Title" Spikes on a Cushion"

(closeup of the skin of the Panamic Cushion Star, Pentaceraster cumingi )

Sea of Cortez, Mexico, September, 2005

TOTAL EDITION: 200

SIZE: 11.5" X 16.5"

(29 cm X 42 cm)

This brilliantly colored sea star is found throughout the Eastern Pacific from Mexico to Peru. I thought it would be interesting to shoot at a sharp angle from the tip of one arm, letting some of the spikes fall out of focus.