Location: Sesoko Island Okinawa, Japan Date and Time: Aug 11, 2011 10:11PM
Equipment Used: Pentax K5 with Pentax 18-250mm lens at a focal length of 250mm. Camera Flash.
Camera Settings: f/9 1/100 ISO 100
The Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) doesn't look anything at all like the Sea Turtle hatchlings I went to Sesoko Island looking for but, it was nice to meet him, anyway !
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This Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) was found inside Niya-thiya Cave on Ie Shima in Okinawa, Japan on April 30,2011.
When I was developing this photo and the wife saw it she wanted to know why I only took pictures and didn't bring the thing home to eat. I'm a cameraman, not a fisherman. You know what I caught.
This crab was hanging out about 12 feet (4 meters) above the floor of the cave. I'm only half that size.
Photo specs: Tripod and shutter cable with a Pentax K10D and flash f/11 1/60 ISO 100 Lens at 250mm.
