2020-01-18

2020-1

Long 150 mins relaxing evening/night dive at CG. It was raining and not many fishermen at the pier and no diver s at all.

f:id:ryde:20200119001118j:plain — Cute Juvenile Cowfish

f:id:ryde:20200119001247j:plain — Yellow Hairy Frogfish

f:id:ryde:20200119001353j:plain — 2 male cuttlefish were fighting for a pretty girl

f:id:ryde:20200119001522j:plain — 2 male cuttlefish were fighting for a pretty girl

f:id:ryde:20200119001641j:plain — Orange reefgobies are always at the same place

f:id:ryde:20200119001741j:plain — pregnant dady　*2

f:id:ryde:20200119001852j:plain — Crowned Nudibranch (Polycera capensis)

f:id:ryde:20200119002201j:plain — Tiny shrimp

f:id:ryde:20200119002414j:plain — Threebar Porcupinefish

f:id:ryde:20200119002549j:plain — tiny shrimps on its horns

f:id:ryde:20200119002649j:plain — Striped Pyjama Squid

f:id:ryde:20200119002745j:plain — smooth Toadfish

f:id:ryde:20200119003144j:plain

f:id:ryde:20200119003244j:plain

f:id:ryde:20200119003331j:plain — girdled pipefish

f:id:ryde:20200119003416j:plain — tiger pipefish

f:id:ryde:20200119003516j:plain — female blue swimmer crab was eating something

f:id:ryde:20200119003627j:plain — snake eel

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f:id:ryde:20200119003745j:plain

*1:´∀｀

*2:´∀｀

2020-01-09

Painted Dragonet Mating/Spawning at Clifton Gardens

AUSTRALIA CLIFTON GARDENS NIGHT DIVE UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY Mating/Spawning

Very special moment
Mating at CG on Thursday
They always come out at this time (before sunset)
I have also seen spawning( eggs were floating) but I could not photograph

Painted Stinkfish,
Eocallionymus papilio
Other Names:
Butterfly Dragonet, Painted Dragonet

f:id:ryde:20200110194312j:plain — This male opens his fins to attract a girl

I have seen the mating/spawning of Moyer’s dragonet last August so I knew what was happening here.
This is an example of Moyer's dragonet mating
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It was at 17:50. I had a new dive buddy to see at 18:00. I had 10 mins only.
I decided to wait a little.

f:id:ryde:20200110195744j:plain — He kept opening his fins and moving to the girl

He was so quick to move to the girl...
The girl was not moving at all.
and then....

f:id:ryde:20200110200021j:plain — They met each other

f:id:ryde:20200110200419j:plain — The male put his pec fin under her body and started to go up

f:id:ryde:20200110201053j:plain — Kept going up together

f:id:ryde:20200110201146j:plain — kept going up

f:id:ryde:20200110202243j:plain — Kept going up

f:id:ryde:20200110202319j:plain — Approx 50 cm up then stopped

f:id:ryde:20200110202416j:plain — Suddenly separated so quickly. I watched the eggs were floating around in the water

I could not photograph floating eggs...but i was very satisfied and headed back to the car park

2019-11-25

2019-11 Leafy Seadragons at Lucky Bay in WA

Western Australia AUSTRALIA Lucky Bay Leafy Seadragons hatching out Juvenile SCUBA DIVING

I have dived at Lucky Bay in WA for 3 days. 3 dives each day. one afternoon dive and 2 night dives with ichithyologist from palau.

f:id:ryde:20191129202559j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191129202756j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191129202844j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191129202936j:plain — Male leafy seadragon with eggs, Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191129203106j:plain — Male leafy seadragon with eggs, Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191129203345j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques, just hatching out

f:id:ryde:20191129203455j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques, just hatched out and rolling and streatching

f:id:ryde:20191129203634j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques, just hatched out and rolling and streatching

f:id:ryde:20191129204549j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191129215201j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191203214713j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques

f:id:ryde:20191129215235j:plain — Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques

circularfisheye lens

2019-11-18

2019-11 Swimming with Dugongs in Maskelyne Islands, Vanuatu

f:id:ryde:20191129205458j:plain — dugong

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2019-10-31

2019－10 CLIFTON GARDENS SUNSET TO NIGHT DIVE

AUSTRALIA CLIFTON GARDENS NIGHT DIVE SCUBA DIVING UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY

I was very stressed at work. I really needed to get in the water. Thank you Sharon for diving with me tonight.It was a very nice long dive. I saw 3-4 male cardinalfish with eggs in the mouth and 2 female with full of eggs in the tummy. Again, I could not see transferring eggs😭 but never mind! I saw a Australian Pineapplefish for the first time! A bit different from Japanese Pineapplefish... I could not photograph though.

