Friday night’s dive with Alexius, Ken, Damian and Alistair was sensational!

More than two hours underwater down at Rapid Bay presented so many photo opportunities. The only problem was being stuck with one lens configuration, a 100mm macro. During this dive I could have used a wide angle 15mm fish eye or perhaps a 24mm prime on any number of subjects from eagle rays to congregating spider crabs.

We only found the leafy seadragons near the very end of our time underwater, three all together in fact. At that stage we were all getting rather cold but it is amazing how getting excited over a new photo opportunity can warm you up again, at least for a while. Having a macro lens I took the opportunity to go for the head shot!

I love diving at night. It’s great to see so much life down there and I am looking forward to the next one already.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 420, Leafy Seadragon Up Close and Personal’ 1/100s f/8.0 ISO320 100mm + 2x strobes