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jonny righteous
Oct 31, 2006
trouser.
I wander around in rockpools taking photos of critters







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jonny righteous
Oct 31, 2006
trouser.

DeadlyMuffin posted:

Mine were taken with an underwater camera while diving.

I don't know what jonny righteous was using rock pooling, but probably a submergible camera.The Olympus TG series cameras are popular for that kind of thing around here.

Yes I am in New Zealand! I like your photos! Nudibranches are excellent, they often have such a fancy butt. I have an Olympus TG6 which is nice and compact and great for taking photos of small things and works well underwater, it has hit a lot of rocks and still keeps going so I totally recommend it. I also have a Panasonic Lumix underwater camera which is ok, but not great at taking photos of small things and doesn't geotag the photos which is annoying (but it is cheaper).

Here's an NZ hermit crab that's a bit upset I tipped it over:

jonny righteous
Oct 31, 2006
trouser.

I think those two in the middle are crab carapaces. The ones on the left look similar to what in NZ we call Tower Shells, the ones on the top Fan Shells (they probably have another name where you are though)!


The ones on the top might be dog cockles, the ones in the middle might be jingle shells, bottom right are barnacles or some type, top right might be some type of carditta?

https://www.inaturalist.org/ is great for getting ids on stuff.

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