Marine Life Archives - Underwater Photography Guide https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/articles/marine-life-articles/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:40:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Marine Life Archives - Underwater Photography Guide https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/articles/marine-life-articles/ 32 32 Sea Stars of the Ocean https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/sea-stars-of-the-ocean/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/sea-stars-of-the-ocean/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:58:22 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/sea-stars-of-the-ocean/ They have up to 40.000 feet, produce millions of offspring and feed with their stomachs outside their bodies. Sounds like […]

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Photographing Signal Blennies https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/signal-blenny/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/signal-blenny/#respond Sat, 02 Oct 2021 20:34:59 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/signal-blenny/ Signal blennies are an elusive fish. You could spend years diving in the Sea of Cortez and not see one. […]

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Fish Photography https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/fish-behavior/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/fish-behavior/#respond Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:34:38 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/fish-behavior/   You need to know your fish, if you are going to get a good photo of one. Fortunately, once you […]

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Harlequin Shrimp https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/harlequin-shrimp/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/harlequin-shrimp/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:14:35 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/harlequin-shrimp/ Remember the scene in the original Karate Kid movie where the old sensei instructs his young protégé in the finer […]

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Green Sea Turtles https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/green-sea-turtles/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/green-sea-turtles/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2019 07:15:45 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/green-sea-turtles/ Green sea turtles are found throughout the world. Hawaiian green sea turtles, or honu, are native to Hawaii and have […]

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An Unforgettable Octopus Encounter https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/friendly-octopus-encounter-bali/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/friendly-octopus-encounter-bali/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2019 05:35:09 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/friendly-octopus-encounter-bali/ I spent a few days diving in the clear, temperamental waters of Nusa Penida, Bali*. The main draws to Nusa Penida […]

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Cephalopods of Okinawa, Japan https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/cephalopods-okinawa-japan/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/cephalopods-okinawa-japan/#respond Wed, 01 May 2019 08:15:33 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/cephalopods-okinawa-japan/ Editor’s note: The Sony RX100 V is a very popular compact camera for underwater photography, with excellent performance and image […]

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Wolf Eels: A Face Only a Mother Could Love https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/wolf-eels/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/wolf-eels/#respond Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:30:10 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/wolf-eels/ There are a lot of ugly fish in the sea. Which one is the ugliest? Well, it’s really hard to […]

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La Paz Through a Mollusk Photographer’s Lens https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/la-paz-mollusk-photography/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/la-paz-mollusk-photography/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2019 02:35:04 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/la-paz-mollusk-photography/ Editor’s Note: Charles Rawlings is a respected mollusk specialist who has published two books with his underwater photography. You can […]

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Photographing Jellyfish Lakes https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/photographing-jellyfish-lakes/ https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/photographing-jellyfish-lakes/#respond Mon, 28 May 2018 07:22:57 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/photographing-jellyfish-lakes/ Jellyfish. Love them or hate them, they are bizarre but interesting aquatic animals to photograph. With an estimated 2000 species […]

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