Marine aquarists have a photographic edge on field photographers. Their work is fixed, dry, and well-lit, while field photogs slosh back and forth with one finger on the camera and one on the reef while trying to avoid fire coral and maintain buoyancy. No wonder aquarists get such sharp focus.
A favorite gallery for coral reef creatures is Clippo's "Digital Reefs Gallery". More than 900 images decorate the site, and they're not mucked up with embedded credits. Go ahead, take all day. He's got macro shots, fish, echinoderms and crustaceans, too. The photo of the yellow sun coral (Tubastrea sp.) is posted courtesy of www.digital-reefs.com. Thanks, John!
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The Reef Tank is an enterprise that supports and supplies salt water aquarists and supports the use of captive raised organisms and knowledge about ecosystems and conservation issues. From their site:
Aloha from Hawaii's Kona coast where I spent the day yesterday learning about captive-bred seahorses from Craig Schmarr who, along with his wife, marine biologist Carol Cozzi-Schmarr, owns Ocean Riders Seahorse Farm .