Aussie Diving January 2013

[bfowles]

Happy new year everyone,

I hope every had a great xmas and new year. I went for my first dive for 2013 a couple of nights ago, it was a hot and the water was 20 degrees. It felt tropical


short-headed-seahorse-head by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


female-ornate-cowfish by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


blue-ring-in-home by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


octopus-bunurong by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


leather-in-sponge by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


sand-octopus by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


squat-lobster by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr

 

[PeterNBiddle]

Gorgeous!

 

[bfowles]

Thanks Peter

 

[Wobbegong wannabe]

They are so cute.
Where did you take them?

 

[bfowles]

Thanks, they were taken at Blairgowrie Marina Melbourne.

 

[bowlofpetunias]

Been diving too much to post.. what a great situation! Quick trip to Fishrock

the broad striped anemone fish was protecting eggs. I was lucky to get some shots with the eggs in focus!

I liked the effect of this one

---------- Post added January 10th, 2013 at 08:04 PM ----------

now for some local shots from our normal dive site

---------- Post added January 10th, 2013 at 08:14 PM ----------

Also did a dive at Clifton Gardens. Lucky to find a couple anglerfish and of course lost count of the seahorses!

 

[Wantonmien]

bfowles ... nice pics what camera set up are you using ?

bowlof ... nice pics also, and your set up is ?

cheers

 

[bowlofpetunias]

Thanks.. nothing fancy.. Cannon S95 in standard Cannon housing no strobe or special lenses. the camera can do more than I know how to ask of it. I do "tweek" the exposure and use spot heal to remove some backscatter sometimes. I am too blonde and computer illiterate to do much more than that:blush:

---------- Post added January 11th, 2013 at 09:34 PM ----------

My favourite from today

 

[bfowles]

BOP looks like you have had some awesome diving, I love frogfish. I wish we had some frogfish that liked to stay out in the open in Melbourne. The lighting in that nudi shot is awesome! It almost looks like you used a snoot..

Wantonmien I use a Nikon D7000 (in a nauticam housing) with a 60mm macro lens and two d2000 strobes.

 

[bowlofpetunias]

I'll bite.. what is a "snoot"

This little Papuan Cuttle was hiding in the kelp

This little scorpionfish was posing in the sponge

Some scenes just beg for a camera!