We don't see these nearly often enough here on the Ningaloo Reef and I can remember each and every one I've ever seen over the past 15 years. No, I'm not crazy or (too) obsessive - they're just such special surprises every time!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Sunday Night Fish n Pics - #15
Anglerfish (called frogfish in the US) have to rank in my top three underwater creatures. You can bet if I find one on a dive that I'll be a) using a ton of air giggling & yelling squeeee! through my regulator and b) spending most of my remaining bottom time watching it move its cutie feet & waggling its lure around!
We don't see these nearly often enough here on the Ningaloo Reef and I can remember each and every one I've ever seen over the past 15 years. No, I'm not crazy or (too) obsessive - they're just such special surprises every time!
We don't see these nearly often enough here on the Ningaloo Reef and I can remember each and every one I've ever seen over the past 15 years. No, I'm not crazy or (too) obsessive - they're just such special surprises every time!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Sunday Night Fish n Pics - #14
I feel kinda bad for the squirrelfish. They are a nice red colour and there are usually quasi-cooperative groups hanging out along the reef, but somehow I seem to overlook them when it comes to taking photos. They just aren't as fancy or wow-factor as some of the other fishies & critters I come across.
I shouldn't take them for granted because they do take a pretty picture.
I shouldn't take them for granted because they do take a pretty picture.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday Night Fish n Pics - #12
Blizzard Ridge, one of my favourite dive sites here in Exmouth on the Ningaloo Reef, always has schools of sea perch and I usually hang out with them for a while on each dive.
If I'm patient enough they will surround me and just let me hang out in the middle - very cool!
Sometimes I can maneuver around and get a photo of the school swimming towards & around me which is way more fun than the usual more side on shots, I think.
If I'm patient enough they will surround me and just let me hang out in the middle - very cool!
Sometimes I can maneuver around and get a photo of the school swimming towards & around me which is way more fun than the usual more side on shots, I think.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday Night Fish n Pics - #11
This synchronized pair of Philippine Butterflyfish tagged along with me for a few minutes before deciding I was too boring and picking up their game of leap-frogging each other along the reef.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Sunday Night Fish n Pics - #10
Manta rays are simply amazing - beautiful, graceful, curious. Any dive with a manta is an awesome dive.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Sunday Night Fish n Pics- #9
Nudibranchs are some of my favourite underwater creatures. They come in a staggering variety of shapes, sizes, colours & patterns and even after living here on the Ningaloo Reef for over 15 years I regularly see new species, behaviours or variations.
This little guy (well less than 2cms) is always a treat - he's not very common and is often in a hole or some other inaccessible nook so when I find one out and about I always stop for just one more frame.
Noumea varians
This little guy (well less than 2cms) is always a treat - he's not very common and is often in a hole or some other inaccessible nook so when I find one out and about I always stop for just one more frame.
Noumea varians
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