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My friend Bluey

My friend Bluey

Blue Groper at East Wall, Bare Island, NSW taken with a Sony P8.

Sydney's' Pygmy Pipehorse

Sydney's' Pygmy Pipehorse

Taken with Canon PowerShot A80 at Bare Island, NSW On the 27th Dec 2004. We had this little fellow pointed out to us by another diver. Instead of searching the net for 3 days to identify, all I had to do was watch the DVD I got for Xmas…"Beneath the Southern Seas"….Thanks Akos. Photocomp January '05 - Open

Wot U Want???

Wot U Want???

We thought we were really clever to keep finding seahorses every dive here….Until we were told by locals that where we find them is commonly known as "Seahorse Rock". Taken with Canon PowerShot A80 at Bare Island, NSW. Photocomp January '05 - Open

Eastern Frogfish

Eastern Frogfish

Taken with Canon PowerShot A80 at Kurnell, NSW on the 26th Jan 2005. Yes, it's the same frog fish but I love it. These guys are so ugly that they're cute. As usual Kurnell supplies me with something new to me. Photocomp January '05 - Open

Eastern Frogfish, up close and personal.

Eastern Frogfish, up close and personal.

Taken with Canon Powershot A80 at Kurnell, NSW on the 26th Jan 2005. How cute is this guy? Photocomp January '05 - Open

Seahorse

Seahorse

The big-bellied seahorse is one of two in Sydney, very territorial, one can see the same specimens in the same spot for days or even months on end!!! Taken at Kurnell National Park, using a Nikonos III, 35mm lens and 1:2 extension tube, single strobe. Photocomp January'05 - Open

Pretty in pink

Pretty in pink

These tiny tropical shrimps (Periclemenes soror) are found along the NSW coast in summer on the underside of seastars, always changing their colors to suit the coloring of their hosts. Pinkish/purple stars have shrimps as per picture, red seastars have red shrimps etc. Equipment: Nikonos III, 35mm lens with 2:1 (double life-size magnification - not 1:2) extension tube, single flash. Photocomp January '05 - Open

The boy and the shark

The boy and the shark

My friend's first encounter with grey nurse sharks. His eyes almost popped out of his head. Taken at Maroubra, NSW using a Nikonos III, 15mm lens, twin strobes. Photocomp January '05 - Open

Safety in numbers

Safety in numbers

Striped catfish hang out in big, compact schools to avoid predation. Taken at Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour, using a Nikonos III, 35mm lens 1;3 extension tube, single strobe. Photocomp January '05 - Open

Curiousity killed the wrasse...

Curiousity killed the wrasse...

This comb wrasse (Coris picta) was adamant on seeing his own reflection in my macro lens. Shot with a Nikonos III, 35mm lens and 9" macro converter, twin Aquasea strobes. About December 1997. Photocomp January '05 - Open

Baby Port Jackson

Baby Port Jackson

This little PJ pup was part of a pack of 15-20 little babies in Watsons Bay, Sydney. We observed them for over a month in September 2001, before they moved out into deeper water and finally disappeared. Photocomp December '04 - Open

New kid on the block

New kid on the block

This is a new discovery from Sydney waters. The little fish, a Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse (Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri), is very hard to photograph. This is a 1:1 shot with a Nikonos III.

You're being watched!

You're being watched!

Taken on the left-hand-side of Camp Cove, NSW over very silty, barren ground with a 1:1 framer on a Nikonos III. Photocomp December '04 - Open

Gotcha!

Gotcha!

We were nightdiving under the Kurnell refinery jetty, NSW and these little spotted Dumpling Squids were all over the place! I have never seen so many in a night, and many were feeding on the hinge-beak shrimps. Photocomp December '04 - Open

Bayliss Shell

Bayliss Shell

This photo was taken at Fish Reef, Sydney. The Bayliss shells are all laying their eggs at the moment we don't often see them laying at Fish Reef this was the only one. Photocomp December '04 - Open

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