Gallery - Off Shore Islands WA

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Your Mission: Photograph a Pygmy Pipefish

This tiny, extremely fast-moving Pygmy Pipefish (Corythoichthys sp.) is almost impossible to photograph.
Photocomp December ’05 – Open

Passport Shot for Mr Blenny

by Blaze

This little blenny obviously needed his passport shot taken as he was most obliging and kept very still. Taken at Two Caves on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Fuji F810 with INON Macro lens and D2000 strobe.
Photo Comp September '05 - Open

Close up and Personal (Lionfish)

by Trurina Cook

Taken in the clear waters of Cocos (Keeling) Islands using an Olympus UZ C-750 and built in flash.
Photo Comp September '05 - Open

Lionfish 'gliding'!

by Trurina Cook

This photo was taken in the clear, warm waters off of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, WA on the 6th July 2005. Used an Olympus C-750UZ with internal flash. Photocomp July '05 - Open

Isn't it Ironic

by Blaze

Schooling One-spot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma) and a beautiful pair of Raccoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) taking refuge under the sunken remains of a Sri Lankan people smuggler on Cocos (Keeling) Islands - December 2004. Equipment: Fuji F810. Photocomp March '05 - Open

Up Close & Curious

by Blaze

This Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) was most obliging and posed for our diving group. Found in a huge cylindrical drum on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands - January 2005. Equipment: Fuji F810. Photocomp March '05 - Open

Camouflage

by Seahorse

Close-up of Scorpionfish taken with a Sea & Sea MX10 at Christmas Island, WA. Photocomp February '05 - Novice

Star Friends

by Seahorse

Sea cushion and bristle star taken with a Sea & Sea MX10 off at Christmas Island, WA. Photocomp February '05 - Novice

A Whale of a Tail (almost!)

by Blaze

Tailgating the lone dugong, KAT, on Cocos (Keeling) Islands - January 2005. Taken with a Fuji F810 with wide angle lens. Photocomp January '05 - Open

Watchful Eyes

by Blaze

Coral Scorpionfish hiding in some Acropora coral. Image taken September 2004 at a Unicorns Playground, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. I used an Olympus C750 in an Olympus housing with inbuilt flash. Photocomp November '04 - Open

All Wrapped Up

by Blaze

The brittlestar is not the only creature on the whip coral. Also hiding on the whipcoral are two Whipcoral dwarfgobies (Bryaninops youngie). Image taken August 2004 at the Ski Run on Cocos (Keeling) Islands. I used an Olympus C750 in an Olympus housing with inbuilt flash. Photocomp November '04 - Open