Glass shrimp (Palaemon sp.) | Dona Paula, Goa
Glass shrimps get their name from their mostly transparent bodies, which make them hard to spot at a glance. They are commonly found in tide pools (small temporarily isolated pools of seawater formed during low tide). This one is a 2-inch long female carrying eggs.
Clicked this in a shallow sandy pool using the 100mm Macro lens from above the water's surface. The sand suspended in the water was due to continuous wave action and could not be avoided. Not the ideal EXIF settings, but I couldn't do much better.
Canon 500D, Canon 100 mm Macro USM
SS 1/500
Av 5.6
ISO 400
EC -1
Cropped for composition
Thanks, C&C welcome.
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