The Racemose Doto is a small brown nudibranch, about 1 cm long, found on hydroid colonies. It stores stinging cells from its prey for defense and can sometimes absorb photosynthetic algae, allowing it to gain part of its energy from sunlight.
This picture has been taken in Tulamben, Bali (Indonesia).
This underwater photo was taken while diving, focusing on the small marine life that often goes unnoticed. Underwater macro photography requires a lot of skill and control – you move, the subject moves, and light behaves completely differently than it does above the surface. Everything has to come together: buoyancy, timing, and sharp focus.
The result shows how much color, detail, and life exists beneath the surface. I photograph to make this hidden world visible and to show how unique and fragile it really is.
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