"Juvenile Lionfish" Type:Fine Art Paper Special filters in the camera

Special filters in the camera lens block out the blue illumination

This Frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus) sits on a brown sponge in Curacao

This 88 megapixel image was captured in 35 individual frames resulting in exceptional resolution

A young California Sea Lion dive-bombs my camera at Santa Barbara Island

"Juvenile Lionfish" Type:Fine Art Paper Special filters in the cameraA two inch long juvenile Lionfish feeds on plankton attracted to my dive light during a night dive on Macro Reef, Yap, Micronesia. Best known for its mantas, Yap is great for macro too. This is undoubtedly my favorite fish portrait yet. The fins of the juveniles are far more graceful than those of the adults. Courtney Platt's first appearance in National Geographic was "Down the Cayman Wall" in 1988. Six NG assignments later, Courtney is still in