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Kissed by a Seal

Kissed by a Seal

It was late in the afternoon and the seals got kind of excited to have us divers arround. I dived there lots of times before but this time it looked like there were quite a few "posers" present. Montague Island, Australia.
Photocomp June '11 - Open

Sweet Ceratosoma

Sweet Ceratosoma

Ceratosoma amoenum at Nelson Bay, Australia. Canon 400D, Canon EF 100mm macro, Ikelite housing & DS160 strobes.
Photocomp June '11 - Open

Red Indian Fish

Red Indian Fish

Spotted this Red Indianfish (Pataecus fronto) at Bare Island, NSW, Australia. Taken using Panasonic Lumix DMW MCFT1 camera with in-built flash in underwater housing.
Photocomp May '11 - Novice

Bryozoan Brunch

Bryozoan Brunch

A Polycera capensis feeding on a bryozoan at Bare Island, La Perouse, Australia. Shot taken using a Panasonic Lumix DMW MCTF1 with underwater housing and in-built flash.
Photocomp May '11 - Novice

soft coral

soft coral

Soft coral at Shiprock, Sydney, Australia. Canon 400D, Canon EF 60mm macro, Ikelite housing & 2 x DS160 strobes.
Photocomp May '11 - Open

Cheeky Green Eel

Cheeky Green Eel

This Green Moray was found hiding tightly packed inside a soft sponge at Bare Island, Sydney, Australia. As we watched he started to slowly stick his head out of various holes in the sponge to check us out. Shot was taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMW MCTF1 camera.
Photocomp May '11 - Novice

Under the Kelp Canopy

Under the Kelp Canopy

This underwater seascape of a kelp bed was taken at Bare Island's Inner West Wall on 08 Apr 11 using a Panasonic Lumix DMW MCTF1 camera. Sydney, Australia.
Photocomp May '11 - Novice

Puffer on the Oakland

Puffer on the Oakland

A pufferfish at the wreck of the Oakland, Port Stephens, Australia using a Canon camera and single strobe.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice

Light and Dark

Light and Dark

Seahorses at the pier in Eden, Australia. Canon G9 with WPDC-21.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice

Pycnogonid

Pycnogonid

A beautiful sea spider crawling along. Jervis Bay, Australia. Canon G9 and WP-DC21.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice

Sleepy Leatherjacket

Sleepy Leatherjacket

We came across this sleepy leatherjacket on a night dive at Camp Cove, Sydney, Australia. He was so placid we could swim right up for a close up shot. Taken using a Panasonic Lumix DMW MCFT1 point and shoot camera with underwater housing.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice

Weedy Seadragon

Weedy Seadragon

A Weedy Seadragon from below taken at Bare Island, Sydney, Australia. I used a Panasonic Lumix DMW MCFT1 camera with underwater housing.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice

Spanish Dancing

Spanish Dancing

I was lucky enough to find this Spanish Dancer "dancing" in Hugo's Trench, Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia. We were both struggling in the strong surge and murky water. Taken with a Canon 7D, Tokina 10-17mm lens with 1.4x TC, Nauticam housing, 2 x Inon Z240 Strobes.
Photocomp February '11 - Open

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish shot taken in Byron Bay, Australia with Canon 50D and 60mm lens in Hugyfot housing with dual DS125 strobes.
Photocomp February '11 - Open

High 5

High 5

High 5 from a Green Sea Turtle. Shot taken in Byron Bay, Australia with Canon 50D and 10-17mm fisheye lens at 10mm in Hugyfot housing with dual DS125 strobes.
Photocomp February '11 - Open

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The Byron Underwater Festival 2007The Byron Underwater Festival 2007
The first Byron Underwater Festival, which was held May 10-13 was a great success with more than 30 divers entering in the Underwater Shoot-Out and over 100 artworks submitted to the ‘Marine Visions’ Art Competition. The aim of the event was and is to be more than just another digital shoot-out competition.
Byron Bay goes TEK - or does it !?Byron Bay goes TEK - or does it !?
Well … the trip was to go to Windara banks or the Cod Grounds how they call it … a deep dive that isn’t done a lot around Byron Bay anymore. Everyone was excited as tales of sharks galore – and not just Grey Nurses – were told during the days approaching the dive ...
Encounters with Grey Nurse Sharks - A diving adventureEncounters with Grey Nurse Sharks - A diving adventure
Of all the books I have ever read on Australian dive sites all of them list South West Rocks, more specifically Fish Rock Cave in New South Wales as a premier diving spot with the longest underwater sea cave in the Southern Hemisphere and of course the resident Grey Nurse Sharks.
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