You get pretty good at spotting tiny creatures when you have a photographer for a scuba-diving buddy. While most divers hunt for spectacular coral formations or large species like sharks and sea turtles, photographers take a different approach.
My buddy, for example, is content staying on a patch of reef for 20 minutes or more, absolutely motionless as he waits for a perfect shot. Which leaves me to pootle about nearby, prevented from straying too far by the buddy system.
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