Seagrass & Sand
Bright, shallow water where light dances on the bottom. The sun's ripples draw a net of light over the sand, and that net is your best friend when pieces otherwise look alike.
6 pictures · 24 dives · on average 17% of each frame has little detail
Seahorse in the seagrass
A yellow seahorse holds on to a blade of seagrass with its curled tail. A meadow of green seagrass fills the lower half, and teal water full of tiny floating specks fills the top.
Main colours: kelp green (56%), teal (34%) and sea green (9%). Plain area: 34% of the frame.
Stingray on rippled sand
A grey stingray rests on pale sand in shallow water, its long tail stretched to the right. A bright net of sunlight, focused by ripples on the surface, covers both the sand and the ray.
Main colours: grey (51%), cream (16%), slate grey (12%) and white (12%). Plain area: 8% of the frame.
Manatee grazing on seagrass
A large grey manatee grazes head-down on a green seagrass bed, its wrinkled back marked by ripples of sunlight. Its broad paddle tail reaches the right edge, and a few small fish swim beneath it.
Main colours: kelp green (34%), slate grey (23%), sea green (17%) and grey (14%). Plain area: 21% of the frame.
Garden eels in the sand
Spotted garden eels stand up out of their burrows in a wide stretch of pale sand, all leaning the same way. Deep blue water with a rippled surface fills the top half.
Main colours: sand (32%), ocean blue (30%), cream (12%) and deep blue (11%). Plain area: 25% of the frame.
Fish among mangrove roots
Dark mangrove roots arch down into clear, shallow water from every side. A shoal of tiny silver fish swims between them over a bottom of mud and algae.
Main colours: charcoal (50%), slate grey (27%), grey (11%) and teal (11%). Plain area: 1% of the frame.
Conch shell and sand dollars
A large conch shell with a glossy pink lip lies on rippled sand next to two orange sea stars and three round sand dollars. A net of sunlight shimmers over the bottom.
Main colours: grey (40%), teal (16%), brown (12%) and cream (11%). Plain area: 11% of the frame.
Sand is plain, but sunlit sand is not: the bright lines of light focused by the waves above run across the whole frame and connect neighbouring pieces. Follow them. Seagrass works the same way, with blades that lean in one direction.
The garden eels stand in a wide stretch of pale sand under deep blue water, which makes them the slowest picture of this site; the mangrove roots are the busiest.