red hot and nudi !!

[hellfireie]

hey gang ,
* * * * * * * * these puppys are fresh from my dive an hour ago , can anyone put the right name on them ?? seen my first green water nudi yesterday and the batterys went dead ... had to just get out there and right that wrong today and heres the proof* enjoy !!!

jamie











comments most welcome

[bubblemaker]

righto... i'd say..the most likely candidate at the moment is 'Facelina auriculata' I don't suppose you'd have a photo from the front? or in fact the back of one of these wee fellas would you

[KenByrne]

Nice, I really like the first shot. There's enough in the background to give a sense of the habitat but not enough to distract from the main subject.

[hellfireie]

cant seem to make the second picture bigger for some reason !

when you know where to look for nudis ,they start popping up more and more . any ideas on a name for these two little beautys ?

sorry bubble dont think i have any from other angles , but when i see them again i'll get every square mill of them ok !!! lol

[TimIngmire]

Nice Pics. I prefer the first one myself but I wonder how it would look with a crop into a portrait format taking in just the nudi and thing it's on - can you try that?

I remember seeing my first Nudi - it was in Galway last year but I didn't have my camera with me - check out Marks article on www.travel-dive.com for the whole story. I think they are lovely things but now tend to be my 'elephant shot' ie - I take then now when I've not come across anything else on the dive - or I see a nice on in a great place (which isn't very often).

[hellfireie]

something like this is it tim you had in mind ?

[TimIngmire]

I had a quick play - I do hope you don't mind.

I trimmed a little more off the side to take the Nudi off-centre. I then play with the highlights to bring back some detail in the body and then rotated the whole thing (not sure about that last bit tho).

What do you think?

[bubblemaker]

righto.. I wasn't overlt sure about what these were, so i went for a second opinion.

I was right!!!

These are Facelina auriculata, and they are on Tubularia indivisa (Oaten pipes Hydroid) which just happens to be their favourite food, so is a damn good place to looke for them.

I have been asked, to ask you, to forward the pics (if you want to) to Dr. Bill Rudman at
http://www.seaslugforum.net/

He is one of the people who dedicate their lives to these little things, and is compiling a database of them... and he would welcome any photos of Nudibranchs, even if you don't know what they are.

[hellfireie]

looks nice tim thanks but as you said not sure about the rotating thing !! i like the highlights they add nice colour to the boby of the nudi

bubble i sent on them pictures to Dr. Bill Rudman hope he likes them !!

[bubblemaker]

I had a wee play too!!! sometimes i can't help myself!!!




cropped, rotated, fliped, changed levels, altered colour balance slightly....