Ningaloo - a tough day

[alcina]

Saturday was one of those days when a whole lot of little things go wrong - including not feeling well and having one strobe not fire...followed by the other strobe piking out part way through and having to be babied to eek out some light! Still saw a ton of fabulous creatures, though.

The cleaning stations were busy...too bad they couldn't clear the chunkies that Cyclone Ophelia brought in out of the water column!
Rankin cod with cleaner wrasse
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/mouthcleaning.jpg

Octopus were out and about, including this guy indulging in self-pleasure
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/medium/occyspotsarm.jpg

A shy mantis shrimp under a flower
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/medium/mantisflower.jpg

A happy eel
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/eelH.jpg

Canon 40D, Canon 100mm macro, Subal housing & port, single Inon 220s strobe
Dive sites: Blizzard Ridge & Gulliver's - 13m; Lighthouse Bay, Exmouth, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

[Papa Bear]

Very nice alcina! I really like the Mantis under the Feather Duster worm! You guys have had you far share of Cyclones, not too long before they will quite down!

[Kelly]

Very nice! I'll swap your bad days for my bad days anytime! ;)

[solisti]

I'd even swap my good days to your bad days :p :p

[Daniel]

If you were having an off day, I'd love to see what you can do when everything is going well.

Lovely photo's!

Daniel :)