Ningaloo 15 December, 2008

[alcina]

Did two awesome dives this morning. Spent most of the time just relaxing and taking happy snappies - it was bliss! Enjoy...
01 - a very pale batfish

02 - one with slightly more colour

03 - and a very curious one!

04 - a blue spotted ray tucked in a small gully

05 - ol' blue eyes (crab)...he's not quite the size of a dime

06 - sparkly shrimp

07 - funky nudibranch

08 - big cod being mellow as he gets cleaned

09 - very mellow

10 - coral cod

11 - threadfin pearl perch

OK, that's enough for now

 

[maged_mmh]

OMG! how did you manage to notice #6!!! :O

 

[thanksforallthefish]

Lovely pics alcina

I agree with maged ... it is hard enough to see in the pic ... had to be near impossible to see underwater

 

[ScubaSteve]

Spectacular shots as usual. Are these shore dives or boat dives?

 

[AndyT]

Great images !! Love the Batfish portraits.

 

[alcina]

Thanks, Guys!

I put some more in a Facebook gallery...and of course they are in the scubaboard gallery.

mags & thanks...there were about six shrimps there...never seen that many on a single group of bubble coral before. This was the biggest one by far and I think there were two or maybe three types there, but I didn't try the others as I was showing the shrimps to some other divers.
All of our diving here is from a boat, SS001

 

[AussieByron]

Its nice to see whats happening on the West coast.

Great Collection.

Regards Mark

 

[AussieByron]

I noticed your yellow sea spider in your face book gallery. Nice shot. never seen them that colour before. Are they common over there?

Regards Mark

 

[parabolic]

Beautiful series Kristin!!!

 

[alcina]

Mark - I wouldn't say they are common, but we see them now and again. All the ones I've seen here have been this colour more or less.

Thanks again for more lovely comments