It’s called wandering anemone, however, it’s an anemone so don’t expect it to run around. It moves (very) slowly or it lets currents and wave movements do the job. Anyway, its big column with corn-like tubercles makes it a great subject for observation / photography. Keywords: “wandering anemone” anemone “Phlyctenactis tuberculosa” Phlyctenactis tuberculosa close-up “close up” […]
Though officially not a “jewel” anemone (there are “real” jewel anemones) for me this anemone is a jewel in its own way. The combination of white and orange colours plus the translucency of its column make it a great object for a macro photographer. Also it does not move which is a great bonus 🙂 […]
I just finished two days (and nights) in the face down position required after the surgery on my right eye. At least six weeks of no flying / no diving will follow. No diving means no new underwater pictures on this site (and anywhere else). However, I’ll be processing / publishing / commenting my older […]
Young snapper look like silvery blue-dotted agile fish. The adults remind me of heavy trucks … or sometimes knights in full plated armour. Keywords: snapper australasian silver seabream Pagrus auratus “Pagrus auratus” fish coastal Pacific ocean underwater undersea temperate “Chrysophrys auratus” Chrysophrys Sparidae silver close-up “close up” portrait scale
This young leatherjacket (Parika scaber) behaved differently from the rest I met on that dive. It was very curious, sometimes too much I would say. It tried to bite the port of my camera housing with its tiny mouth. Anyway, that behaviour enabled me to make close-up pictures of it without chasing and disturbing. Thank […]
I’ve found this small octopus leaning to a vertical rock in shallow water. There was no hole around where it could hide in. I felt a little sorry for it. However, it did not try to escape, instead it patiently endured my photographic endeavour observing what I was doing. That all happened on my way […]