Ningaloo January 2009 - nudibranchs

[alcina]

Well, 2009 has started with a few dives so that's already an improvement over 2008! The nudibranchs are everywhere again and we have even found TWO new (to us) ones in the last couple of days. Can't beat that.

Here's a little selection from the zillions we saw:

01 - Chromodoris fidelis


02 - Janolus sp


03 - Tambja morosa



04 - Cadlinella ornatissima


05 - mating & laying Chromodoris geometricas


06 - hungry Moridilla brockii


07 - Flabellina exoptata


08 - Gymnodoris rubropapulosa


09 - juvenile Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus


10 - our first new guy: Phestilla melanobranchia


11 - our second new guy thanks to my dive bud, Mary: Favorinus tsuruganus


That's a good start There are more in my Flickr stuff and Facebook and in my blog

More photos from the dives coming soon ... enjoy!

Well, poop, looks like these links don't work either!

[Sarah]

I edited your post to put the link in.

Beautiful nudibranchs, thanks for sharing!

[alcina]

Thanks ... any chance of fixing the images?

[Sarah]

Why? They all look great to me!

[The Publisher]

I usually get bored with the nudis the dive guides show me as I have seen them all, but two thirds of your nudis I have never seen before, REALLY wild! Thanks!

All the images work for me too.

[alcina]

Hmm, weird. I just see links. As long as others can see them

I can't imagine getting bored finding nudis, even our really common ones still make me pause and look!

[The Publisher]

So what lens and camera combination did you use for the tight macro shots?

[alcina]

Canon 40D and Canon 100mm macro this time. Some with Woody, too.