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Ákos Lumnitzer
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Articles
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What are we?
- We are chubby, could be considered kind of cute – depending on one’s own perception of the word cute – have pectoral fins that can resemble feet, use fake devices to catch our food. Have you got any ideas yet of our identity? ...
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Seaslugs - Part II. Sidegill slugs and Sap-sucking slugs
- In this article I will introduce you to the next two in hierarchical sequence. Seaslugs are indeed fascinating creatures and are a favorite for many photographers. They do not move about very quickly at all, which is a characteristic that makes them easy subjects to shoot. Often it is not the case of 'the one that got away', but the case of 'Oh no! I have run out of film again!'.
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The Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse
- I thought my eyes were deceiving me. All I could make out was a little white fish resembling a seahorse, no bigger than a 50-cent piece. Yet it was so elaborately disguised I literally bumped into it head first.....
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Seaslugs - Part III. Nudibranchs
- I wish I had a pound for every time I heard a diver say: 'Did you see the beautiful nudibranch down there?' - not knowing, that the creature was only another opistobranch and not a true nudie?
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Seaslugs - Part I. Headshield slugs and Sea hares.
- I have compiled a sequential account of the five main seaslug orders, supported by photographic records and some likely Sydney dive sites to encounter members of each order.
Gallery
Spinecheek Anemonefish
Image taken at Steve's Bommie on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Photocomp January '06 - Open
The boy and the shark
My friend's first encounter with grey nurse sharks. His eyes almost popped out of his head. Taken at Maroubra, NSW using a Nikonos III, 15mm lens, twin strobes. Photocomp January '05 - Open
Baby Port Jackson
This little PJ pup was part of a pack of 15-20 little babies in Watsons Bay, Sydney. We observed them for over a month in September 2001, before they moved out into deeper water and finally disappeared. Photocomp December '04 - Open
Pretty in pink
These tiny tropical shrimps (Periclemenes soror) are found along the NSW coast in summer on the underside of seastars, always changing their colors to suit the coloring of their hosts. Pinkish/purple stars have shrimps as per picture, red seastars have red shrimps etc. Equipment: Nikonos III, 35mm lens with 2:1 (double life-size magnification - not 1:2) extension tube, single flash. Photocomp January '05 - Open
Gotcha!
We were nightdiving under the Kurnell refinery jetty, NSW and these little spotted Dumpling Squids were all over the place! I have never seen so many in a night, and many were feeding on the hinge-beak shrimps. Photocomp December '04 - Open
New kid on the block
This is a new discovery from Sydney waters. The little fish, a Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse (Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri), is very hard to photograph. This is a 1:1 shot with a Nikonos III.
Coral Cod
Image taken at Pixie's Pinnacle on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Photocomp January '06 - Open
Curiousity killed the wrasse...
This comb wrasse (Coris picta) was adamant on seeing his own reflection in my macro lens. Shot with a Nikonos III, 35mm lens and 9" macro converter, twin Aquasea strobes. About December 1997. Photocomp January '05 - Open
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