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Snowflake Moray, La Reina,
Sea of Cortez The Sea of Cortez must be the moray capitol of
the world. Or maybe we were there at the time of the International
Olympic-Year Moray Convention and Beauty Contest. In
any event, we had lots of morays on nearly every dive, mostly the boring big
green ones, but often some with most interesting patterns. This one
was swimming freely across a broad slope of rubble as Betty and I finned
overhead looking a a big school of what the locals called "Machete"
which look kind of like Barracuda, and seem to behave exactly like
barracuda. After we'd gawked for a while, I looked down and this little guy
was swimming back and forth under me, seemingly saying, "And what am I,
chopped liver?" Never one to disappoint a fish seeking attention, I dropped
down to his level, and he folded himself up so I could get twice as much
moray in the frame.
Nikon D100,
105mm f/2.8 AF Auto Micro Nikkor,
Subal D-10
Housing, 2 Sea and Sea 90 strobes, f/18,
ISO 200. |