01 - Chromodoris fidelis
02 - Janolus sp
03 - perky little guy
04 & 05 - Tambja morosa
06 - Hypselodoris bullockii
07 - Nembrotha kubaryana feeding
08 - Noumea varians
09 - Cadlinella ornatissima
10 - Halgerda tessellata
11 - about 5 feet from the adult Halgerda tessellata, this teensy juvenile was perched on top of a bit of rock, taking in his surroundings
12 & 13 & 14 - Risbecia tryoni
15 - I had just been talking with one of our instructors about Spanish Dancers (Hexabranchus sanguineus) and how the juveniles look very different to the adults. She had never seen one before and I said that I'd only see two juveniles before, and it had a been long time since the last one. So imagine my delight when I dropped down under the boat for dive two yesterday and saw this little cutie first up!
16 - Mary had the best find of the day...a nudibranch we've never seen before! He was booking right along and I was low on air so had to end my dive after grabbing a couple of very quick shots of him. I sure hope we see more of these as they are incredible! Favorinus tsuruganus
There were many other nudis all over the dive sites plus tons of cleaning action, fishes, turtles, sharks, rays...you name it, it was out there yesterday! I'll post some other things later.
Today I am in my office doing some dive shop promotional materials and making sure that everything is in place and updated before I leave next Sunday. I am also working on Jade & Aaron's wedding album, talking with a couple of brides, returning some enquiry calls, working on some things for the Novotel and about upmteen other photography related things! I have a list, so hopefully I can get through it all in a timely fashion.
It's a good day to be inside with the air-conditioning on as it is headed to over 40C again!
1 comment:
How funny about the juvenile Hexabranchus sanguineus! Maybe I should mention nudi's that I never see more often! Seems to make for some nice photo's and discoveries for you.. :)
Alyson
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