f:id:ryde:20191031000925j:plain — Eastern Gobbleguts, Vincentia novaehollandiae

One more week to hatch? I'd like to see hatching out next week..

f:id:ryde:20191031001133j:plain — Eastern Gobbleguts, Vincentia novaehollandiae female

full of eggs in her tummy

f:id:ryde:20191031002036j:plain — A boy met a girl! but a girl did not think he is the one. She just left him..

f:id:ryde:20191031001340j:plain — Female Eastern Gobbleguts with full of eggs in her tummy

I was not patient enough to see egg transferring again tonight.
My buddy did not want a long dive.... but we did 94 mins long dive... sorry my buddy Sharon!
She was cold in the water so we decided to go...

f:id:ryde:20191031002430j:plain — My favourite goby----Orange Reef-goby Threadfin Reefgoby, Priolepis nuchifasciata

Priolepis nuchifasciata

f:id:ryde:20191031002624j:plain — My favourite goby----Orange Reef-goby Threadfin Reefgoby, Priolepis nuchifasciata

f:id:ryde:20191031002718j:plain — Blackcheek Threefin ヨゴレギンポに似てる近くに二匹ほどメスがいた

f:id:ryde:20191031021006j:plain — Blackcheek Threefin

f:id:ryde:20191031002830j:plain — Striped Pyjama Squid

f:id:ryde:20191031002913j:plain — Striped Pyjama Squid

On my gosh, the diver is looking at me!
hurry up and hide!

Underwater Sydney - Striped Pyjama Squid

f:id:ryde:20191031003316j:plain — whites seahorse

Underwater Sydney - White's Seahorse

f:id:ryde:20191031003508j:plain — sweet ceratosoma

Underwater Sydney - Sweet Ceratosoma Nudibranch

f:id:ryde:20191031003706j:plain — Plocamopherus imperialis ベッコウヒカリウミウシ

I wish I would see pineapple fish(Cleidopus gloriamaris) next dive!

f:id:ryde:20191031020834j:plain — southern calamary squid, Sepioteuthis australis

2019-10-25

2019－10 CLIFTON GARDENS NIGHT DIVE

AUSTRALIA CLIFTON GARDENS UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY NIGHT DIVE SCUBA DIVING

MOUTHFULL OF EGGS...

f:id:ryde:20191025010847j:plain — Eastern Gobbleguts, Vincentia novaehollandiae

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f:id:ryde:20191025011231j:plain — Female Eastern Gobbleguts with full of eggs in her tummy

f:id:ryde:20191025011958j:plain

f:id:ryde:20191025011442j:plain — southern calamary squid, Sepioteuthis australis

f:id:ryde:20191025012426j:plain — Cuttlefish eye

f:id:ryde:20191025012507j:plain — Threebar Porcupinefish

I like its lips...looks like old lady's mouth without dentures...

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www.underwatersydney.org

f:id:ryde:20191025012910j:plain

Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus
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f:id:ryde:20191025013322j:plain — Old Wife, Enoplosus armatus

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f:id:ryde:20191025013542j:plain — Brown Sabretooth Blenny, Petroscirtes lupus

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f:id:ryde:20191025013715j:plain — Plocamopherus imperialis ベッコウウミウシ

f:id:ryde:20191025013855j:plain — Polycera capensis　ポリュケラ・ケープエンシス

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f:id:ryde:20191025014139j:plain

f:id:ryde:20191025014300j:plain

f:id:ryde:20191025014401j:plain — Common Stingaree, Trygonoptera testacea

Baby common stingray was hyding in the sand but i can see you very well!

Trygonoptera testacea

f:id:ryde:20191025014536j:plain

f:id:ryde:20191025014627j:plain

f:id:ryde:20191025020215j:plain — White's Seahorse, Hippocampus whitei

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f:id:ryde:20191025020423j:plain — RESEARCH!!!

f:id:ryde:20191025020530j:plain — CUTTLEFISH

2019-10-20

2019-10 AMBON INDONESIA

SCUBA DIVING UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY AMBON INDONESIA

3 day dives in Ambon, Indonesia.

I was not comfortable diving at the 1st dive shop. My neighbours at the hotel asked me to join their dive shop as they saw psychedelic frogfish previous day. I enjoyed there even though i could not see psychedelic...
I had trouble with my sync cable so I could use my D850 only the last day but it was a good excuse to change dive shop.