'Shaggy'. This 4m Great White cruised in while we were deploying acoustic listening stations to track GWS movements in the Neptune Islands, South Australia.
Shortlisted!

Beginning of a dusk/night dive under Rye pier this beautiful sponge caught my eye..

Chromodoris tinctoria

'White Tip' the 4.5m male Great White. Taken during a scientific expedition to deploy acoustic listening stations (to track tagged GWS) in the North Neptune Islands, South Australia. 3 December 2011.
Shortlisted!
Through to 2011 awards final round judging

Female weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx teaniolatus) photographed as she came around a pylon..

Leatherjacket, trying to blend in with orange sponges. This photo taken as it turned around a pylon.

Australian Fur Seal in Port Phillip Bay. Incredibly interactive this shot was taken on snorkel - love these animals.

hiding in his play ground.

Hypselodoris bennetti, Nelson Bay

Very small (10mm) Phyllodesmium serratum, grazing on a sea-squirt "inlet".
It looked like a fungus at first sight but when I looked closer it appeared a tiny nudibranch.

My Giant.
Giant Australian Cuttlefish.
Taken at Tumby Bay jetty SA.

Just for a different angle on most of the weedy seadragon photos I've already entered - a male weedy seadragon heading under the pier...

This was taken while on a tour for Museum Victoria looking for leafy seadragons under Rapid Bay Jetty - no leafys but beautiful nonetheless!
Taken with a canon D10 compact

Platypus Cowrie (Cuspivolva platysia) amongst blue polyps of host gorgonian at Little Beach, Nelson Bay.

Opisthobranch (Bullina lineata) at Fly Point, Nelson Bay.

Giant cuttlefish in South Australia - taken with a canon D10 compact camera under Rapid Bay jetty inside a small hollow.
Shortlisted!

Two Nudibranch's mating, Found these two at the end of the dive about to go up the anchor line.

Blairgowrie pier, Port Philip Bay.
Shortlisted!

Grey Nurse at Wolf Rock in Queensland near Fraser Island

Profile of a very young weedy seadragon on a very murky dive towards dusk - just like how the light came through the thin leafy appendages...
Shortlisted!

Another weedy seadragon male with eggs under the pier. Slightly closer up.

Under Flinders pier where the dragons roam. It was a bit murky but many males carrying eggs.

Australias east coast Grey Nurse Shark. Photo taken at the Looking Glass @ Broughton Island

Abrolhos Islands.

What Big Teeth You Have !
Shortlisted!

Took this with my compact canon D10 camera while snorkelling under the pier with my students yesterday. Its a lions tail jelly but quite damaged. I have adjusted the temperature and removed some distracting light patches but liked how it came out...

I feel that this photos is getting closer to what I am hearing from the UnderwaterPhotography team - many thanks again!! Hard to get the whole animal in the frame when I'm this close... ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f11, Tokina 17mm

Through to 2011 awards final round judging