bright green Periclimenaeus storchi shrimp lives inside a large Didemnum molle tunicate. We did a night dive at this particular site in Alor, and many of the Didemnum molle tunicates contained critters living inside of them (I saw 2 different shrimps and an amphipod). All of the critters fled from lights, and getting this picture took over half an hour of careful planning and execution. Photo by Eric Cheng, taken with Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens, Nauticam underwater housing, Light & Motion Sola 600 focus light, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes.
    echeng111105_192449.tif
  • A small green shrimp holds on for deal life in strong current. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_184703.tif
  • An Armina sp. sea slug. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111101_192321.tif
  • A crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in its host crinoid / feather star. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101113_0269922.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
  • A false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in her host anemone. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101108_0268482.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253941
    echeng100307_0253941.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 pair of Coleman's shrimp (Periclimenes colmani) on their host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0253084
    echeng100305_0253084.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252359
    echeng100303_0252359.tif
  • Tiger shrimp (Palaemon pacificus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252222
    echeng100303_0252222.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 well-camouflaged Lynne's pipefish (Festucalex rufus) in a bundle of tunicates, sponges, and algae at Kokoana Passage, Solomon Islands.
    echeng070915_136794.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.
    041220_152152_echeng5556.tif
  • A boxer crab (Lybia tessellata). Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140214_122134.tif
  • A tiger mantis shrimp (Lysiosquilla maculata) in its burrow in the sand.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_121339.tif
  • A common egg cowrie (Ovula ovum) feeding on a leather coral at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_201550.tif
  • A bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) extends out of its burrow in the sand. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_200020.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) hunts in the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_195032.tif
  • A spearer-type mantis shrimp eyes a cardinalfish at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_195046A.tif
  • A hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) in its host barrel sponge. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_115820.tif
  • 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
  • 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_112044.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 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_194037.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_191835.tif
  • Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_185309.tif
  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_190106.tif
  • A Lisa's mantis shrimp (Lysiosquillina lisa) in its burrow. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_161252.tif
  • Some kind of predatory shell on a Crinoid sp. feather star. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_155204.tif
  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_154235.tif
  • Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_154018.tif
  • A wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) out hunting in the sand. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_155957.tif
  • Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_115606.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_0253833
    echeng100306_0253833.tif
  • An octopus hides in the sand at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253684
    echeng100306_0253684.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253303
    echeng100306_0253303.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252360
    echeng100303_0252360.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252342
    echeng100303_0252342.tif
  • Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and bannerfish school over gorgonian sea fans. Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea. echeng091216_0246787
    echeng091216_0246787.tif
  • Lush reefscape at The Windows, Misool, Indonesia
    echeng070215_105023.tif
  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. With snorkeler.
    060406_160416_echeng9925.tif
  • (Siphonogorgia sp.) fan, Orange elephant-ear sponge, Divaricate tree coral (Dendronephthya sp.) with large school of golden sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonneti).  Black and white crinoid at base of fan. Dive site: Barracuda Sleeping, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
    041222_120446_echeng5837.tif
  • A cluster of healthy, colorful soft coral on the reef on Cannibal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_074411.tif
  • The tiny, perfectly-camouflaged algae shrimp (Phycocaris simulans). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_185500.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
  • This longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) has been infested by a parasitic isopod. Poor fish. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_074030.tif
  • Tiny amphipods in the Lysianassidae family, on a small solitary anemone on a sandy slope. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_183755.tif
  • Skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) are truly alien. They are tiny, and it is only when they are viewed at high magnification that one starts to see how amazing they are. Look at those claws! The cloud around this caprellid's torso is a ball of baby skeleton shrimp. They have clustered around the shrimp that their mother has caught, and are devouring it. Torpedo Alley, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_193454.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family sit on a colorful soft coral. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_153007.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family sit on a colorful soft coral. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_152917.tif
  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on the outstretched arm of a feather star (crinoid). Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_152152.tif
  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged amongst Xenia soft coral, which is both resembles and feeds upon.
    echeng111107_122907.tif
  • An undescribed Phycocaris sp. algae shrimp (the "little green shrimp"). Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_084316.tif
  • Two skeleton shrimps (Caprella sp.) are on watch over a juvenile warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus). Sizzler, Wai Verang, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_191756.tif
  • A nudibranch rears up. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101113_0270454.tif
  • Rough box crab (Calappa gallus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101113_0270104.tif
  • A sea anemone with feathery, branchy arms. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269830.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
  • A harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis), full of eggs, prepares to jump into the water column and release eggs. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101111_0269175.tif
  • A crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in its host crinoid / feather star. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101109_0268661.tif
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  • 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) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253811
    echeng100306_0253811.tif
  • An octopus hides in the sand at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253684
    echeng100306_0253684.tif
  • An imperial shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on a sea cucumber (Bohadschia sp.). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253676
    echeng100306_0253676.tif
  • Spotted porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyola haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253587
    echeng100306_0253587.tif
  • Spotted porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyola haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253561
    echeng100306_0253561.tif
  • Chromodoris reticulata nudibranch (Chromodoris reticulata). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253443
    echeng100306_0253443.tif
  • Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) eating a sea star. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253374
    echeng100306_0253374.tif
  • Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253303
    echeng100306_0253303.tif
  • An aggregation of sea hares (Stylocheilus striatus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252885
    echeng100304_0252885.tif
  • Detail from some sort of enormous pleurobranch. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252739
    echeng100304_0252739.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252361
    echeng100303_0252361.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252296
    echeng100303_0252296.tif
  • Juvenile clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in a bulb-tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Alor Kecil, Indonesia.
    echeng111030_081049.tif
  • A pair of Coleman's shrimp (Periclimenes colmani) on their host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0253084
    echeng100305_0253084.tif
  • A well-camouflaged Lynne's pipefish (Festucalex rufus) in a bundle of tunicates, sponges, and algae at Kokoana Passage, Solomon Islands.
    echeng070915_136787.tif
  • Millions of Mastigias sp. jellies follow the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau.
    060406_162526_echeng9967.tif
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