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Well, seeing ATJ's worms I thought I would post mine from last Saturdays dive at 'Fairylands' at Mooloolaba. Not many good ones from that dive, 2 meter swells with a 15-20 knot wind. Fair amount of surge even at 15M. Lots of fish got fed! (IE vomiting)



And a couple of nudies. The last one didn't quite hit it for focus, but was a neat nudie so I thought I would put it up anyway....

Love the colours in the first one...very eye catching....

Cool shots, Doug.

Was that with the 90mm macro lens?

Nudibranchs can be a real pain to photograph unless you can get all of them in one plane.

stetner wrote:Well, seeing ATJ's worms I thought I would post mine from last Saturdays dive at 'Fairylands' at Mooloolaba. Not many good ones from that dive, 2 meter swells with a 15-20 knot wind. Fair amount of surge even at 15M. Lots of fish got fed! (IE vomiting)

Do you vomit through your reg (with the associated risk of a having a diced carrot causing a stuck exhaust valve) or remove your reg, and control the reflex after-vomit gasp? I always did the latter, but nowadays I only dive in calmer conditions (and drink less the night before)

Cheers

Thanks Bindi, ATJ.

Yes, it was the Tamron 90mm. The shallow DOF does make it challenging. That last one was tiny too, maybe 2mm or so, must have been a juvenile.

digitor wrote:Do you vomit through your reg (with the associated risk of a having a diced carrot causing a stuck exhaust valve) or remove your reg, and control the reflex after-vomit gasp? I always did the latter, but nowadays I only dive in calmer conditions (and drink less the night before)

Cheers

Well, if I can make it underwater I am OK, so I have never had to make that decision, but I always tell my students to chew their breakfast well!

It is the surface interval that is a pain, but I usually just have a quick heave and then I am fine. I don't get sick often, but there seems to be something about the swell around Mooloolaba that gets me.

I feel for the guys that 'stay sick' for ages.....

Cool Pics Doug. Especially the first one.

Lovely colours in all of the shots.

Well done.

Cheers, Mick

I am fortunate that I don't get sick - and haven't for many years. Even last week when we were crossing the Coral Sea in huge seas I was fine. It has even got to the point that I enjoy the boat rocking and have trouble sleeping when it isn't.