Today I received my copy of the Dive New Zealand magazine only to discover that my good mate Ian Swan had entered and won 1st prize in the magazine's "Kodak Shades of Colour" photographic competition in the underwater digital photo section. The winning image was of the mosaic moray I featured in my blog "Deep blue". Good one Ian.--
Photo Credit: Swan, I, 2006 (January 21), Mosaic moray at Middle Arch. All rights reserved.
2 comments:
This is absultely stunning!!! Good shot -- and almost scary.
Hi Fraser
The moray eel is a very passive animal around divers. Saying that, I was shown how efficient and scary a hunter it is when one I was watching suddenly lunged forward and snapped up a passing fish just inches from my head. Those needle teeth are very sharp and nothing can get away from them once caught.
My favourite thing to do with them is gently rub their bellies (with a kevlar glove on my hand) and when they relax have them roll onto their backs. I recently found out that they also like to be rubbed gently under the chin.
Dave
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