hum can some one tell me what this is

[Scubamedicjoe]

pk like the offical name or even common name thanks
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/2993/password//sort/1/cat/500/page/1

 

[justleesa]

Sorry, not from my neck of the woods.....

 

[jlyle]

Azure vase sponge.

 

[DennisW]

Jim is correct. That is an Azure vase sponge.

 

[Dee]

Yep....Azure Vase Sponge.

 

[Scubakevdm]

It looks like an Azure Vase Sponge, but I can't be sure without tasting it.

 

[archman]

It looks like an Azure Vase Sponge, but I can't be sure without tasting it.

I would LOVE to see your er... differentiation in action!

Doesn't anybody use scientific names?! Don't make me look it up! This isn't a Niphates is it?

 

[Dee]

Doesn't anybody use scientific names?! Don't make me look it up! This isn't a Niphates is it?

Naw...only you scientific nerds get hung up on wierd names!

Azure Vase Sponges are Callyspongia plicifera
Class: Demospongiae

 

[Scubamedicjoe]

thanks all !!! any suggection on the picture one of many taken from cozumel with my new strobe ,

 

[Dee]

thanks all !!! any suggection on the picture one of many taken from cozumel with my new strobe ,

It's got great exposure but if you could have shot it from the side, or at least don't so straight down, the whole picture wouldn't have looked so flat..it would have had more demension. That said, there are times when you just can't get low and shoot from the side or below.