Feast your eyes upon these FANTASTIC photos of some fascinating Arctic marine creatures. Russian Photographer/Marine Biologist, Alexander Semenov , captured these great photos. He states,
I’m trying to act like the Discovery Channel, but as a single unit.
Alexander wants to share with the world these close up images of creatures people have never seen before (or thought were real for that matter). He’s head of the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS), which is on the cusp of the relatively unexplored Arctic Circle.
For those photography nerds out there and who want to know what kind of equipment Alexander uses: Canon 400D with some good macro lenses, underwater strobes and housing. To check out more of his photos- go HERE.
The important thing is not to find new species but to understand how every creature you already know lives. There is not so much information about underwater worlds, because scientific diving isn’t old at all, 60 years maybe. I try to make snapshots of the life-cycles of the animals I see: growth, feeding, copulation, reproduction, birth and death – all these moments can be seen and photographed.
What’s your favorite Arctic animal photo?
Photography + Science = Chanel 
Awesome post! Just wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! Congratulations on this well deserved award!!
Sorry, I forgot to post the link haha. Congratulations again! http://hurdlestohappiness.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/one-lovely-blog-award/
Thanks! Although is it just me or do I not see myself on that list you posted haha..
Haha sorry about that! I opened a whole bunch of tabs for the blogs I wanted to present the nomination to and forgot who I wrote about and who I was still missing, but we’re good now! Congratulations again and sorry about that haha
Thanks for the nomination 🙂 You make me smile realllll big!
No problem! It’s much deserved 🙂
hu-WOW! My pictures are so shy.
These pictures are absolutely beautiful. The colors are so vivid, must be the icy cold water. I know I get vividly blue whenever I get in some! 😀
These are some truly fantastic shots! I know I totally would turn blue if I got into that Arctic water (BURR!)
Very cool photos, I actually see some of his work before but I do live a lot closer 😉
I think the Moon Jellyfish is my favorite, here’s one of my own jeyyfish images 🙂
http://t.co/E1op17yv
Jellyfish are so fun to photograph!
Just remember to look out for the tentacles 😉
Stingers are not fun..had a bad experience in Mexico once.
Auch 😦
Oh my! All these creatures are so unrealistically looking – so mystical!
I know- did you see the rest of them from the link in the post?! They are all really great!
Yes, yes – I explored the link too! You’ve got a fantastic blog – interesting facts, great photos!
Why thank you!!! Glad you enjoy it 🙂
Absolutely!:-)
These are incredible! Can’t decide on just one favourite 🙂