I photographed this specimen, which was hiding deep in a soft coral, as a snail. It was only when I looked at the photo afterwards that the creature turned out to be a tiger coral crab. It was about the size of my thumbnail ... hence the initial confusion.
The picture was taken in the Red Sea near Hurghada, Egypt.
Created by Martin Opladen with support from AI.
I have worked as a freelance photographer full-time and part-time in Mexico and Switzerland for the last 15 years. My main fields of activity have been architecture and product photography.
In my spare time I dedicate myself to landscape photography and - as a passionate diver - underwater photography. I offer..
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