| UNDERSEA VISIONS - Secret Hideout Portfolio by Katrina Kruse |
SECRET HIDEOUTS
| This collection of images is the result of my never-ending fascination
with the critters of the Puget Sound. Most of these creatures prefer to
remain undetected and for the most part do remain unseen. I, however,
have made it a personal mission to invade their crevices and
neighborhoods to see how they live, who they live with, and how they
camouflage themselves. For some a quick tilt of the head means they will
match the fauna on the outside of their home. For others the slow
retreat to the darker rooms of their mansion does it. Whatever it is I
have tried to invade and record...
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| Two gunnels inside a rusted
pipe.
Red Rock Crab hiding under
tentacles. Giant
Pacific Octopus in discarded tire.
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| Octopus genie inside
bottle.
Sculpin inside boat fitting in sunken
ship. Grunt Sculpin inside PVC
pipe.
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| Gunnel trio shacked up in sheet metal. Cockscomb in an aluminum beer can. More gunnels inside rusted pipe. |