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Excited to be heading back to Galapagos soon. Hoping we will get some good conditions for spending time with the amazing marine iguanas again.
Delighted to be in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 with The Final Blowout. 
My pic shows the last “breaths” of an inflated pufferfish as it was dragged below the black volcanic sand, by an unseen predator (perhaps a snake eel, bobbit worm or spearing mantis shrimp?). Lined pufferfish are well defended, not only can they inflate, but their bodies contain the extremely toxic Tetradotoxin, 25x more deadly than cyanide. Which means this might also have been the predators last meal…
The puffer was spotted by dive guide extraordinaire Opo K (thank you!). I was diving with my friends Greg @corone138 (who got an almost identical shot) & Lawrence @lgwvphoto who filmed the video of me. The photo was taken from Lembeh Resort in Sulawesi, Indonesia – and this is my third WPY winner from there. Thanks also to @aaronsanders_photography for the picture of Eleo and me at the awards.
Taken with Sony A1 and Sony 100mm, Nauticam housing and Retra Pro Max 2 flashes, and importantly the Nauticam MFO-3 lens. Early last year I had the idea for the MFO-3 lens and encouraged @nauticamhousings Edward Lai to design and build it. Just a few months later it was on sale and I made this photo. So particularly pleased to be selected - the 5th time in the last 8 years - and stretching my appearances to 21 years! 
This time I’m in the lowly People’s Choice, you don’t  enter this category, the jury pick the “almost” shots from the other categories. I originally entered this in Animal Portraits. Because I felt that was a risk, I also entered the clearer side on shot in the Under Water Category. Both were RAW requested. The video shows me shooting the puffer, although lighting with a single strobe, and I include that moody photo too, which I really like, but I didn’t consider entering because it is harder to work out what you are looking at. The final image shows you what a lined pufferfish normally looks like. The puffers are specialists of seagrass meadows and open sand environments, where predators normally leave these well defended fish alone. But as always with biology, not always…
#WPY62 @nhm_wpy @lembehresort
8 Octopus for October 8 - quite aptly World Octopus Day. This one: a pair of veined octopuses squabbling over real estate. #worldoctopusday 

A magnificent mimic octopus dancing across the sea bed. Indonesia. #worldoctopusday 

A brawny common octopus patrolling its territory. UK #worldoctopusday 

A deadly blue ringed octopus on a coral reef. Malaysia. #worldoctopusday 

A young veined octopus sheltering in a pretty clam shell. Indonesia. #worldoctopusday 

A reef octopus standing guard of a shipwreck. Egypt. 

A rare mototi octopus emerging from its den in a bamboo log. Indonesia. 

A mimic octopus swimming by pumping each of its arms a little like a jellyfish. Indonesia. 

Ah, that’s 8 already. And it isn’t squid day - so I should stop there! But had to share a couple from the shoot I’ve just returned from. A female Argonaut, with her shell that she uses to brood eggs, riding on a large tomato jelly. Indonesia

A female blanket octopus, another pelagic species, displaying amazing rainbow colours while scooting beneath the surface. Indonesia
The SS Thistlegorm sank 85 years ago today. A casualty of World War 2 and taking with her 9 lives. The ship was carrying military equipment and vehicles including trucks, motorcycles and locomotives, many of which can still be seen. Many of these vehicle types have disappeared and the Thistlegorm remains the only place you can see them, making it a fascinating and emotional experience. As time passes so World War 2 wrecks are slowly degrading, but this Thistlegorm still offers amazing spectacle along with a chance to reflect. All but one of these photos I took this summer.
Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: spinyhead blenny in star coral

Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: hickatee turtle

Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: Caribbean reef shark

Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: Cayman parrot 

Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: cusk eel

Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: Grand Cayman blue iguana 

Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: spotted drum

Some pictures of the nature of the Cayman Islands, all taken this year: green turtle and scads
Excited to heading back to Lembeh. Always a treat to see the incredible marine biodiversity there, try and take decent photos  and see lots of old friends.
World Dolphin Day was created as a memorial to almost 1500 dolphins that were killed in just a few hours - on this day, five years ago, in the Faroe Islands. The oceans loose a lot of these beautiful creatures each year through hunting and as by-catch and entanglement in other fishing nets. Today is a great day to celebrate these amazing creatures, which are always a thrill to see.
Been catching up with my photos from this summer’s Red Sea trip. To accompany yesterday’s post, here is some more Red Sea beauty - but vertical shots!
Finally had the chance to look at my fishy photos from June in the Red Sea. I shot the new Sony A7RVI on the second workshop week - and because of the excitement around that new camera I’d focused on those photos until today, when I looked at the shots from week 1, taken with the less exciting Sony A1! Anyway, I was pretty excited to process these ones today. All taken with Sony A1, Nauticam housing, Retra Pro Max 2 strobes and either Sony 28-60mm or Sony 100mm with FCP, EMWL, FCP, MFO-1, EMWL and nothing!
The Fiji archipelago in the tropical Pacific is something of a roadblock to the South Equatorial Current, which is squeezed and strained through the islands. Add to this local currents generated by tides flowing through the coral reefs and you have ideal conditions for bringing a rich supply of nutrients and plankton to the reef life. The front face of these reefs is like a wall of mouths, from tiny polyps on sea fans and soft corals, which to great gangs of plankton picking colourful anthias fish. The result, as a visitor, is a richness of life, movement and colour that is quite simply an assault on the senses. Bula!
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