Divers with cameras dart around the reef capturing images of fish, crabs, and often anything that moves. Sometimes, you can miss the splendor and beauty of the slow or non-moving reef dwellers. Corals and Sponges blanket the reef in colors that cover the entire spectrum of visible light..

At the very end of a night dive on Grand Cayman, I spotted this Octopus along the shore wall, almost at the surface. We had already photographed several others during the dive but this one seemed so calm just sitting there. After cropping and some cleanup, the result was the image at left.

Swimming along the shallow grass in Cozumel, I cam across this brightly colored hermit crab eating a small fish. Check out the bright blue colored eyes and the vivid red stripes along the arms. Not a bad looking creature considering the drab look of it's borrowed shell.

On a night dive in Cozumel, this Yellowline Arrow Crab was dancing along the sand moving away from the Sea Anemone you can see on the left. This otherworldly looking creature is one of the most frequently seen crabs in these waters and is usually calm enough around divers to allow photographs to be taken easily