Ben Burton, Coral Couch (SINGLE SHOT 2025)

A green sea turtle takes a nap on a couch of soft corals in the Ningaloo Reef system. To get this shot I had to approach low and slow, carefully adjusting my breath hold to achieve a neutral buoyancy as I balanced with one hand on the only patch of sand nestled between the soft corals.

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