Crab closeups post yours

[maroun.c]

Heres a few i took lately:

 

[MJSavage]

Those look great!

Mike

 

[MJSavage]

Sorry it is so big. I didn't see anything in the menu to reduce the display size.

Here's another one with an Anemone Crab, Scarlet Hermit Crab, and Blue Leg Hermit Crab holding a private meeting.

Mike

 

[maroun.c]

Very nice coloration on your crab. Can you tell which lense was used for the 1st pcture?

 

[IPT]

Killer.... all of them nice work.

 

[mikeup6]

Wow, those are superb! What lenses are you using?

 

[maroun.c]

thanks
I was using a 50 mm 1.4 with a 12 mm extension tube

 

[Dave88]

 

[maroun.c]

Nice pics Dave.
What type of crab is the one in the first pic?

 

[kactusficus]

Hi Everyone!!

Very nice pics, I love the porcelain crab in the acropora, very unusual to see one coming up totally uncovered like this!
I'm addicted to neo's, they are so awesome!!!

here is my contribution


Truuuust me!!!!!:

Resting:

Taking his suit off:

Fly eye:

Like a guy showing the way to the planes in airport tracks:

And my favorite portrait:

sabine

 

[maroun.c]

Very nice pictures Sabine.
I see you're from France, will be in Paris in 2 weeks for 1 week. any idea if there are any good LFS or aquariums to visit?

 

[kactusficus]

Ho yes, there's a great one (almost the most famous in France) named "All Marine", at Collegien, nearby Paris, but it's not very easy to go to if you're not driving... If you have the budget for a quite long taxi ride from Paris though (around 30 minutes), it could be a nice thing to see, to compare with your stores...
Or let me see, I'm involved in a forum in France, maybe I can ask there if there's some parisian going in this shop during the weeke or better, weekend, and see if there's someone to take you for a lift? The "boss" of the forum is goign there almost every weekend, maybe he can take you there...

Please PM me if you're interested, or to tell me what you want to do, and I'll try to help!

 

[maroun.c]

Thanks a lot for your kind offer and help Sabine.
It'll be great if I can accompany anyone going there, hopefully my schedule in France will allow it. Will try to locate it and see how far it will be from where I will be.

 

[kactusficus]

they have a website by the way:

http://www.all-marine.net/topic/index.html

and their google maps location:

http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=2+allée+du+clos+des+charmes+Collégien+&sll=47.15984


Maybe everything there will seem very common to you, because for us French, we're always drooling on the rare and beautiful animals you american guys have, and that we never see in our stores (colored aussie acanthastreas, for example, is my personnal absolute dream.... unaffordable and seen like twice a year in France!!)


sabine

 

[maroun.c]

Sabine,
I'm Lebanese not American so unfortunately don't have the luxury of going to an LFS and choosing my stuff when ever I want. we only have one LFS that gets stock ( fisha nd mostly soft corals and few LPS) once every 3-4 weeks and another that gets you mail orders for softes and fish too.
I mange to grab a thing or two from each travel I do but sometimes that is limited by local regulations not allowing or making it very ahrd to take out corals or fish with you out of the country.
Thanks for the links will check how far I'll be.

 

[kactusficus]

Hoooo yes, I just saw your "location" written under your name!
Interesting to know how dofferent country of the world get access to marine animals!

So I hope you'll find nice things to see and buy there, let me know if you need my assistance to find a hobbyist to take you there!

 

[clippo]

another oshimai porcelain crab..

oh and theres one in my avatar too!

 

[maroun.c]

Great pics Clippo.
I really like the one in yuor avatar too.
weird that My crab is the onlly one not to have those bright red spots its rather darker???

 

[kactusficus]

Maroun C, your crab is a different specie, with smaller dark purple spots, it's Neopetrolisthes maculatus, and those ones with the red spots are Neopetrolisthes oshimai.

 

[maroun.c]

Thanks for the ID Sabine.