The Fuzzy Slug

Technical Details
Aperture Value: f/9
Focal Length: 66mm
ISO: 200
Shutter Speed Value: 1/20 sec
Location: Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

Technical Details
Aperture Value: f/4.8
Focal Length: 45mm
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed Value: 1/10 sec
Location: Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

We were diving on the right side of the bay and it seemed that everywhere we turned we were running into sea turtles. Not a bad thing, mind you. :)
Technical Details
Aperture Value: f/4
Focal Length: 13mm
Exposure Program: Auto
ISO: 64
Shutter Speed Value: 1/160 sec
Location: Manauma Bay, Hawaii

These handsome fellows are convict tangs (a.k.a. surgeonfish or manini). This large school was swarming the reef in order to graze on patches of algae. The schooling helps them get to the food which is normally guarded by other reef inhabitants. Since the other reef fish find it quite the task to chase away so [...]

The full version of this is presented in an 8:5 aspect ratio for use as a desktop wallpaper. It was just screaming to be a wallpaper, so… voilà!
Technical Details
Aperture Value: f/8
Focal Length: 98mm
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed Value: 1/30 sec
Location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

Technical Details
Aperture Value: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50mm
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
ISO: 800
Shutter Speed Value: 1/250 sec
Location: Seattle Aquarium – Seattle, WA

My most favorite leaf. EVER.
Technical Details
Aperture Value: f/6.3
Focal Length: 80mm
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
ISO: 800
Shutter Speed Value: 1/160 sec
Location: Lost Lake, OR

This big boy (or girl?) was being social on the day we visited the Seattle Aquarium. They have a nice giant pacific octopus exhibit and this fellow decided to wander about, showing off his entirety to the crowd until he got upstaged by the sixgill shark presentation. Phhsh… tourists… Everyone knows that octopus trumps shark.
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“Marv! I told you it was a bad idea to wear that bunny shaped hat to the zoo.”
“My bad… you think it can jump the moat?”
“You actually want to stick around to find out?”
“Good point. Run!”
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OK, so this particular lioness didn’t dash after anything. However, it seemed awfully interested in the children visiting that day. [...]

At long last, it had come down to the two of them.
Ozzie squinted in the harsh afternoon sun. He tilted his hat to shade his eyes. Distracting glare would not be good at a time like this.
“So, it’s just you and me now,” said Ozzie to the figure about five paces ahead.
“Yup,” said the figure. [...]