Here is the shoot of the week. It’s the eye of a crocodile fish.

What’s interesting about this shot?

The one thing which is amazing as well as challenging for pictures is camouflage. This shot clearly documents the camouflage strategy of a crocodile fish, an ambush hunter: Hide at the bottom of the sea, and don’t be identified by spots, which look like ‘eyes’.

So this fish is doing exactly the opposite of some other fish, which use imitations of eye-like spots as their protection. The crocodile fish camouflages its eyes by developing a curtain of fractal structures.

How to get so close?  Slowly, very, very slowly approach the fish.

Specifics of the shot? F/32, 1/250, two flashes at max. sync speed. ISO 400, my favorite 100mm lens, full-size sensor and an achromat attached to the front port.

Where the picture was made?  At Marsa Shagra, Egypt.