The Magpie Morwong, Cheilodactylus nigripes is one of our most common reef fish and I just happened upon this one nonchalantly hanging around. Normally I can’t get this close (needed when using a wide angle lens ) but on this occasion this guy hung there as if just saying g’day. A real poser! Anyone not […]
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I’ve tried to work out who this guy is. It could be Echinaster varicolor or perhaps Pseudonepanthia troughtoni or even Nectria ocellata. I will leave that one up to the experts and concentrate on the shadows, the sunlight and the starfish. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Star in the Spotlight’ 1/200 f/22 ISO800 15mm
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It’s the end of a Rapid Bay dive and as all well executed dive plans end, another slow safe ascent back up to the entry point. Except this time I spent a little while under the entry platform and it is a microcosm teaming with life. Hard coral’s, sponges, snails, crabs, blennies and gobies all […]
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Port Noarlunga has lots of small abalone and normally they are seen as flat shellfish firmly attached to rocks as if welded to them. Come out and night and those innocent pretend rocks turn into predatory marauding green eyed monsters fit to give children nightmares. Good thing we are larger the a couple centimeters or […]
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Port Noarlunga delivers again, well sort of! I’d just repaired the strobe firing system on my housing and serviced all the port o-rings so I was pretty eager to get back in the water again. It was late and the air was cold clear and still. Perfect for a night dive. For those who have […]
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