Night-diving in deep water off the coast of Tahiti.....
and surrounded by a mass of tiny planktonic animals.....
Fabien Michenet of France... became fascinated by this juvenile sharpear enope squid.
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Just 3cm (an inch) long...... it was floating motionless about 20m (66ft) below the surface.....
probably hunting even smaller creatures....... that had migrated up to feed under cover of darkness.....
Its transparent body was covered with polka dots of pigment-filled cells.......
and below its eyes were bioluminescent organs.....
Knowing it would be sensitive to light and movement....... Michenet gradually manoeuvred in front of it....
trying to hang as motionless as his subject.......
Using as little light as possible to get the autofocus working.....
he finally triggered the strobes and took the squid's portrait before it disappeared into the deep.....
Wow.....what a story......
there is commitment!....to take the one perfect picture :-)
for his effort:
Fabien Michenet of France has been named as a finalist in the Underwater Species category
good job Fabien!
by: Fabien Michenet of France
