Mosaic Sea Star


Posted by ChrisRoss on Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:20 pm

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Mosaic Sea Star Plectaster decanus

Another sea star form my recent dive.  You can also see a blue nudibranch by the Lower RH arm of the sea star.  The Nudi Pteraeolidia ianthina has symbiotic algae within it's cells that work like the algae in corals and provide food for the nudi.  The algae are obtained from its prey.  The sea star is one of the few toxic sea stars and will cause numbness in your hand if you handle it.


Mosaic Sea Star

Olympus OM-D E- M5 II + 12-40mm f2.8 @15mm: Nauticam housing 2x INON strobe.

1/30 @ f8 ISO200
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by Tom Whelan on Thu Oct 20, 2016 7:25 pm
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Beautiful colors and setting, and the starfish is really attractive.
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by SMB on Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:14 pm
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Lots of color Chris.
A real tight macro of the Sea Star can be really cool as well.
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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:47 am
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Hi

I think the image works; although I cant help wondering if composing around the vertical would have given you more option and helped to bring that nice colour stuff up top more fully into the image


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by Gene Gwin on Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:41 am
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Chris, Your images are terrific. Agree with Matthew about the crop.
 

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