Solomon Islands

Happy New Year!  Having just spent Christmas and New Year in the Solomons I have plenty of new images that are going up on my site.  The diving was awesome and it was great to see healthy corals, fish and shark populations.  We saw white tip, black tip, silver tip and grey reef sharks as well as smaller critters such as pygmy seahorses, ghost pipefish and I even found a velvet fish!  Anyway, hope you enjoy these new shots!

New Ocean Realm Images Logos!

My new Ocean Realm Images will start to crop up around the place so keep your eyes peeled!

Moreton Bay Critters

I have just returned from a couple of dives in Moreton Bay (Just off Brisbane) and was shocked by the number of critters we came across!  Two juvenile Ornate ghost pipefish, a rough snout ghost pipefish, short pouch pygmy pipehorse and a flamboyant cuttlefish.  Not to mention the usual leopard sharks and shovel nose rays.  I'll take my camera next time!

Alor & Flores Images

I have recently returned from a trip aboard the Komodo Dancer which was cruising around Alor and Flores.  It was a great trip!  I found four Rhinopias two of each of R. frondosa (Including a very small juvenile) and R. eschmeyeri of which the female was clearly pregnant.   I also found a pair of velvet ghost pipefish and a couple of beautifully coloured thorny seahorses.  I also saw my first ever Mola Mola (Sunfish) but it was off in the distance and only passed by for a few seconds.  I have posted images form the trip on my website www.OceanRealmImages.com/gallery so check them out!

Pygmy Seahorse Article in Dive Chronicles Magazine

My article 'Pygmy seahorses - A Case Study in Marital Bliss?......Not Quite!' is in the new issue of the US magazine Dive Chronicles - The Digest of Diving.  I talk about some of the amazing behaviours I have seen these tiny fish get up to and obviously there are plenty of pictures including fighting and birthing pygmies!

2009 Calendar is at the Printers!

The 2009 edition of the 'Portraits of the Ocean Realm' Calendar by OceanRealmImages and Robert Hollingworth Photography is currently at the printers so email Richard@OceanRealmImages.com if you would like to pre-order your copy for dispatch in early December!

Rough Guides - Fiji

If you happen to be flicking through the new Rough Guide to Fiji you will come across my image of a snorkeller checking out a starfish in the shallows.  It was a beautiful day and conditions were great for the shot - calm water surface and a few clouds in the background!