Photographs from Dive at Shelly Beach on 19 August

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Photographs from Dive at Shelly Beach on 19 August

Postby ATJ on Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:57 pm

Here are some photographs from a dive last Sunday:

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Postby stubbsy on Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:02 pm

Andrew

That shot of the Weedy Seadragon is impressive. At a quick glance it really does just look like some orange weed. One of the great things about these images is they show a world many of us miss viewing.

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Postby ATJ on Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:05 pm

Peter,

These guys hang around in areas where debris seems to accumulate. (I'm not sure why.) There is often quite a bit of kelp and other algae around. At the depth (10-15 metres), there is almost no red or orange light so they just look brown and look even more like a piece of weed than the photograph shows.
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Postby Manta on Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:24 pm

Fantastic image! I wonder how may of these guys I passed by during dives, not seeing through the camouflage.
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Postby ATJ on Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:51 pm

Simon,

Thanks.

Manta wrote:I wonder how may of these guys I passed by during dives, not seeing through the camouflage.

Unless you have been diving in Sydney or further south, around to Perth... none. :P They are only found in temperate waters. The South Australians (and to some extent WA and Victoria) also get the leafy seadragon. Bastards!
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Postby Matt. K on Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:30 pm

Beautiful images!
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Postby big pix on Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:09 pm

good series....... takes me back
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:18 pm

Great pics ATJ. Nice to see what I didn't snorkelling at the same location a month ago. I read a sign nearby before going in that they had these dragons - kept an eye out and didn't see it. Now I know why!
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