Day 657, Mystical Portrait

I never tire of these beautiful, mystical creatures. With my recent increased level of diving Rapid Bay I have become familiar with a pair of Leafy Seadragons, one with eggs and I assume the other its female partner. Conditions for photography over the last few weeks have been really bad with surgy, turbid water but […]

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Day 656, Trespasser

The first time I crawled through the fence to take some images here I found the owner of the property back at my car ready to give me a deserved dressing down for trespassing. At first I got defensive and tried to justify myself and then allowed myself to imagine what I would be like […]

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Day 655, Myopia

I used to hate blurred photos but isn’t that how you would see the world if you were short sighted? Well yes but no actually. When a myopic person sees a blurred landscape there is no real distinction where one object becomes the next. Our brains try and put the image together in a way […]

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Day 654, No Ordinary Worm

The beautiful fan worm Sabellastarte australiensis is both gorgeous to watch as well as fun to play with. That peacock-like fan is actually the feeding tentacles of a non descript looking worm that lives in a mud tube. If you have not already spooked it you get the chance to photograph it. If the camera […]

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Day 653, Babies, Babies, Babies

Over the last few weeks I have been following the progress of a brooding Tasseled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) with a clutch of eggs. During this time I became concerned that they did not look healthy and now I am pretty sure none will be viable. During my dives however I was fortunate to find another […]

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