I recently joined a webinar of Mission Blue about the role of photography in ocean conservation. I was quite inspired by all the speakers, still believing a photo can have impact. I came about the webinar because of Christian Vizl, a photographer I greatly admire. Other photographers I got to know and had great things to say were Amos Nachaum, Joakim Odelberg, Tanya Houppermans, Alex Rose and Pier Nirandara.
The activist in me is stirred and I feel ignited to make an impact!
These are images from Costa Rica, Playa del Coco. Dive sites are Catalinas and Bat Islands. The camera is a Sony RX100 with brand underwater housing. In the editing process I welcomed Topaz DeNoise AI to do some heavy lifting.
Can you spot the murray eel?
![View of the ocean from the back of a boat with a view on Catalinas.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/ad207084-af98-4e3c-8e3e-65fe05e04d92_rw_1920.jpg?h=6ec66d554fef81b8f844172825f2db8d)
![Murray eel popping out of the rocks.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/4aa3bdf9-082f-47b7-bcb1-815be8b4bd00_rw_1920.jpg?h=8fdb0bb859bda9147e391ab24058c66c)
![Focus on one puffer fish on the foreground and a school of pufferfish in the background.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/3f4051cb-1615-4caa-b8d8-5cba6d544492_rw_1920.jpg?h=4c754fc6f6adcf67d64dfbdf2637f410)
![Spotted stingray getting some lunch at the rocks of Catalinas.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/0bc455f3-ac50-4f0b-8544-8d8f976db1f4_rw_1920.jpg?h=dd9c56ffe9b278bdc0aef0ac46241263)
![White tip reef shark resting on a sandbank.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/eeeba492-dcc1-4337-82a2-f0bf645fa635_rw_1920.jpg?h=e55f049cbd322283ca27a574bd9109b9)
![Two white tip reef sharks in the sand.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/98a44155-888c-4437-b418-2fb2cd8531f6_rw_1920.jpg?h=df0c61616b13e5cb536596905e1ab5bb)
![A puffer fish greeting the camera and school of fish in the background.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/c9e328c5-fec8-42e9-ade0-a66eb298433c_rw_1920.jpg?h=3f396e0c078a50171ee5f3bbcd947db2)
![Close up of a needle fish.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/8f9e907f-5237-4ed8-99b5-fd3610e3650f_rw_1920.jpg?h=980f73a70c171af84e5764eebc4a850d)
![A swimming turtle with his forearms up.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/89e92265-f6b1-4fce-81e3-6bf2f3fccb41_rw_1920.jpg?h=5909a1e6f0d0a99a4ce68193458ff624)
![A giant manta swimming over in backlight.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/d287c198-8f5a-45ca-827d-f00852614291_rw_1920.jpg?h=95f6b2abf41fddda8fed20462e6d7cd7)
![A giant manta dancing in front of the camera.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/4462e9d4-0217-4214-b5c0-f75c98e0203e_rw_1920.jpg?h=666e05c926e749bf3fceff262b5697d7)
![A school of fish in the form of a ball.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/25238ee8-875d-43a6-8aac-5554d87335a3_rw_1920.jpg?h=4c9248877c6e46a944aa86bc5d7d0af5)
![A manta seen swimming away amidst giant schools of fish.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bf7bc117-9921-49d3-98f0-2744d9050791/4612d9d1-eb02-4b0d-997f-b6a580d5b033_rw_1920.jpg?h=52ed7cfe11556b99215abe2e51b4b888)