It’s All About The Angle

It’s all about the angle when searching for dragons. Leafy Seadragons are masters of camouflage, blending into kelp or any of the other brown algaes they associate themselves with. You could be looking right at one from the side or from above and not even realise it. Get below one, however, where there is nothing […]

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Cave Dweller

This cave dwelling sea star caught my attention by being perfectly oriented, in the middle of a large limestone outcrop and being so contrasted to its surrounds. When many divers think of cave diving they imagine fresh water, sink holes, minimal life, impossible depths and meticulous diving logistics. When I think of cave diving I […]

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Marching Orders

These yellowtail seemed so regimented into their ‘march on by’ that I could not help but imagine they had been given their marching orders. Although this looks like a night shot it was actually created in full daylight by using a combination of bright strobe lighting to ‘drown out the daylight’ and then pulling back […]

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Toad Hall

A few weeks ago I first noticed the behavior of a male toadifsh (Omegophora armilla) collecting objects and filling a discarded bucket with them. On this dive I found another toadfish behaving in a similar way but this time filling a large sponge. I wonder if they have completed their collections yet? What happens when […]

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