Perceptions are everything when it comes to seeing the beauty in our undersea landscapes but as we are not aquatic creatures we have our limits. The colonial ascidians in the foreground are centimeters from the camera while the sunburst through the jetty structure above is more then ten meters away at the surface. As a […]
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Seduced by a Dragon
No matter how many times I make the trip down to Rapid Bay Jetty, gear up and head out I never take for granted the joy of finding a dragon. If and when I find one I experience a curious mix of excitement, of gratitude, of humility, of privilege, of wonder and of complete captivation. […]
Read MoreOrange Pebbles in Rice
Everything we see around us is relative to everything else we see around us. Small is smaller than big, huge is bigger than large and minuscule is smaller than tiny. All meaningless really without the context of everything we are comparing everything else with. To me this makes macro images so interesting because our whole […]
Read MoreTribal Decoration
Like a tribal decoration, elegant, ornate and with a geometry only nature could devise you hang there in the evening gloom of a dark and cold sea. Oh so patient with your paparazzi fan, lilting this way and that way you tease me. Some times eager to show your best side and sometimes not wanting […]
Read MoreMuck Dragon
There’s an expression regarding some people; ‘you can’t take them anywhere’. Well it does not apply to my dive buddy Andy who will happily dive with me in the most atrocious of conditions, and I do mean happily! The other weekend we headed down to one of my favorite dragon lairs near Victor Harbor. The […]
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