Here is a photo of a soft coral garden taken up in Queensland - Australia and one of a sea slug that is called a nudibranch which was taken at Nelson Bay - NSW - Australia.
Deb
Helpful Posts: 0
Results 1 to 6 of 6
-
30th August 2011, 11:47 AM #1
- Join Date
- Jun 2011
- Location
- Victoria - Australia
- Posts
- 208
- Real Name
- Debbie
Soft Coral Garden and a nudibranch
-
30th August 2011, 12:46 PM #2
- Join Date
- Nov 2009
- Location
- Chandigarh, India
- Posts
- 1,541
- Real Name
- Sahil Jain
Re: Soft Coral Garden and a nudibranch
AWESOME!
Brilliant shots, Debbie.
I was mesmerised by your other shots as well ( on other thread)
Underwater life really fancies me a lot.
Love the colours of that urchin (?)
-
30th August 2011, 12:50 PM #3
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Posts
- 1,518
- Real Name
- Bill S
Re: Soft Coral Garden and a nudibranch
Deb,
You are really lucky that I have my next dive trip scheduled already, or I'd have to be ignoring your threads so as to not make my withdrawl worse!
These are fantastic images - especially the nudi shot.
I'll try and ID that guy/girl (actually that is true since nudis are hermaphrodites) for you when I get home.
Sahil - If you're talking about the focal element in the first shot - that is a soft coral.
Great stuff, Deb!
- Bill
-
30th August 2011, 01:36 PM #4
- Join Date
- May 2011
- Location
- Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
- Posts
- 6,294
- Real Name
- Frank Miller
Re: Soft Coral Garden and a nudibranch
Hi Deb, the images are amazingly beautiful! When I see amazing photography on this forum I want to try to acquire the skill it takes to get similar images. Given the diving skill, equipment, and location, I will just have to be satisfied to anxiously await your postings! Thank you for sharing!
Some photographers, like Trey Ratcliff of StuckinCustoms.com post their images at the original sizes without watermarks and make them available free to download. I use many of his original size images as rotating (30 minute cycle) wallpaper on my PC. I fully understand if you are reluctant to do so, but if you ever consider making your fantastic images available, please let me know!
-
30th August 2011, 02:08 PM #5
- Join Date
- May 2011
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Posts
- 471
- Real Name
- Scott Benz
Re: Soft Coral Garden and a nudibranch
Beautiful!
-
30th August 2011, 09:25 PM #6
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Posts
- 1,518
- Real Name
- Bill S
Re: Soft Coral Garden and a nudibranch
Deb,
As promised, I pulled out the ID book.
It looks like you have a Gold and Purple Chromodoris (Chromodoris aureopurpurea) there. The coloration, the rhinophores, gills, and mantle are all dead on. The one thing that is giving me a bit of doubt about the ID is that most other individuals I've looked at of that species have a white edge to the mantle skirt - separating the purple spots from the edge. I have seen a couple photos similar to yours labeled as C. aureopurpurea, but it still gives me a bit of hesitation. But only a little.
Regardless of species, it is still a fantastic shot.
- Bill
Reply With Quote