Hermit Crab by Thomas Vignaud

Monday, 12th May 2008

Hermit Crab

by Thomas Vignaud

Hermit crab on “closed” coral. Few of them were resting around, but this one had the nicer shell!
Canon EOS 400D
Canon 60mm macro USM
Ikelite housing and 1 Ikelite DS125 strobe.

Thomas Vignaud

Hi, I’m a marine biology student in France, and I’m actually working on sharks. I’m professional diver, and I really love underwater photography, in scuba diving and in freediving.

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23 Comments

Ahmed Ibrahim Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 3:05 am
Nice composed shot, good focus and wonderful colores and appreciate if tell us about the technical issue of the shot, and I motivate all to check the web site
Jacob Maentz Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 3:40 am
Hi Thomas….another wonderful image you have captured here.
alishokri Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Great photo captured
Anurag Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Hey Thom, Why don’t you take up Photography full time!?
Malta Photography Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 8:32 am
what a stunning shot Thomas. my goodness I can almost sense summer in this shot. The colors are just wonderful and the crab man looks awesome. I do not feel comfortable in water but this shot makes me want to dive beneath.
Pauline Jones Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 8:57 am
I love his blue eyes. the colors are so good the shot looks as if it was taken in a studio.
Buffy Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 10:18 am
WOW!
Edwina Hinkle Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Keep it up ! The colors and the composition are wonderful. It’s just wonderful what you can find in the deep.
Lisa Atkins Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
This is a fabulous shot! Love the colors. Also, I wanted to say that I believe Marine Biology is one of the most vital and important fields to study. Between global warming and over-fishing, the world’s oceans are threatened beyond belief. With your ability to capture the beauty of the life beneath, you can make a difference. Keep up the great work, and good luck with your studies.
Marie Dunphy Harding Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
The colors are fantastic. thanks for sharing.
Andrew Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Mmm, more food! lol
Ahmed Sharif Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
astounding macro!!……… brilliant colours!!………
Thomas Vignaud Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Hi and thank you all

Ahmed, This shot is F/14, 1/160, and you can see where is the strobe by shadows

Anurag, I’d like too, but it seems like nature photography don’t sell. everytime somebody told me “you should sell your photos” I just answer that it’s easy to say and I’ll be happy to pay somebody to sell my photos ^^

Malta, you should try

Pauline, the sea is my studio.

Lisa, I really hope I can do something for that, I study marine biology in part in a hope to make that more protected, and I guess I can change the eyes of some people with photography…

Thanks again
Renee Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Now thats a CUTE crab! Congrats!
John le'flock Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
:-):-):-):-):-):-)
Very nice shot
Tom Says:
May 14th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Beautiful luminosity on the crabs legs.
a. Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Amazing! Interesting colours!
Bart van den Bos Says:
June 1st, 2008 at 11:12 am
this Crab found himself a nice Home indeed :
fine shot
su Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Awesome shot, really love the coral too
mike Says:
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
He has a nice color.
Rajib Singha Says:
May 12th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Cool shot!
Su Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Great shot, so colourful is the underwater world.
renee Says:
June 16th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Very colorful indee you take such excellent shots Thomas