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Pharaoh cuttlefish
(Sepiella inermis) or (Sepia pharaonis)
October is Cephalopod awareness month. October 10th is squid\cuttlefish day
-Bringing awareness to these fascinating creatures.
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Underwater photography by Shawn M Miller
Nikon D500 /nauticam housing
60.0 mm f/2.8
Light & Motion Sola 1200, 3800 and Gobe 800 wide
Nudibranch - Ceratophyllidia sp -
Size: 30mm
Location: Jam dive, Okinawa
Depth: 30feet
Nikon d500 40.0 mm f/2.8 macro
Nauticam housing
Light&Motion sola 1200
ysd2 Sea&sea strobes x2
Pseudoceros leptostichus
Natures design: Confusing colors and patterns
Learn more about slugs
okinawanaturephotography.com/nudibranchs-colorful-sea-slu...
Equipment: Nikon D500 60.0 mm f/2.8
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobe
- -custom diffusor -
Light&Motion
- - - Sola Nightsea and Sola 3800
Chromodoris aureopurpurea (Nudibranch)
Found sunabe, Okinawa
Slug size: 25mm
Learn more about the beautiful sea slugs of Okinawa @ okinawanaturephotography.com/nudibranchs-colorful-sea-slu...
Photographed with the new #tokina Atx-I 100mm F2.8 FF macro lens / #nikon D500 #nauticamhousings #lmlighlife Sola 1200 #seandsea #ysd2 #okinawa #nudibranch
Kuroiwa’s Ground Gecko is an endangered species found throughout Okinawa. This lizard is decreasing in numbers due to poaching, deforestation, and the threat of feral cats. The lizard is high valued in the illegal pet trade market and needs to protected.
Its important to pay attention to animals crossing the road during the night!
The Kuroiwa's Ground Gecko was featured in National Geographic October 2017. Wildlife As Canon Sees It.
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global.canon/en/ad/wild/pdf/wild201710.pdf#search=%27kuro...
Wide angle macro Photography by Shawn Miller.
Canon EOS 80D
Team Tokina 10-17mm
Light&Motion exploration lights
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Read more about this endangered reptile. okinawanaturephotography.com/kuroiwas-ground-gecko-threat...
Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
Endemic to Northern Okinawa, Japan
Learn more about this critically endangered species
okinawanaturephotography.com/slow-down-lets-protect-the-o...
Location: Northern Okinawa-Japan
Nikon D7000
70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
My contribution
Sunsets on Iheya Island
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The best of the Ryukyus by Shawn Miller
Dinah's Goby
Lubricogobius dinah
living in a glass bottle
Location: Motobu, Okinawa
Learn More about this tiny fish
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Equipment: Nikon D500 60.0 mm f/2.8
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobe
- -custom diffusor -
Light&Motion
- - - Sola Nightsea and Sola 3800
I saw this streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis) in the middle of the road. I took a few shots with the Iphone and then it flew away to safety.
Wide angle macro using the IPhone 8
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Blueberry hermit crab (Coenobita purpureus)
Living in a African land snail shell.
Location: Yomitan, Okinawa.
Canon 70d - Tokina 10-17mm x 3 small flashes.
More on Wide angle macro -
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Featured www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/ocean-plastics/
# Know your nature with Shawn Miller
Mass coral spawning took place on Iheya Island this week
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Read more about this rare natural event @ okinawanaturephotography.com/the-shorelines-of-iheya-isla...
Canon EOS 80D
EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Platax teira is also know as the Batfish, Spadefish and Teira batfish
This is a common dweller at Maeda point. In the early 90's populations were abundant. Numbers are down to less than thirty now.
Underwater Equipment : Ikelite housing x Ikelite 2 strobes
Light and Motion Gobe 700. Canon 70d Tokina fisheye * Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Octopus luteus -
Starry night Octopus, Okinawa, Japan
Jam Dive
Depth:25feet @ night
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Fighting pose - wide angl macro with the Iphone6s
while driving, I saw a blue rock thrush striking a praying mantis on the street. I pulled up closer and the bird flew away. The mantis stayed in its fighting stance for a cool wide angle macro shot.
