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Octopus hunting - I took this picture while diving from the Roatan Aggressor in 2017. We found at least one octopus on every night dive, so this is probably a night dive. I believe this octopus has inserted arms into openings in the coral head trying to catch a fish hiding below it. Either that, or the octopus really, really likes that coral head.

Cool turtle - This is the turtle picture I put on my wall at home. It is from a trip to Little Cayman in 2014.

Longnose Hawkfish - I found this little fish trying to blend in with the coral in Fiji in 2015.

Coral pattern - We went to Truk Lagoon (Chuuk) in April, 2017. Several of the wrecks had beautiful soft corals growing on them.

Elysia crispata - The Latin name sounds so much better than lettuce sea slug. I was using the Sealife snap-on macro lens when I took this photo in Little Cayman in 2019.

Fiji coral head - This is another picture from Fiji in 2015. I like the bubbly background caused by divers on the other side of the coral head.

Shark with camera - That shark was very close. This picture was taken while diving off the Cuba Aggressor in 2016.

Flamingo tongue fan - I took this picture while diving off the Bahamas Aggressor in 2018.

Disappearing flamingo tongue - I took this picture in Grand Cayman in 2018. I like the contrasting textures and patterns.

Giant clam - Much to my surprise, giant clams can be very colorful. We visited Palau in 2017, right after leaving Truk Lagoon.

Goniobranchus kuniei - I found this nudibranch while diving in Fiji in 2015.

Happiest eel - That is the happiest looking spotted moray eel I have ever seen. I took this picture while diving reefs off the coast of Boynton Beach, FL, in 2016.

Arrow crab - I took this picture during a local dive in South Florida in 2018.

Juvenile filefish - I took this picture in Grand Cayman in 2018. I was using the Sealife macro lens that snaps on the front of the housing. It allows me to get closer to the subject and produces a shallow depth of field.

Juvenile filefish - This picture is from a trip to Little Cayman in 2019. I submitted this image for the June SFUPS contest while I was still in Little Cayman. It took fifth place.

Juvenile spotted drum - I found this juvenile spotted drum in Little Cayman in 2019.

Octopus changing - This picture was taken during a night dive off the Belize Aggressor in 2015. The thing that interests me is that parts of the body are changing color to match adjacent corals. But the flash illuminated it for less than a second. How did it know the colors?

Scorpion fish - I took this picture in 2016 while diving on reefs in South Florida, near my home. I like taking pictures of Scorpion fish because they are usually hard to find and I get to see what color they really are when the flash hits them.

Seahorse - This is another picture taken while diving from the Roatan Aggressor in 2017, and this was definitely a night dive.

Soft corals - The corals in Fiji were beautiful. This is another shot from 2015, with another Longnose Hawkfish trying not to be the center of attention.

Spotted cleaner shrimp - I found this anemone shrimp during a local dive in South Florida in May of 2019.

Spotted cleaner shrimp foraging - The same shrimp as in the previous shot decided to walk around a bit.

Christmas tree with ornament - I like taking pictures of colorful Christmas tree worms. But I didn't see the ornament on this one until I was reviewing my pictures at home. I had to crop the original image quite a bit to get the ornament to stand out.

Tree farm - Who doesn't love Christmas trees with snow all around them? I found these Christmas tree worms in Grand Cayman in 2018.

You can see right through me - I found this Pederson's cleaner shrimp during a local dive in South Florida in 2018. Underwater, all I could see was the colored dots. I was pleasantly surprised when I reviewed my photos at home.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

PURA VIDA - PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
Wed Dec 6 2023 - Fri Dec 15 2023
FORCE-E - Holiday Party
Thu Dec 7 2023, 06:00pm EST - 09:00pm EST
PURA VIDA - Nocturnal Wildlife Photography Workshop
Sat Dec 9 2023 - Wed Dec 13 2023
PURA VIDA - Blue Heron Bridge Night Dive
Sat Dec 9 2023 - Thu Dec 14 2023
FORCE-E - Holiday Dive with Santa (Boynton Beach)
Sat Dec 9 2023, 07:30am EST
FORCE-E - 3 Tank Dive Meetup
Sat Dec 9 2023, 01:30pm EST
FORCE-E - Blue Heron Bridge Night Dive
Mon Dec 11 2023, 05:45pm EST - 07:45pm EST
FORCE-E - Holiday Tree Ornaments Paint Night
Fri Dec 15 2023, 05:30pm EST - 08:00pm EST

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