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We drove 14 hours straight to find the leafy sea dragon. It was worth every minute of the drive. They really are the most incredible fish. Watching them move so peacefully throughout their habitat is something I'll always remember.
By Cal Mero
posted Thursday, July 03, 2008
60 votes

One of my most memorable marine life encounters. A baby seal basking in the morning sun Olympus sp-350
By Cal Mero
posted Sunday, July 20, 2008
47 votes

A blenny poking out of a hole in a temperate hard coral. Photographed in the cold waters of Victoria, Australia Nikon d80, 60mm, 2 X ds 51 strobes
By Cal Mero
posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008
47 votes

A baby seal asleep on on a rocky shoreline. From the temperate waters of Victoria, Australia.
By Cal Mero
posted Saturday, September 27, 2008
43 votes

Rare mating dumpling squid photographed in the cold waters of Victoria, Australia. Nikon D80, 60mm, 1 X Ikelite ds 51, 1 X Inon D2000
By Cal Mero
posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008
42 votes

Rare mating dumpling squid. A big thanks to Brian Mayes for helping me learn about colour profiles and the web :) From the cold waters of Victoria, Australia. Nikon d80, 1 inon d2000, 1 ikelite ds 51, nikon 60mm
By Cal Mero
posted Saturday, August 09, 2008
42 votes

Mating dumpling squid. A very unusual find that was spectacular to watch. Nikon d80, 60mm, ds 51 strobes
By Cal Mero
posted Friday, July 04, 2008
42 votes

A southern Australian dumpling squid in mid water. Photographed in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Nikon D80, 60mm macro, ds 51 strobe.
By Cal Mero
posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008
39 votes

This temperate goby has the most brilliant eyes when lit up by strobes. From the cold waters of Victoria , Australia
By Cal Mero
posted Friday, May 02, 2008
37 votes

