Dive the shallows of the old Rapid Bay Jetty at the moment and you can expect to be stalked. This school of Zebra Fish (Girella zebra) started following me around as I searched the general area for other critters. Soon I was so caught up in their antics and carry on that they had me […]
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I am not sure which location I prefer for Leafy Seadragons, The Bluff or Rapid Bay. Rapid Bay has an incredible diversity of sea life and never disappoints even if I do not see the critters I have come to photograph. It is a safe bet for a great dive even when the conditions are […]
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The iridescent blue eyes of the Doughboy Scallop, (Mimachlamys asperrima), are little optical marvels. They are in fact more like tiny Schmidt telescopes than conventional eyeballs. The back surface of the scallop’s eye is like a mirror which reflects the incoming light back towards the lens opening. The light sensitive cells of the retina are […]
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This Leafy Seadragon headshot was taken during a recent daytime dive at Rapid Bay. This is another example of extreme separation normally associated with a night shot but instead done through strong strobes and removal of the blue luminance. I expect he’ll be wearing dark sunglasses next time I return. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Headshot’, 1/200s […]
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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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