Cuttlefish ambush!

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fatbadak

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Just a sequence of pics from a dive during the Mayday w/end at Pulau Tinggi (another island wee off the east coast of Malaysia). It was muck diving with viz under 10'. So I only had my ZD50mm macro and a single DS125....

Had some PP done to the pics but I hope you guys don't mind. I've never actually seen a cuttlefish grab its prey in real life before.

wish I had my WA lens...
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It was moving with purpose and totally ignored me...
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Decided to snap away, even with a macro lens...
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Up go the tentacles....
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It was amazing to watch the colour change...
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Suddenly, it dash forward in a blur, leaving a big silty dustcloud in its wake...
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I didn't know what to make of the whole situation...
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And then I saw it...The fish...it was still wriggling around trying to break free....
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Fat chance...lunch was sashimi today!!!
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After all that, the cuttlefish changed to a really dark colour and in a blink of an eye, it was gone....wished I had my dual DS125 set-up...and clearer viz.
 
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Great series - well captured !
 

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