Spanish Shawl. (Flabellina iodinea) Santa Cruz Island, CA by Eyal Nahmias
Flabellina iodinea or spanish shawl or spanish dancer is a 1-2 inch Nudibranch, Sea Slug that can be found at the pacific ocean. Santa Cruz Island National Park, CA U.S.A
nikon FA with Ikelite housing
Ektachrome 100
50 2.8 macro
2 ikelite strobes
scanned with Nikon Coolscan V
Featured: Creatures that Slither and Slide. October 2009
Featured: California Sound Group August 2011
Featured: All That is Nature Group August 2011
Featured: Superbly Visual Group September 2011
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Consider these photos as companions. :-)
Comments
Love these little guys, so many varieties and so very beautiful……..lovely shot !
I love these creatures! They are so beautiful to watch. Lovely colors!
great shot Eyal!!!! love those colors…
It amazes me that nature always shows naturally complimentary colours together.
Beautifullly taken Eyal.
Very color full creature. I like that flourescent purple, it makes it look like it’s glowing.
I’ve seen them on Nature documentaries. When threatened they twist their bodies through the water flashing their bright colors looking like a dancer, hence the name “Spanish Dancer”.
Awesome colors and textures!
Globalphotos, Rebecca, Ilunia, lensman, Steven & kcranmer, Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated. Steven.. you’re right.. I should have included this info in my description
the purple is so pretty very nice photo :D
hallucingenic, Thank you!!!
what gorgeous colours Eyal…