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We regularly post short Marine Wildlife Videos an Photographs with a short explanation regarding the subject and the technique used to capture the image.

All videos are made by Olivier Van den Broeck using Light & Motion video lights

and all photographs are by Greet Meulepas unless stated otherwise.

58. Juvenile Clown Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)



Subject: This adorable juvenile Clown- or Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) is actually a ferocious predator. Any animal, his own size or smaller, that approaches the little clown might end up in this little one’s stomach. Considering that frogfish have the fastest gape and suck technique of any fish (6 milliseconds), chances of a prey escaping are dim.


Technique: Filming or photographing white or black animals underwater is challenging. To recover the details of the frogfish I have boosted the contrast of its skin. I also saturated the vivid colours to emphasise why this fish is called ‘clown’ frogfish.


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