Coral Close-Up

I’ve always found coral to be spectacularly interesting, from a visual perspective. I was to do some snorkeling on the islands of Hawaii recently, and the diversity of form, color and size is staggering. Felix Salazar has some really nice shots from his own personal aquarium.

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LA-based photographer and composer Felix Salazar recently captured some wonderful macro photos of several inhabitants in his salt water aquariums. The shocking variety of color makes the coral look like digital renderings, but Salazar assures me each is a unique photo selected from hundreds of attempts to get just the right shot as he experimented with focus and light. You can see many more on his website. (via my modern met)