My Shot

David Fleetham · Issue 139, Jul/Aug 2024 · pp. 70

My Shotdusky anemonefishAmphiprion melanopusGuamMicronesiaegg caremacro photography

Products mentioned: Canon EOS R5, Ikelite dry-lock housing, Canon RF 100mm macro lens, Ikelite 230 strobes

My Shot by David Fleetham Do you have a favourite shot or an image/s which made a dive special? E mail yours with some text to peter@uwpmag.com and yours could be the next My Shot/s (It’s very easy. Images can be any size bigger than 20cm (horizontal or vertical) @ 150dpi saved as jpeg format and about 500 - 750 words would be fine.) How do you feel your maturing eggs without hands? You use your mouth as this dusky anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus, is demonstrating off the island of Guam, Micronesia, Mariana Islands, Philippines Sea. Initially when I approached their anemone, both parents ducked for cover. After a few minutes with my camera hovering over them they figured out that I was not a threat and went about their various chores in the small section of reef they call home. Both parents would take turns tending to their, about to hatch young, which included aeration by pectoral fin…

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