I often tag along with Tony on weekends when he’s diving with students. I take lots of photos (including some of the students) and usually give the students a disc of pictures after they’re finished their course. People LOVE to see themselves underwater!
Tony suggested a project that I’m just busy finishing, which is to include on the discs of student photos a set of photos of the creatures we see most often when diving in Cape Town. The idea is to get them started in identifying marine creatures, and sharpening their eyes to see something interesting. Not everyone has books on marine life to hand, and it can be overwhelming when you first start looking up creatures. More than once I’ve enthusiastically and firmly identified something I’ve seen in False Bay, only to find that it’s not found south of Madagascar!
These are pictures I’ve taken all over the place, over a period of six months (since I got my camera). I’m just about done but this will always be a work in progress – you can see the complete collection of photos on my flickr page. I am totally amazed by the colours! Click on the image to go directly to the set.
If I’ve misidentified any of the creatures, please let me know! It’s harder than you might think to figure out what’s what… Even with the expert assistance of Guido, Georgina and George Branch!
