Sea Snail Just to share

waisj · 10th December 2003

Hiee all,

just wanted to post some of my shots and on the fabolous way micro-ecology works in the underwater world.

Still hunting for a shot of the sea star shrimp (priclimenes soror) that live on blue sea stars....

Parasitic Sea Snail (Thyca_Crystallina) normally lives and feeds on the underside of the Blue Sea Star

cheers.

beivied · 10th December 2003

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i read that such parasitic snails are usually on the bottom side of the sea star.. you went to turn it ah????

this one is really small leh!

waisj · 11th December 2003

Originally Posted by beivied

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i read that such parasitic snails are usually on the bottom side of the sea star.. you went to turn it ah????

this one is really small leh!

well yeah......

if not how to photograph them. Anyway Micheal Aw did it too....

beivied · 11th December 2003

Originally Posted by waisj

well yeah......

if not how to photograph them. Anyway Micheal Aw did it too....

dont worry, not scolding you ... but .. you did put it back hor?

but what made you so sure the snail was there? every star has ma? some got shrimp one also right

waisj · 11th December 2003

Originally Posted by beivied

dont worry, not scolding you ... but .. you did put it back hor?

but what made you so sure the snail was there? every star has ma? some got shrimp one also right

phew..... thank god..

yeah did put it back.....

yeah some even have shrimps.... i have shot these species of shrimps but not on the blue sea star, it was on a crown of thorns. thus the colouration was different.

well most of them will have one. certain places in tioman almost all have.

beivied · 11th December 2003

wa, so nice .. i wanna see the one on crown of thorns! all these using c5050???

everytime see your photos make me so excited... die, cannot sleep le...

waisj · 11th December 2003

Originally Posted by beivied

wa, so nice .. i wanna see the one on crown of thorns! all these using c5050???

everytime see your photos make me so excited... die, cannot sleep le...

ya all using C5050Z. too lazy to scan my slides...

All these shrimps uses the sea stars as hosts and it adopts the colouration of its hosts

imagine blue shrimp on blue sea star... man....

beivied · 11th December 2003

very nice!!!!!!!!!!! how close did you go to that venom tipped star????

jia lat jia lat .. waisj! quick bring your photos out now now now .. i meet you somewhere and drool over them ...

waisj · 11th December 2003

this one was in supermacro mode. so i was quite close. 1 inch + away i think. thank god this one i didn't get the "sting"

i got stung when i was shooting the Adams Crab on the purple heart urchin.

haaa haaa.. you come my house lor..

beivied · 11th December 2003

Originally Posted by waisj

this one was in supermacro mode. so i was quite close. 1 inch + away i think. thank god this one i didn't get the "sting"

i got stung when i was shooting the Adams Crab on the purple heart urchin.

haaa haaa.. you come my house lor..

ah? you got stung ah? were you ok then? die .. make me wanna go diving... urgh....

(bypass the go your house part..

)

waisj · 11th December 2003

haa haa.. i was ok.. just pain for a couple of hours...
but the adams crab was worth the pain. anyway i was preparing to get stung, SMacro didn't provide enough magnification.

sheesh...

beivied · 11th December 2003

photo photo of the adam crab!!!!!

waisj · 11th December 2003

too bad 5050's magnification is not good enough. if not can try the crab's portrait.
from the front

saw a photo on a book before... fell in love with it.

lovells19 · 11th December 2003

wah lau! i have to go get mop and clean up the drool first :P

beivied · 11th December 2003

i have seen a pic of this crab before.... actually, how do you go about looking for such tiny darlings? especially when covered by such venomous creatures.... i saw a little group of shrimps before, it was their sparkling eyes under my torch that caugh my attention... and they led me to a very nice looking cleaner shrimp, kekeke...

excited as i was with waisj's pics, i still fell asleep, hehehehhe

waisj · 11th December 2003

yeah i believe i showed you before. the portrait of a adams crab is priceless IMHO... hee hee (too bad 5050z's magnification is not big enough, if not would have attempted to shoot a portrait of a adams crab)

you are right actually. you can guess alot of creatures existance by knowing it's habitat, where it "hangs out" what creatures does it normally gets associated with and appers with. and of course keep you eyes peeled.

of course, a good DM that knows all these will help.....

kng · 11th December 2003

WOW!

I now very shy to show any of you my lousy amateurish stuff.

WELL DONE WAISJ! Keep 'em photos coming...

beivied · 11th December 2003

Originally Posted by kng

WOW!

I now very shy to show any of you my lousy amateurish stuff.

WELL DONE WAISJ! Keep 'em photos coming...

hey boy, though you hardly show us a lot of pics, your video clips of mantas and molas were stunning!

waisj · 11th December 2003

Ditto that .. tow kae neo.
this guys videos are absolutely Stunning.....

kng · 12th December 2003

Originally Posted by waisj

Ditto that .. tow kae neo.
this guys videos are absolutely Stunning.....

waa lau... you all make me v shy

/quickly dig big hole to hide

But seriously, i've discovered that the video mode is a great way to capture large moving animals, esp in low light conditions without strobes which result in lousy still photos. Try it!

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waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	Sea Snail Just to share Hiee all, just wanted to post some of my shots and on the fabolous way micro-ecology works in the underwater world. Still hunting for a shot of the sea star shrimp (priclimenes soror) that live on blue sea stars.... Parasitic Sea Snail (Thyca_Crystallina) normally lives and feeds on the underside of the Blue Sea Star cheers. Last edited by waisj; 10th December 2003 at 11:51 PM.

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waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	too bad 5050's magnification is not good enough. if not can try the crab's portrait. from the front saw a photo on a book before... fell in love with it. Last edited by waisj; 11th December 2003 at 01:16 AM.

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waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	yeah i believe i showed you before. the portrait of a adams crab is priceless IMHO... hee hee (too bad 5050z's magnification is not big enough, if not would have attempted to shoot a portrait of a adams crab) you are right actually. you can guess alot of creatures existance by knowing it's habitat, where it "hangs out" what creatures does it normally gets associated with and appers with. and of course keep you eyes peeled. of course, a good DM that knows all these will help..... Last edited by waisj; 11th December 2003 at 09:42 AM.

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beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i read that such parasitic snails are usually on the bottom side of the sea star.. you went to turn it ah???? this one is really small leh!

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lovells19 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deep Deep in the sea Posts: 3,235	wah lau! i have to go get mop and clean up the drool first :P

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kng Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 551	WOW! I now very shy to show any of you my lousy amateurish stuff. WELL DONE WAISJ! Keep 'em photos coming...