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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

One-spot Puller

One-spot Puller

This photo was taken at Barren's Hut, Sydney. Visibility was 4-5m at best, but there were hundreds of these guys all hanging around together ready to start their breeding cycle. Photocomp December '04 - Open

Hello, pleased to meet you!

Hello, pleased to meet you!

The first dive I had with my wife was at Shark Point, Clovelly, NSW, where she met my long time buddy Bart the blue wrasse late one afternoon. Photocomp December '04 - Open

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

This photo of a hermit crab was taken at Shiprocjk, Port Hacking, NSW, using an Olypmus mju300 in a PT-016 housing with built-in flash.
Photocomp November '04 - open

Close to you

Close to you

This photo of three cuttlefish was taken at Shiprock, Port Hacking, NSW, using an Olypmus mju300 in a PT-016 housing with built-in flash.. Photocomp November '04 - Open

Hope there are no cowboys around

Hope there are no cowboys around

This photo of a Red Indianfish was taken at Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW using an Olympus mju300 in a PT-16 housing with built in flash.
Photocomp November '04 - Open

Vecro's Tambja

Vecro's Tambja

Taken with Canon PowerShot A80 at Bare Island, Sydney on the 5th October 2004. This fellow was quite big and just gliding along the sand at a rather fast pace. Photocomp October '04 - Open

Rabbit fish??

Rabbit fish??

Taken with Canon PowerShot A80 at Bare Island, Sydney on the 5th October 2004. This cuttlefish followed us around for a while staying right under me, allowing me to get this unusual angle. Photocomp October '04 - Open

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