Anita Verde, Intelligent Alien (Single Shot 2021)

I photographed this male Australian Giant Cuttlefish while documenting my interaction at the only mass spawning aggregation of cuttlefish on the planet in Whyalla, South Australia. Instead of photographing the cuttlefish with my wide angle lens, I chose to capture the intelligence of this amazing creature up close with my macro lens. The colour and texture changes of this particular cuttlefish was amazing, and I was sure he was as socially aware of me as I was of him.

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