Photographing the gurnard perch would have to be the low hanging fruit of a Rapid Bay Jetty midnight dive.

They sit there on the sand at the start and end of the dive and let themselves be photographed from any angle you want.

Not the prettiest fish among the amazing diversity of life under the jetty but beautiful all the same and a great subject to practice fish portraiture.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 992, Fish Portraiture’, 1/100s f/11 ISO100 100mm