Scenes like this are one of Rapid Bay’s major attractions and much easier to experience than finding Leafy Seadragons or nudibranchs. Here in the ‘T-Section’ of the old jetty you can drift between the sponge encrusted tree-like pylons and look up at schools of Old Wives, Yellowtail, Bullseyes and Leatherjackets. On a clear day like […]
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This school of Yellowtail at Rapid Bay are not the easiest to photograph with their super silvery reflective scales. Fire a couple of strobes and be prepared for big bright overexposed blotches. When you do get it right (and these guys are still overexposed) they look like swimming skeletons. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Skeleton School’, 1/200s […]
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Under The Sea The seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake You’ve dreamed about going down there What ever made you wait Just look at the world around you Right here on the ocean floor Such wonderful things surround you What more is you lookin’ for? Under the sea Under the sea Darling it’s […]
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Did I happen to mention I love scuba diving and this little cutie under Rapid Bay Jetty is just one of the many reasons. The Ornate Cowfish (Aracana ornata) would have to one of the cutest little critters swimming around our local coastline. This one is a female and quite plain while in contrast it […]
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I could follow these Zebra Fish (Girella zebra) around all day as they cross from here to there. Photographing them is easy. Just watch for a while as they traverse their circuitous route through pylons, reef and and bottom debris and they will eventually come round again. All you need to do is wait. I […]
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