Marine Life in Orange
National Geographic’s Life in Color series called the orange as the color that commands attention without overwhelming. Meanwhile Michelle in Daily Post’s Photo Challenge describes the orange color as vibrant, cheerful and it makes a statement. For me, the orange color reminds me of the clownfish (aside to the Dutch Orange Fever during the football match and the King’s Day celebration!). The clownfish (anemonefish) who love to do the “wiggle dance” always brightens my scuba diving moments. I have mentioned on my previous post, Finding Nemo in Raja Ampat that there are different species of the clownfish live in our ocean. They are also varied in orange color as well, from the bright orange to the darker ones.
There are more marine life with orange color and they make the ocean a vibrant place to dive in. Mostly they are fish and shrimps. Are you familiar with the following marine species?
All photographs were captured by myself during scuba diving in Lembeh Straits and Raja Ampat (Indonesia).
Wow, Mbak Indah. Warna-warnanya luar biasa sekali. Thank you Mbak for sharing the wonderful beauty of the sea!
Terimakasih banyak Dani 🙂 Lautan di Asia Tenggara emang unik banget dan sangat bervariasi 🙂
Awesome!! I’ve no words to appreciate the beauty of these photographs.
Thank you so much 🙂
colorful and gorgeous 🙂
Thank you Joshi!
Very beautiful! Great shots. Love the color orange. Baby frog fish and the devil are my favorites. Your photography is great and I just have to again point out that you are doing it underwater which is not easy! I feel like picking another color so you will post more! Pink. No turquoise. No purple. Oh who cares!? Just love seeing your photos.
Thank you so much Jenny! It took me couple dives to finally get used to underwater photography – in the end it comes naturally. It is a matter of practicing 🙂 I hope there will be a photo challenge on the Pink or even purple color as I love these colors underwater too 😀
It is interesting why so much sea life has the colour orange. Beautiful pictures.
Thank you so much 🙂
Wow!! So beautiful and gorgeous. It has to be the best for today!
Here is my entry – https://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/lets-go-orange/
Thank you so much! You are very kind! 🙂
I absolutely love the Mantis shrimp ! I would love to see one during one of my dives !!!!! Gorgeous
Thank you so much! Those mantis could move very fast 😀 I hope you will see them soon!
I’ve read somewhere it was an animal extremely dangerous ! 🙂
Indeed! you don’t want to get punched by them 😀 – I wrote about the mantis shrimp before if you wish to see how fast its punch that could break a glass – Don’t Mess with this Peacock!
have a great day!!
I will have a look, thanks ! I’m fascinated by this little and coulourful animal 🙂
I always look out for nemo wherever I go and his orange color always make it easier to spot him. Dory is a bit harder to spot but oh, you can probably tell these are all in aquariums..haha..nemo made me like clownfishes…😄😉
😀 Nemo is indeed easier to find! Its color is too striking to be missed. I even think a diving won’t complete without seeing clownfish 🙂
Something to look forward to each time you go underwater. I like! 😄