Photos from Giens and the Island of Porquerolles
I faced off with MEGA Spider Crab... and survived
We were planning on hitting the island of Port Cros, but due to my partner being kind of sick, and some other changes on plans, we never quite made it. However, we did make it to the Island of Poruerolles, and I have to say it was very beautiful. We ended up renting some bikes and making our way to a very secluded, hard to find little beach. From there I made my way to the sea where I discovered MEGA Spider Crab! He was pretty enormous, and I managed to cut him off from the algae bed he was trying to escape to. I got him out into the open where I was able to get some pretty sweet shots. He kept trying to get around me to safety, and I kept having to stop my photo shoot to cut him back off. I cut my knee up and broke my new light reflector in the action, but I got my shots, and he escaped unharmed.
Anyways, I got some other pretty hard to find stuff as well. I got my second nudibranch in as many weeks. He was almost microscopic in size. I also got a shrimp, an eel, some nice spirograph shots, my first triptérygion jaune, and some nice algae shots. Take a peek below to check them out.
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Caught my first eel on camera this weekend
My first eel, caught on camera
Well, it’s been a busy week, I’ve been working on a couple articles, I have lots of content on the way, just none of it quite finished! I’m working on a marine bestiary with identifications and photos of everything I have on file. It seems that is what people generally want, so I am going to give it to them. I added about 40 new photos this week, so stop by the photo galleries to check them out.
Now on to the fun stuff. Snorkeling at the Cap de Nice this weekend, I spotted my first eel, or Murenne, in french. It was awesome. He was pretty far away, and on the move. I followed him and watched him for about 2 minutes. The coolest part was watching him attack a little fish at one point. The speed at which he moved was incredible. I snapped a bunch of pics, and while none of them turned out super spectacular, I was happy with catching him at all, considering the circumstances.
Anyways ,I’ll have more info and articles later this week.
