"Coral Anchors" Jim Hellemn Cayman Islands Purple hydrocorals line the forest

Purple hydrocorals line the forest floor at the edge of the forest of Giant Kelp on the Southern tip of San Clemente Island

The print is made on Roland 8 color Hexachrome giclee printer using the highest resolution archival inks on acid free art paper

but worth the effort to see

A large bloom of moon jellies

"Coral Anchors" Jim Hellemn Cayman Islands Purple hydrocorals line the forestCoral Anchors is a 2,330 Megapixel image of a coral reef wall off Cayman Brac, densely populated with colorful marine life. The seamless mosaic image was composited from over 2500 high resolution digital images photographed at close range with a custom camera platform and lighting system. A year long project to create the image took place in several phases, starting with scouting sites around the island. Once the site was chosen, the initial