For us, Bermuda, though not strictly tropical and certainly not considered exotic for marine species, has always turned up exciting open ocean organisms, none more weird than the Portuguese man-o-war, which, as far as we can tell have circumnavigated this planet for around five hundred million years, more or less unchanged. This shot, close in amongst the tentacles that can be 40 metres long, depicts the beauty and complexity of the colony of 'persons' as they are called, which go to make up what is a colony of animals, not a single animal. Each tentacle is a different person. Dominant here, are pale sensory tentacles and darker, convoluted, retracted, lethally stinging tentacles.

Bermuda (2006)

Nikon F4 | Nikon Micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8 | Fuji Velvia