Photo Archive: June, 2010

Crystal Creek Surface Reflection

Blogged by Simon on June 30, 2010 5:06pm | Last updated by Simon on June 30, 2010 5:10pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Crystal Creek Surface Reflection

My longest diving break in years is over and yes that feels great! I returned from a trip to Townsville last night, where we got to dive Crystal Creek, Magnetic Island, Palm Island and of course the SS Yongala. The trip was nothing short of spectacular and it was great to catch up with friends [...]

Squid

Blogged by Simon on June 23, 2010 9:57am | Last updated by Simon on July 28, 2010 11:41am | Category: Underwater Photography |

Squid

Squid , photographed from above (breaking rule #1 in underwater photography), while testing the camera for leaks just after jumping into the bay. Nevertheless I liked this shot, and once cropped so the subject fits into the frame diagonally it actually works surprisingly well. Note there isn’t even particularly good negative space here, but it [...]

Pygmy Leatherjacket

Blogged by Simon on June 22, 2010 2:10pm | Last updated by Irene on June 22, 2010 2:18pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Pygmy Leatherjacket

One of my Sydney favourites, Pygmy Leatherjacket , very tiny, almost cute looking fish, which loves the mucky bays in the harbour. This is a stock photo from a while back that I rediscovered and decided to edit. The original was a bit washed out, suffering from low visibility on the day. I post processed [...]

Nudibranch

Blogged by Simon on June 15, 2010 12:36pm | Last updated by Irene on July 05, 2010 3:18pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Nudibranch

This is a Nudibranch found at Chowder Bay in Sydney, species Variable Aphelodoris . Of all the families in the ocean, these are probably the most diverse, colorful and yet difficult to identify. Imagine several thousand species of colorful little sea slugs, decorated in seriously every pattern and color you could imagine. To give you [...]

Hippocampus Whitei

Blogged by Simon on June 08, 2010 2:47pm | Last updated by Simon on June 09, 2010 12:18pm | Category: Underwater Photography |

Hippocampus Whitei

Today for a different take on the Sydney or White’s seahorse . I have left in the backscatter on purpose, because it adds to the composition in this instance and turned the photo black and white. If you’re wondering about the species, no they’re not white, they are just named after John White, surgeon general [...]