Fighting the Darkness

Hooded nudibranchs, massed on a kelp blade with their oral hoods open, feeding on whatever the current carries past. They are the animal God's Pocket is known for, translucent enough that the light goes straight through them.

Here they are seen from beneath, against the sun on the surface, so the hoods read as light rather than as shape. A slow shutter for the sunburst, a small aperture to hold the rays, and strobes to lift the white. Browning Pass.