Photographs from Dive at Shelly Beach on 19 August

[ATJ]

Here are some photographs from a dive last Sunday:

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevo ... Beach.html

[stubbsy]

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.

 PS Yep I beat you to 3rd with my post

[ATJ]

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.

[Manta]

Fantastic image! I wonder how may of these guys I passed by during dives, not seeing through the camouflage.

[ATJ]

Simon,

Thanks.

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. They are only found in temperate waters. The South Australians (and to some extent WA and Victoria) also get the leafy seadragon. Bastards!

[Matt. K]

Beautiful images!

[big pix]

good series....... takes me back

[Heath Bennett]

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!