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Vincent Mounier

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| | | **Fish ID:** Pod of sperm whales **Location:** 5 nautical miles southwest of Cayman Brac **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, manual mode **Flash:** None **Description:** This image was captured free diving around a pod of 10 to 12 sperm whales that were resting on the surface between deep dives.| | | | **Fish ID:** Sperm whale **Location:** 5 nautical miles southwest of Cayman Brac **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, manual mode **Flash:** None **Description:** Swimming on my back to catch my breath (I had forgotten to bring a snorkel), I suddenly felt a strong water displacement; startled, I spun around to face a giant tail that rose up a few feet away and then splashed the surface as the whale dove slowly.| | | | **Fish ID:** Sperm whales **Location:** 5 nautical miles southwest of Cayman Brac **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, manual mode **Flash:** None **Description:** After exchanging a few mysterious clicks and sounds, the sperm whales dove strait down in a compact formation, offering us this amazing underwater "bouquet" before disappearing in the deep blue.| | | | **Fish ID:** Scorpionfish **Location:** Lea Lea's Lookout, Little Cayman **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, close-up mode **Flash:** Manual **Description:** It took 14 shots of this naturally patient scorpionfish to finally capture the amazing details of his camouflage apparatus.| | | | **Fish ID:** Scorpionfish **Location:** Lea Lea's Lookout, Little Cayman **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, close-up mode **Flash:** Manual **Description:** This is a montage of the same scorpionfish against the wall with divers in the background, to compensate for my camera's inability to balance the exposure of both the foreground and the divers.| | | | **Fish ID:** Eagle ray **Location:** Cumber's Caves, Little Cayman **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, manual mode (-0.5 exp.) **Lens:** 35 mm with close up kit **Description:** "Kinky", our resident eagle ray (see the kink in the tail), spends most of the day busily feeding on the sandy flats, undisturbed by the presence of divers.| | | | **Fish ID:** Squid **Location:** Jackson Bight, Little Cayman **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, automatic mode **Flash:** Automatic **Description:** A very slow ascent, minimal bubbles and a lot of patience got me this interview with a family of curious squid hanging around the mooring line; the two largest came to investigate, changing colors as if attempting to communicate.| | | | **Fish ID:** Schooling horse-eye jacks **Location:** Cascades, Little Cayman **Camera:** Canon A-20, 1600x1200, superfine, manual mode **Flash:** None **Description:** A little color tweaking allowed this eerie rendition of a few divers observing a school of jacks at 100 feet.|

| Vincent Mounier **from Montreal, but living in Little Cayman** **Age**: 38 **Years Diving**: 18 **Certification (and occupation)**: NAUI, instructor|

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