Kamchatka wildlife: terrestrial and underwater photography


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Underwater life of the Pacific coast of Kamchatka (North Western Pacific, Russia).

Most of these underwater photos were taken by Nadya Sanamyan using the following equipment: Camera: Nikon F80, usually set to Aperture Priority mode, in Sea & Sea N80 housing. Lenses: 105mm f/2.8D AF Micro-Nikkor for macro and 18-35 f/3.5-4.5D AF Zoom-Nikkor for wide-angle shots, always in autofocus mode. Light: two Sea & Sea YS120 strobes both set to TTL mode. The depths vary from 5 to 25 meters, the water temperature is from 1 to 10 degrees centigrade. Several photos were taken with digital Nikon D70 +105mm Micro-Nikkor. All these underwater photos are available in high resolution. Please, contact authors for details.
 aurelia | octopus | nudibranches | anemones | sea stars || species list
all underwater images: 0-26 27-63 64-71 72-83 84-92 93-124 125-135 136-145 
Octopus dofleini
Group of giant Metridium farcimen specimens
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
Aurelia labiata
Sea anemones Urticina crassicornis and Cribrinopsis albopunctata
Telmessus cheiragonus
Cucumaria djakonovi
Botryllus sp.
Gersemia rubiformis
Metridium farcimen
Dendrodoa aggregata
Psolus fabricii
Halocynthia aurantia
Sebastes glaucus
Hemilepidotus gilberti

Hexagrammos lagocephalus
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
Octopus dofleini
Cribrinopsis olegi
Cribrinopsis olegi
Hexagrammos lagocephalus
Metridium fercimen
Metridium senile fimbriatum
Aplidium species
Bryozoa

 aurelia | octopus | nudibranches | anemones | sea stars ||species list
all underwater images: 0-26 27-63 64-71 72-83 84-92 93-124 125-135 136-145 

All these photos are available in high resolution. Please, contact authors for details.
Copyright © 2004 - 2006 K. & N. Sanamyan. The photos from this site may not be used without written permission of their authors.
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