Postcard from the Reef – Lei Triggerfish
Tag: reef
Postcard from the Reef – Urchin Crab
Sometimes it is simply knowing where to look.
I have known about these guys for a while, even looked a few times. It is daunting when you know exactly where to look, but that place is heavily defended and tough to approach. Obtaining a photo of something that is nestled amongst six inch spines? Challenging…
Postcard from the Reef – Red Swimming Crab
Why are so many things I shoot determined to hide in a crevice. I may be big and noisy, but I just want to take your picture, not eat you. Maybe if I hold the camera upside down, twist the strobe to the side, maybe I can get a decent photo…
Postcard from the Reef – Cleaner Wrasse
One of the prettiest fish on the reef, and one of the hardest to photograph. The neon colors just beg to be photographed. But these small fish never stop moving, darting rapidly about their post. An exercise in frustration and photos of empty coral…
Banded
Divided
Postcard from the Reef – Reef Rose
With the appearance, size and color of a rose, the moniker Reef Rose seems to fit. In reality these are the eggs of a large nudibranch, the Spanish dancer. Not at all hard to spot, I had been finding these for years before actually seeing the parent.
I always make a point to check the egg mass closely. There is another nudibranch, a tiny parasitic nudibranch that eats the eggs of the Spanish dancer, a species unsurprisingly called the egg-eating nudibranch.
Spanish Dancer
Postcard from the Reef – Pustulose Nudibranch
The most common nudibranch I find on Kohala reefs. These fellows are active in the daytime and often found in the open. They are generally found on walls, or in the many small caves that penetrate local reefs.
Postcard from the Reef – Snowflake
