Friday, 27th June 2008
Spinecheek Anemonefish
by Courtney Platt
A maroon colored Spinecheek Anemonefish, or Clownfish takes refuge within the protective tentacles of it's host anemone in The Mabini, Batangas, Philippines dive resort area known widely as Anilao.
Equipment: Nikon D2X, 105mm macro lens, Subal housing, Ikelite Substrobes
Courtney Platt
Courtney's favorite of eight assignments done for National Geographic Magazine was a 2,400 year old shipwreck in Turkey published in the March, 2002 issue. His assignment and stock images have illustrated numerous publications including: National Geographic (beginning with "Down the Cayman Wall", Nov. 1988), National Geographic World. Skin Diver, Scuba Times, Ocean Realm, Sport Diver, Sea Frontiers, Time, Forbes, numerous Cayman Islands publications and several books including two of his own.
A seasoned professional, Courtney Platt has been photographing underwater since 1976 and above water since 1983. His work has won numerous awards. Courtney has lived in Grand Cayman since 1983.
Courtney also frequently shoots weddings, commercial advertising, realty, location portraiture, aerials, nature, and underwater.
Website: CourtneyPlatt.com
Spinecheek Anemonefish by Courtney Platt was photo of the day on Friday, 27th June 2008. It is tagged Fish, Underwater. You can leave a comment below.
16 Comments
Malta Photography
Very nice closeup. crystal clear shot and the contrast is perfect. nice shooting
TomBrooklyn
2. Great colors.
Pauline Jones
Lovely close up; nice composition.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Nice shot, up close & personal!
Lori Harvey
Awesome shot! Love the symbiotic relationship!
Renee
Love the underwater photos! Congrats!
Gloria Talbert
That’s a shot great .
Susan Gagnon
Quite a compelling picture. Interesting & Impressive!
Rick
A fine piece of u/w photgraphy. As an u/w photographer, I know how difficult a shot like this can be – even for the pros like courtney. I’ve been on live aboardtake as many as 70-80 frames to get 1 crisp shot like this. Clown fish are defensive too. They don’t exactly just sit there while you frame a shot. I’ve had ‘em bump my faceplate and lens a few times – they see their own reflection and take aggressive action.
Great piece of work.
Alizadeh
wow.
so magnificent .good lights.
Anurag
Great sight to behold. Thanks for sharing.
a.
Beautiful! Splendid water shots on earthshots are rare, and this one is wonderful! I love the definition of the anemone balls!
su
Just an awesome shot congrats.
mike
What a big mouth on him.
Su
Nice shot and thanks Rick for the further insight.
renee
wonderful shot.