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Description
Whip Coral ShrimpDasycaris zanzibarica
A small shrimp (max. 20 mm for females) which lives on coral whips.
Location: Indonesia
Camera: Canon Eos 500
Lens: 100 mm macro
Strobe: Inon Z22
Film: Fuji Velvia 50 ASA
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Comments: 4
How long did you wait for that photo and how did you manage not to scare the shrimp ?
Excellent!
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Coral whips can have different kind of guest: this shrimp, a very similar crab and few small fishes (Gobies). Like many mimetic species, they are not very scared by humans (probably they think you can't see them)! The real problem is to focus while suspended in the water, maybe with some current. The average size is less than 1 cm (0'0-13/32"), so you need to go very close and try to keep focused as long as possible.
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I see that you have gone all over the world, and you have so knowledge, are you doing this for living?
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Underwater photography is not paying enough for living. But it's my main occupation to take pictures and study a little bit of marine life.
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