weremermaid
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We ended up wreck diving in Coron, with a few wall and reef dives. I am going thru the photos (taken by Thom Jenkins) while carefully trying to color correct what can be saved, trying to color match from memory or visual references for accuracy.
Take a look at the first 2 photos, the 2nd is an unknown starfish I've been trying to get an ID on, I think it might be an Icon Star. Would anyone know what it is, exactly? Or seen a similar one, elsewhere in the Philippines?
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=23766
We nicknamed it the "Steinway starfish" - might be the same species in photos taken in the silty waters of Pulau Hantu, Singapore:
http://sg.homeunix.com/hantu/echinoderms
http://tools.coralreef.org/content/images/photo.acs?object_id=547&photo_id=7386
- though the Coron version is prettier and tipped with red-orange.
The first image is a fantasy-lit version of the dancing juvenile sweetlips, note the bluish blur. I can hear the sugarplum fairy music in this scene, and to think I have not even pulled out all my special digital imaging tricks to jazz up the image.
I will be posting a few more mystery creatures later for anyone who could help identify them. Thanks!
Cherrie
Take a look at the first 2 photos, the 2nd is an unknown starfish I've been trying to get an ID on, I think it might be an Icon Star. Would anyone know what it is, exactly? Or seen a similar one, elsewhere in the Philippines?
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=23766
We nicknamed it the "Steinway starfish" - might be the same species in photos taken in the silty waters of Pulau Hantu, Singapore:
http://sg.homeunix.com/hantu/echinoderms
http://tools.coralreef.org/content/images/photo.acs?object_id=547&photo_id=7386
- though the Coron version is prettier and tipped with red-orange.
The first image is a fantasy-lit version of the dancing juvenile sweetlips, note the bluish blur. I can hear the sugarplum fairy music in this scene, and to think I have not even pulled out all my special digital imaging tricks to jazz up the image.
I will be posting a few more mystery creatures later for anyone who could help identify them. Thanks!
Cherrie
