On our recent Blue Water Photo underwater workshop trip to the Sea of Cortez I had been prepared to shoot mostly wide angle big animals.  I had packed my macro lens for night dives and I figured on doing one maybe two critter dives on the trip.  On the first dive I was amazed to see dozens of pike blennies.  They were everywhere, in their holes out free swimming, I had never seen so many.  Fortunately we continued to see large numbers on almost every dive.  I knew this was a opportunity that I may never get again so I grabbed my Canon 100mm lens, and got some great pike blenny behavior shots.  If your ever presented with a unique opportunity don’t let it pass you by.  You never know if the animals or the conditions will be the same in the future.

All images: Canon 5D MKIII, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS, 1/200 sec @ f/11, iso 100, 2 ikelite DS160 strobes.

The blenny in the foreground just caught a meal.

A good look down a blenny’s throat.

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