Just stopping by to share a couple different hawkfish we encountered while diving in Wakatobi. Enjoy.

Freckled Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri)

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/100th sec at f/8. Image Stabilization on. ISO 400 (Auto). Ikelite Housing and Port with Ikelite DS161 Strobe in TTL Mode. Remove color cast and cropped in Photoshop Elements 8.0.

Dwarf Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco)

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/40th sec at f/8. Image Stabilization on. ISO 400 (Auto). Ikelite Housing and Port with Ikelite DS161 Strobe in TTL Mode. Remove color cast and cropped in Photoshop Elements 8.0.

Some cool little fish, we saw plenty of them on the reefs - especially the dwarf hawkfish whose camouflage allows them to sit right out in the open.

- Bill