Photography by Shawn M Miller
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Gymnodoris nigricolor in search of a goby fish.
This is a very small nudibranch (10mm in size)
Very hard to photograph -
They are rare to find and if you get to close to the fish it will retreat down into its home in the sand.
Learn more about this tiny specialist @ okinawanaturephotography.com/parasitic-slugs-of-okinawa/
Canon 70d 100mm macro
Ikelite housing
Light and Motion Sola 1200
Fluorescence enhancement photography by Shawn Miller
Nikon d500 40mm macro
Nauticam housing and S&S strobes
Nightsea sola light -
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Diving with friends at zanpa point-
We found the shark pit with one black tip reef shark, we saw some Nudibranches and a pigmy seahorse -
Nikon D90 25mm
Pryer's keelback ( Amphiesma pryeri) feeding on a white jawed
( Polypedates leucomystax leucomystax )
okinawanaturephotography.com/pryers-keelback-snake-reptil...
- - As of March 2018, The Pryers Keelback (Hebius pryeri) is considered a venomous snake found throughout the Ryukyu Islands. They are rear-fanged and require a strong long-term chewing style bite to inject the venom into the wound.
---The white jawed frog is an introduced species.
Location: Ogimi Village, Okinawa
Photography by Shawn M Miller
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Wide-angle macro photography
Read more about this technique - okinawanaturephotography.com/the-art-of-wide-angle-macro-...
Over under
Wajee point, Ie Island
-Entry point, some of the best diving in the World
Go Pro hero 4
Photography by Shawn M Miller
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Mass coral spawning on Iheya Island this week
- pink shores on Iheya Island caused by coral spawning
- Known as coral slicks
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Canon EOS 80D
EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Pseudobalistes fuscus
- The blue triggerfish / rippled triggerfish
I have been trying to photograph this elusive fish for many years.
They are very shy fish. They always seem to seek shelter in the reef when aproached.
* Photographed with the new Tokina atx-i 100mm F2.8 FF MACRO underwater.
Equipment: Nikon D500
Tokina atx-i 100mm F2.8 FF MACRO
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobes
Light&Motion Sola 3800modeling light
- - - Sola 1200
The ferns of The Yanbaru forest by Shawn Miller
Photographed using the Nikon D7000
10.0-17.0 mm f/3.5-4.5 with a spin
-Northern, Okinawa
Learn more @ okinawanaturephotography.com/designated-flora-and-fauna-o...
Dinah's Goby
Lubricogobius dinah
living in a Murex pecten
Location: Motobu, Okinawa
I used th Nightsea to light to mouth of the bottle
Learn More about this tiny fish
okinawanaturephotography.com/dinahs-goby-living-in-glass-...
Equipment: Nikon D500 40.0 mm f/2.8
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobe
- -custom diffusor -
Light&Motion
- - - Sola Nightsea and Sola 3800
Kuroiwa’s Ground Gecko is an endangered species found throughout Okinawa. This lizard is decreasing in numbers due to poaching, deforestation, and the threat of feral cats. The lizard is high valued in the illegal pet trade market and needs to protected.
The Kuroiwa's Ground Gecko was featured in National Geographic October 2017. Wildlife As Canon Sees It.
global.canon/en/ad/wild/pdf/wild201710.pdf#search=%27kuro...
Wide angle macro Photography by Shawn Miller.
Canon EOS 70D
Team Tokina 10-17mm
Light&Motion exploration lights
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Read more about this endangered reptile. okinawanaturephotography.com/kuroiwas-ground-gecko-threat...
Princess habu
(Ovophis okinavensis)
Photography by Shawn M Miller
Wide angle macro perspective
Northern Okinawa
Read more about the venomous snakes-
Light and motion GoBe 700
okinawanaturephotography.com/venomous-snakes-of-okinawa-j...
