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M-012
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Chestnut Cowry (Cypraea spadicea)
Photographed using a housed Nikon N90, Nikon 105mm 2.8 macro lens with +4 diopter and 2 Ikelite Substrobe 200’s. Exposed at f16 @ 1/60th with -.03 EV.About: Photographed at Santa Cruz Island in 25 feet. Has very highly polished white and brown shell and when left undisturbed, the beautiful mantle is exposed to help keep the polished look, and you can see its eyes as shown here. Found in depths from 20 to 100 feet and range from Monterey to Baja, California. |