Tag: giant clam

Kaleidoscopes

I thought I’d save the best til last with my Solomon Island photos – this has to be the coolest giant clam I have ever seen!! I discovered this psychedelic beauty at the end of dive in quite shallow water, and luckily for me everyone waited patiently on the boat

Island Treasures I

Electric blue

Did I mention how much I like giant clams? They make great photography subjects as they don’t move (!), only shutting slightly if your shadow passes over them. Giant clams are unique in that every individual has its own colour patterns – like human finger prints. These are my two

Rainbows

At the right time of day and in shallow water, you often get rainbows forming which makes pretty and unusual photographs. This first photo is of a leopard blenny I saw while diving in the Red Sea at Dahab in Egypt. This is a giant clam I saw while snorkelling