Nudibranch Lovers

[АлександрД]

Turkey, Antalya region, Adrasan bay

 

[Searcaigh]

Interesting to see that F. affinis appears to be widespread across the whole of the Mediterranean from east to west.

I took these shots at Llafranc north of Barcelona

 

[BenjaminF]

@Searcaigh , those are amazing pictures. What equipment are you using?

 

[Searcaigh]

What equipment are you using?

Thanks for the comment

These were shot with a Nikon D300 and 60mm micro lens a few years ago. Housing is a Sea&Sea and strobes Sea&Sea YS110a

 

[birdman27]

My personal favorite from a recent trip to Dauin.

 

[Searcaigh]

I was helping my daughter set up a buoy and line for her as she was teaching some OW students recently off Dubai. I found a lot of sea grass and my regular buddy and I went back last Saturday for an exploration where we found a Limenandra fusiformis. First time both of us have seen this nudi.

It was moving quite fast, well as fast as nudibranchs go, which is faster than some airport queues I've been in recently.

Going up

Oops dead end

Better go back down then

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Cuthona divae

Jorunna pardus, Leopard Dorid

 

[Searcaigh]

During the past couple of weeks we have noticed the water column becoming occupied with wriggling Pleurobranchus brockii between 6-10m in depth.

This has allowed us to modify our dives and spend some time at these depths on what is generally a square profile dive in an attempt to photograph them.

There are literally hundreds of them floating around.

I found that by catching one and photographing it on my gloved hand made it a lot easier to take a better shot

They vary in size between 5-20mm

 

[chillyinCanada]

Fantastic!! So jealous

 

[Searcaigh]

So jealous

Nothing to stop you coming over here to dive on your way to SEA