The creative duo photographer
Trevor Williams and Jonathan Galione has photographed off the coast of Okayama,
Japan. The series unique thing is the weeping stones is a photo series that
eerie blue light emitted by a native species of bioluminescent shrimp.
Therefore, it is more usually referred to as sea fireflies, these sporadic
creatures live in the sand in shallow sea water, floating somewhere between the
extremes of high and low tide. At just 3 mm in length the shrimp are
tremendously small light sources, but once grouped together they take on
abstract patterns that light up the water around them.
In order to group such a large
number of sea fireflies, or “Vargula Hilgendorfii”, they had to collect the
creatures by enticing them with raw bacon into jars and repositioning their
tiny bodies on the rocks. Photographing and placing the bioluminescent shrimp
next to the shore ensured that the photographers did not harm them, and allowed
them to quickly return the animals back to the water below. This fall, Tdub photo
hopes to capture more bioluminescent pictures by focusing on glowing mushrooms.
Although, you can see an earlier project the duo produced with bioluminescent
shrimp on their website, and see more of their travels over on their Instagram
and Facebook.