Kelp forests capture my imagination far more then any reef. Theres something mysterious and magical about them. I had this shot in my minds eye for a while and was just lucky the conditions allowed me to pull it off. Nikon d80, 18-55mm, natural light
By Cal Mero
posted Monday, May 26, 2008
34 votes
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Mass spider crab aggregations. Nikon d80, 60mm, 2 x ds 51... by Cal Mero
Mass spider crab aggregations. Nikon d80, 60mm, 2 x ds 51 strobes. viz was around 1m.
From Victoria, Australia
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 12, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Close up of a local stinkfish. nikon d80, ds 51 x 2, 60mm by Cal Mero
Close up of a local stinkfish.
nikon d80, ds 51 x 2, 60mm
votes: 15
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date posted posted: Friday, October 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Close up portrait of a blenny. Nikon D80, 60mm, 2 x ds... by Cal Mero
Close up portrait of a blenny.
Nikon D80, 60mm, 2 x ds 51.
From the temperate waters of Victoria, Australia
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 09, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A small blenny on a temperate reef. I like the bokeh in t... by Cal Mero
A small blenny on a temperate reef. I like the bokeh in this shot. From the cold waters of Victoria, Australia.
sp-350, inon d2000 , ucl 165 macro lens
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 02, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A baby seal asleep on on a rocky shoreline. From the temp... by Cal Mero
A baby seal asleep on on a rocky shoreline. From the temperate waters of Victoria, Australia.
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votes: 43
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 27, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A blenny poking out of a hole in a temperate hard coral. ... by Cal Mero
A blenny poking out of a hole in a temperate hard coral.
Photographed in the cold waters of Victoria, Australia
Nikon d80, 60mm, 2 X ds 51 strobes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Mass spider crab aggregations often up to a 1m deep at th... by Cal Mero
Mass spider crab aggregations often up to a 1m deep at the height of the aggregations and the size of a football field. 1m viz as they stir up the bottom. From the cold waters of Victoria, Australia.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 11, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A small fairy penguin colony exists right next to the CBD... by Cal Mero
A small fairy penguin colony exists right next to the CBD of Melbourne. Not many people know about it and I'm glad as the proximity to urban culture would mean the end of these gorgeous animals if word got out. This is a baby with the city behind.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Free divers in the "crack" at Piccannie ponds, South Aust... by Cal Mero
Free divers in the "crack" at Piccannie ponds, South Australia. It drops to over 120m.
Natural light, nikon d80, 18-55mm
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date posted posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Australia
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a free diver descending into Piccannie Ponds, South Austr... by Cal Mero
a free diver descending into Piccannie Ponds, South Australia. Freshwater. Natural light, nikon d80, 18-55mm
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 24, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Australia
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Freshwater Plants and reflections Nikon d80, natural l... by Cal Mero
Freshwater Plants and reflections
Nikon d80, natural light, 18-5mm.
Pic ponds, South Australia
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Australia
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Shooting up through the roots and aquatic plants in a fre... by Cal Mero
Shooting up through the roots and aquatic plants in a freshwater stream.
Nikon d80, natural light, 18-55mm
Ewen's ponds , South Australia.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Drifting down a freshwater creek that has a limestone bas... by Cal Mero
Drifting down a freshwater creek that has a limestone base. The limestone filters the water producing incredible viz. Nikon D80, 18-55mm , natural light. Ewens Ponds, South Australia.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Australia
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A surf wave breaking amongst kelp and rock. Viewed from ... by Cal Mero
A surf wave breaking amongst kelp and rock. Viewed from below.
Not too everyones liking but I think its cool
Photograhped off the backbeaches in Victoria, Australia
Nikon d80, 18-55mm, natural light
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 17, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Stumbled upon this old shot of a short headed seahorse ... by Cal Mero
Stumbled upon this old shot of a short headed seahorse
Photographed in Victoria, Australia
sp-350, inon d2000, 2 X ucl 165 macro lenses
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Kelp and light. Photographed in Victoria, Australia. ... by Cal Mero
Kelp and light.
Photographed in Victoria, Australia.
Nikon d80, 18-55mm, natural light
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date posted posted: Friday, August 15, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Natural light wide angle of a Southern Ocean kelp forest.... by Cal Mero
Natural light wide angle of a Southern Ocean kelp forest.
Photographed in the cold waters of Victoria, Australia.
Nikon d80, 18mm, natural light
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A divers bubbles reflecting torch light. A simple imag... by Cal Mero
A divers bubbles reflecting torch light.
A simple image that I like
Nikon d80, 2 X ds 51 strobes, 18-55mm
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Rare mating dumpling squid. A big thanks to Brian May... by Cal Mero
Rare mating dumpling squid.
A big thanks to Brian Mayes for helping me learn about colour profiles and the web smile
From the cold waters of Victoria, Australia.
Nikon d80, 1 inon d2000, 1 ikelite ds 51, nikon 60mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 09, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A temperate short headed seahorse at hiding at the base o... by Cal Mero
A temperate short headed seahorse at hiding at the base of some kelp and seaweed.
Nikon d80, 60mm, 2 x ds51 strobes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 08, 2008
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Getting up at 4am reveals dolphins swimming alongside pro... by Cal Mero
Getting up at 4am reveals dolphins swimming alongside professional race horses on their morning trot.
Edited entry: Assigned new colour profile to match monitor to web
nikon d80, 18-55mm.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 07, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A baby stargazer staring skyward and waiting for a meal. ... by Cal Mero
A baby stargazer staring skyward and waiting for a meal. He was quite contented with my light on him as he snapped occasionally at the zooplankton in the water column.
night dive
nikon d80, 60mm, 2 X ds 51
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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The smallest squid in the world: The southern pygmy squid... by Cal Mero
The smallest squid in the world: The southern pygmy squid.
Incredibly difficult to photograph as they are so tiny that the current moves them back and forth...and out of focus.
Nikon d80, 2 X ds 51 strobes , 60m
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A cold water shrimp with blue ascidians behind. Nikon ... by Cal Mero
A cold water shrimp with blue ascidians behind.
Nikon d80, 60mm, 2 x ds 51
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date posted posted: Monday, August 04, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Viewing a swimming race in the ocean from below. Portsea ... by Cal Mero
Viewing a swimming race in the ocean from below. Portsea Swim Classic-08
Sp-350, inon d2000
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date posted posted: Friday, August 01, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Rare mating dumpling squid photographed in the cold water... by Cal Mero
Rare mating dumpling squid photographed in the cold waters of Victoria, Australia.
Nikon D80, 60mm, 1 X Ikelite ds 51, 1 X Inon D2000
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A short headed seahorse from the cold waters of South Aus... by Cal Mero
A short headed seahorse from the cold waters of South Australia.
This one was in the process of snapping at some zooplankton my light attracted
Nikon d80, ds 51 strobe, 60mm
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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