Are you using my Flickr photos as a reference guide to help identify your finds? If so, please consider making a contribution. Help Me Make The Difference
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Kuroiwa’s Ground Gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae) is an endangered species found throughout Okinawa. This lizard is decreasing in numbers due to poaching, deforestation, and the threat of feral cats. The lizard is high valued in the illegal pet trade market and needs to protected.
Wide angle macro photography by Shawn M Miller
Location: Onna village, Okinawa
Note- using light&Motion field setup with diffused flash.
Read more about this endangered reptile. okinawanaturephotography.com/kuroiwas-ground-gecko-threat...
Canon EOS 70D
10-17mm
The coconut crab ( Birgus latro) is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world.
Found: Onna village, Okinawa
Read more about wide angle macro okinawanaturephotography.com/the-art-of-wide-angle-macro-...
Dinah's Goby
Lubricogobius dinah
living in a glass bottle (our waste)
Location: Motobu, Okinawa
I used th Nightsea to light to mouth of the bottle
Learn More about this tiny fish
okinawanaturephotography.com/dinahs-goby-living-in-glass-...
Equipment: Nikon D500 60.0 mm f/2.8
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobe
- -custom diffusor -
Light&Motion
- - - Sola Nightsea and Sola 3800
Newly described Bobtail Squid
Euprymna brenneri
Location: Okinawa-Japan
Found: Kadena steps
Depth: 45feet at night
Size: 35mm
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Learn more about this squid @ www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0661-6
- dilated eyes due to using the Light&Motion sola 1200 red light
Learn more
Equipment: Nikon D500 60.0 mm f/2.8
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobe
- -custom diffusor -
Light&Motion
- - - Sola red light 1200
# Know your nature with Shawn Miller
The American bullfrog was introduced to the the Ryukyu Islands as a food source in the in 1918. It is a series problem to the native wildlife since it consumes anything in site.
Photography by Shawn M Miller
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Mission: To Protect & Preserve The Wildlife of The Ryukyu Islands for Further Generations
Location: Iheya Okinawa
I saw over twenty bullfogs on this trip
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Canon EOS 80D
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)
Shell: Turbo argyrostomus
Designated as a protected species
Okinawa, Japan
- Photographed using specialized blue lights
Canon 80D EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM /
Light&Motion nightsea
Geograpsus grayi
A female crab with eggs making the journey to the ocean to release them.
A small insect jumped into the scene when I pressed the shutter.
Photography by Shawn M Miller
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
Canon EOS 70D
Tokina 10-17mm
Light&Motion exploration lights
Project: Carving 4 Nature by Shawn Miller.
The blueberry hermit crab
Made the switch into shell MTS4N #257 C
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Please help me by supporting my hermit crab conservation project: okinawanaturephotography.com/carving-4-nature-by-shawn-mi...
"Okinawa coastal forest protection project by Shawn Miller"
The mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) was introduced to Okinawa in 1910 in an attempt to control the population of venomous snakes and other pests. Like anything introduced it seems to take over and do more damage.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Bobtail Squid ( Euprymna parva )
Location: Okinawa-Japan
Found: Maeda point
Depth: 35feet at night
Size: 25mm
Acknowledgments-
Observations on mating in Mediterranean Sepiola and Sepietta species and review of mating behaviour in Sepiolinae (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)
sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13358-021-00232-0
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Learn more
Equipment: Nikon D500 40.0 mm f/2.8
Nauticam underwater housing
1 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobe
- -custom diffusor - 1 ys-15 strobe
Light&Motion Sola 3800modeling light
- - - Sola 1200
Moray eel
Gymnothorax eurostrus -
Equipment: Nikon D500
(New) Tokina atx-i 100mm F2.8 FF MACRO
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobes
Light&Motion Sola 3800modeling light
- - - Sola 1200
Amami Oshima frog
(Odorrans splendida)
Amami Island
Wildlife as Canon Sees it - August 2019 featured
Lean more about this endangered species @ okinawanaturephotography.com/searching-for-the-amami-oshi...
