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Jim Chambers of Tucker, Ga.

 
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Jim Chambers

Jim Chambers Jim Chambers
from Tucker, Ga.
Barracuda
Location: Little Cayman
Marine Life ID: Barracuda
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 60mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-16
Description: The Cayman Islands have some really big barracudas, and this big fellow just cruised right up and begged to be photographed!
Basslet
Location: Little Cayman
Marine Life ID: Basslet
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 105mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-22
Description: I love the little fairy basslets, they're one of the most colorful fish on the reef, and they make great macro subjects.
Black durgon
Location: Little Cayman
Marine Life ID: Black durgon
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 60mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-16
Description: You can't really appreciate the beauty of the black durgon until you bring out their colors with a strobe.
Red hind
Location: Little Cayman
Marine Life ID: Red hind
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 60mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-16
Description: This red hind had just pulled into a cleaning station and was very amenable to a close approach.
Puffer
Location: Cayman Brac
Marine Life ID: Puffer
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 105mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-22
Description: I found several juvenile pufferfish under the aft guns of the Tibbetts, a former Soviet warship sunk off Cayman Brac.
Sponge
Location: Little Cayman
Marine Life ID: Sponge
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 105mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-22
Description: Purple translucent sponges are pretty enough by themselves, but this shot of a Pederson shrimp cleaning a brittle star was a real find!
Yellowhead jawfish
Location: Little Cayman
Marine Life ID: Yellowhead jawfish
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 105mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-22
Description: Most yellowhead jawfish are shy and retreat into their burrows when approached, but this fellow was curious or bold enough to come right up in my face.
Yellowhead jawfish
Location: Little Cayman
Marine Life ID: Yellowhead jawfish
Camera and Settings: Nikon D100 in Aquatica housing with Nikon SB80-DX strobe in Subal strobecase, 105mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, f-22
Description: The 105mm lens is an awesome lens for capturing tiny things like this yellowhead jawfish.