Queen Angelfish
Credit: Brandi Irwin,
Liquid Film Photography
Photographer Brandi
Irwin uses special lighting on night dives to capture otherworldly photos of
sea creatures that fluoresce, including fish, coral and sea slugs.
Red and Green
Credit: Brandi Irwin,
Liquid Film Photography
A light similar to a
black light plus a special camera filter bring out colors not visible to the
naked eye.
Glowing Coral
Credit: Brandi Irwin,
Liquid Film Photography
Many of Irwin's
photos are taken in the Caribbean, but she is planning a dive trip in Asian
waters this fall.
Anemone Dance
Credit: Brandi Irwin,
Liquid Film Photography
The fluorescing
anemones are among the stars of a New York Aquarium show, opening August 5, of
Irwin's work.
All coiled up
An octopus peers out
from the tangle of its legs. "I will come to the surface with whatever the
ocean gives me," Irwin told LiveScience. "It's unpredictable down
there."
Frilly Slug
Credit:
Brandi Irwin, Liquid Film Photography
A lettuce sea slug.
Bristle Worm
Credit:
Brandi Irwin, Liquid Film Photography
A bristle worm glows
green. Irwin's dives take place on moonlit nights.
Seahorse Meeting
Credit: Brandi Irwin, Liquid Film Photography
Two seahorses
photographed by Irwin.
Stingray
Credit: Brandi Irwin, Liquid Film Photography
Sometimes black and
white is more striking. Here, a stingray approaches a shipwreck.
Sunflowers of the Deep
Credit: Brandi Irwin, Liquid Film Photography
And sometimes the
colors are riotous, as with these sunflower-like anemones.
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