Identify

[Marcus]

Can someone please identify (ie. name) these for me?

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Thanks!

[LukeC]

have no idea sorry but great photos, where were they taken?

[Marcus]

Recent diving trip to Vanuatu. Stayed at Hideaway Island.
Great place, completely chilled-out reef diving. Let me know if you want to see more pics.

[RickGrundy]

Nice photos - did you get the G11 in the end?

The first one's a blue-lined surgeonfish and the last one is a pair of of christmas tree worms on some hard coral.

Not 100% sure about the middle photo; it's hard to tell pick out detail from that angle and colour is of minimal use for reef fish ID... but I reckon it's some sort of coral trout.

Rick.

[Marcus]

Yes, G11 with the Canon housing. No issues with either. In fact the G11 is a perfect travel camera! Not too big but with a reasonable heft. Takes fantastic pics in all of the program modes and allows a huge amount of manual control. I loved the deep green and yellow colours you get in "sunset" or "foliage" scene modes.

BUT - I will have to invest in the additional underwater strobe. In many cases I was better off taking an underwater picture without any flash at all rather than relying on the built-in flash. Backscatter was a probvlem, as was weak flash and uneven lighting.

So.. almost makes me wonder what I will use my DSLR for

[Marcus]

Yes, G11 with the Canon housing. No issues with either. In fact the G11 is a perfect travel camera! Not too big but with a reasonable heft. Takes fantastic pics in all of the program modes and allows a huge amount of manual control. I loved the deep green and yellow colours you get in "sunset" or "foliage" scene modes.

BUT - I will have to invest in the additional underwater strobe. In many cases I was better off taking an underwater picture without any flash at all rather than relying on the built-in flash. Backscatter was a probvlem, as was weak flash and uneven lighting.

So.. almost makes me wonder what I will use my DSLR for

[Terri]

Second one is a cod as it has a rounded tail not a trout. From memory something like bird-wire cod??
Where are all the zoologists the club used to have?? I am too old to remember

I think this is correct:

http://www.fishnames.com.au/fishnames/f ... p?pid=2072


Marcus you need to buy some Fish ID books and slates now

Also have a look here:

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Fishes

[Dean]

Second one is a cod as it has a rounded tail not a trout. From memory something like bird-wire cod??
Where are all the zoologists the club used to have?? I am too old to remember

We're working on temperate fishes, not these silly warm-water ones

[Terri]

Yes they are silly but pretty

[Marcus]

Yes they are silly but pretty

Here are a lot of pretty ones:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... =603383532

[Dean]

They do have their moments

[Liz]

Bloody nemo....all the philistines only want to see nemo...

[Marcus]

Bloody nemo....all the philistines only want to see nemo...

Well we did have a few Nemos on our trip but I was far more excited by the Lionfish and Stonefish....