It’s 11:00pm and most of the sleepy seaside town of Edithburgh has retired for the evening. Meanwhile I make some final adjustments to my new manual focus gear and then head down to the jetty. It was only going to be a short dive with a tiny eight litre scuba cylinder. One and a half […]
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I have photographed hunting Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra), at Port Noarlunga before and commented on their utterly mad night time appearance of green eyes, tentacles and snailfish encrusted shell. Observing images like this afterwards is always an eye opening lesson in observation for me. While photographing this guy, all I noticed as the abalone made […]
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The Blue-Ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, has one of the deadliest toxins of all sea creatures! Its venomous bite can easily kill a human despite its diminutive size of less than 12cm. Fortunately human deaths are very rare as long as effective treatment is close at hand. Edithburgh has a large population of these fascinating critters […]
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Tucked away safe and sound in a previously owned razorfish shell is a cute little girl octopus. I know she is female as just outside her protective hideout there are two very enthusiastic males battling it out to join her. When all was done and the looser vanquished she did not however bow to the […]
Read MoreFilmed under Port Hughes Jetty, South Australia this amazing display of octopus mating behavior with one male defending his access to a female against another male’s advances was an unexpected surprise. I shared this extraordinary encounter with diving friends Alex Sutandio, Mike Rowlands and Robert Paton. Sound thanks to ‘Bensound’ www.bensound.com
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