Canon EOS 80D
EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
"Crabs with beach trash homes" by Shawn Miller. This is a good example of Adaptive behavior.
A Blueberry hermit crab (Coenobita purpureus )
Using a plastic cap as a protective home.
Location: Northern, Okinawa
looks like a car shift knob -AKA Shifty
* All Coenobita species in Okinawa are recognized as a Living Natural Monument.
*We found eight Crabs with plastic shelters
08-30-2020
Read more about this project
okinawanaturephotography.com/crabs-with-beach-trash-homes...
Hermit crabs of Iheya Island
Blueberry hermit crabs of the Ryukyu Islands
Canon EOS 80D
EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM/canon flash
Light and Motion stella 2000
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Learn more
Read more about this technique
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Canon EOS 80D
EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Prepping for the dive bomb
Yomitan-Okinawa, Japan
Canon EOS 70D
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
#Know your nature with Shawn Miller
The Okinawa Coral snake (Simomicrurus japonicus boettgeri) is a venomous snake found throughout the Ryukyu Islands
Location: Yanbaru forest, Okinawa
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Learn more about the beautiful creature @ okinawanaturephotography.com/okinawa-coral-snake-venomous...
Canon EOS 70D
EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Dinah's Goby
Lubricogobius dinah
living in a glass bottle (our waste)
Location: Motobu, Okinawa
Learn More about this tiny fish
okinawanaturephotography.com/dinahs-goby-living-in-glass-...
Equipment: Nikon D500 60.0 mm f/2.8
Nauticam underwater housing
2 Sea & Sea YS-D2J Underwater Strobe
- -custom diffusor -
Light&Motion
- - - Sola red light 1200 and Sola 3800
# Know your nature with Shawn Miller
The event was a great success !
Below are some photographs of the Conservation Art Show
okinawanaturephotography.com/coral-conservation-art-show-...
Thank you all for your support!
# Know your nature with Shawn Miller
Scorpion conch seashell
Lambis (Millepes) scorpius scorpius
Onna village, Okinawa
Wide angle macro photography by Shawn M Miller
Read more about the seashells of Okinawa
Denise's pygmy seahorse Hippocampus denise.
Location:Manza dream hole, Okinawa.
Photographed with the Nikon D500
- Tokina atx-i 100mm F2.8 FF MACRO.
Light&motion sola1200 + s&s ysd2
Nauticam underwater housing
Learn more about the seahorses of Okinawa @
okinawanaturephotography.com/searching-for-the-ryukyu-sea...
One of my strangest finds so far. Crabs with beach trash by Shawn Miller. I found a blueberry hermit crab tonight adapting with a lug nut cover. Found naturally using man made items.
Photographed using the Light&Motion Stella 2000 and iPhoneApple 8
Iphone photography by Shawn Miller
Okinawa, Japan
Read more about this Project
okinawanaturephotography.com/crabs-with-beach-trash-homes...
More on my favorite Light&Motion exploration light
okinawanaturephotography.com/the-light-motion-stella-2000...
#Know Your Nature With Shawn Miller
Apple iPhone 8
Our trash is a serious problem on our shorelines
What are you doing to make a difference?
Canon EOS 80D
EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Kuroiwa’s Ground Gecko is an endangered species found throughout Okinawa. This lizard is decreasing in numbers due to poaching, deforestation, and the threat of feral cats. The lizard is high valued in the illegal pet trade market and needs to protected.
Location: Onna village, Okinawa
Note- using light&Motion field setup with diffused flash.
Photography by Shawn M Miller
Read more about this endangered reptile. okinawanaturephotography.com/kuroiwas-ground-gecko-threat...
Okinawan Paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi) showing off its colors
Depth: 30feet at night
Jam, Okinawa
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Mission: To Protect & Preserve The Wildlife of The Ryukyu Islands for Further Generations
Read more about this venomous cephalopod @ okinawanaturephotography.com/the-paintpot-cuttlefish-ceph...
Nikon d500]60mm macro
Nauticam housing
Sea&Sea strobes
Light&Motion Solo1200 &3800