Close-up of Kuiter's Weedfish (Heteroclinus kuiteri)

"OK, I'm ready for my close up." .................Tiny 15mm Western Cleaner Clingfish (Cochleoceps bicolor)
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Dragon au naturale.

Green eyed monster. (Nectocarcinus sp.)

Being pretty in pink, doesn't always mean you stand out. This pair of Noumea haliclona are about 10mm long and difficult spot on their pink sponge food source.

According to the Aussies, these Filefish are wearing leather jackets.

What's the matter, haven't you seen a whistling cowfish before...... Shaw's Cowfish (Aracana aurita) - male.

It takes keen eyes to spot a Tassled Anglerfish (aka Tangler) and this is one of the easy ones.
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I lifted a metal plate and found this octopus looking after her eggs. Carefully put the plate back down, but discovered on subsequent dive 2 days later, some moron had turned the plate over and left it with eggs and octopus exposed to die. :-(

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Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) at Flinders Pier, Victoria. From this angle it looks like it would make a good catapault. ;-)
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Greedy Squid,
Melbourne

The Victorian round of the Billabong pro junior series at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia. A young hopeful floats high during one of the heats.
Canon EOS 1D Mark 2 + 600mm lens with 2x converter

Green detail

Shark!

Sailing in the water

Great Barrier Reef Diving

I took this photo while diving in the Agincourt Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef! I had to get within 1 foot of the clown fish and put the camera on macro to get the picture! After a few takes, I finally got Mr. Clown fish to look right at me!!!

This is a picture taken free diving near the pinnacles in Glenelg South Australia.

Leafy Sea Dragon, Breaksea Island, Western Australia

Streaky Bay at Dawn.
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Australian Sea Lion - taken while freediving in Baird Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Camera was a Canon IXUS 800 IS with Canon housing and no strobe.

seadragon

Cosy anemonefish guarding their eggs

Octopus with red boots from Tanker Jetty, Esperance, WA.

Orange Starfish from Esperance, Western Australia, and NO it is not a gardening glove!

Devilfish or Western Blue Devil. Photo taken in Esperance, Western Australia (sea = Great Australian Bight)using Coolpix 990, Ikelite housing and Pro II video lite. Maybe not the best fish portrait, but I just love the colours

The other variety of Sea-Dragon, the Weedy Sea-Dragon. Not as attractive as the Leafy, but equally mesmerising to my wife Jill and special dive buddy. Taken shore diving at Lucky Bay, Australia with Nikon Coolpix 990 & Video Lite