Although Indra Swari has a lot of excellent underwater images to choose from, today's This Is Why We Dive features one of her photos of a Periclimenes amboinensis, ak.a., a shrimp.
Photographed in Sulawesi, I love the detail in the shrimp's little...er, big!... pincers and body. He looks ready to put up a fight if you drift too close to his home. I'm also intrigued by the detail in the coral on which the creature is sitting. Finally, I think his white-ish body against the dark-ish background simply makes for a very pleasing image. Nice work, Indra.
If you have any images of animals with big pincers, please add them to Divester's Flickr pool. Just be careful of your fingers.
1. Hi Willy Volk... thx for choosing this image. This creature is one of my fav to take picture of, because of their variaty of color which depend on their home, i.e. the feather star's coloration. Just like a cameleon. Does anybody know what causes this? Can they change their skin color?
Posted at 5:54AM on Jan 24th 2007 by Indra