Spotted Moray Eel Close Up by scotty51
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Bonaire, Netherland Antilles
This shows how limited depth of field becomes when you shoot macro. This was shot with f/64, and the DOF is still shallow. If I remember correctly, at life size your DOF is 1/8 of an inch. I like the detail of his teeth, Moray's have teeth in the middle of there mouths as well as the sides, and they point inwards.
Comments (8)
mandloks
Wonderful close-up shot! He looks kind of caught in the act with something. What did he do? :)
RedundantlyAbundant
Man these creatures are manacing looking! Excellent shot!
scotty51
Thats funny, never thought of that. Morays have to open and close there mouths to breath, I guess he was bummed out that I was not food !!! They are mostly night time feeders, and hide in the coral during the day, but always poke there head to check you out.
bobbydee
Real nice shot!! I remember coming acrost one in the bahamas way back when I use to dive.Specially dont get too close they are real mean succers.
signsofdeath
after watching a National Geographic special on this eel, I have to give it to you, excellent shot, exceeltn closeup, one of the deadliest most equipped killers in the world
scotty51
I want to add that these animals are not aggressive, they must open and close there mouth to pump water thru there gills, its how they breath. Underwater animals are just like land creatures, if you leave them alone, they leave you alone. They do have poor eye site, and when they bite, they clamp on and pull back, and with sharp teeth pointing inwards, you could lose a finger. Many people think animals like eels and barracudas are aggressive and dangerous, it's simply not true, however they are predators and well equiped for that roll, but you would have to really piss them off to be "attacked".
PapaGuru
Beautiful and ugly at the same time :) Fine shot!!
Michelle A.
Nice to hear they are scarier looking than they really are.... I do find them to be rather scary to look at. Such a fabulous shot!