Sea moths (eurypegasus draconis) are very strange, very small fish (3"/10cm). They walk on modified pectoral fins, have a bony carapace they shed like an insect and a cute little beak. You can see this one snapping up a small shrimp in the sand. #scuba #marinelife

The skin of a peacock sole (Pardachirus pavoninus). Larval sole actually have eyes on each side of their heads; during puberty, the eyes migrate across their bodies. Their camouflage is adaptive due to chromatophores much like a squid. Incredible. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife

A wall of big-eyed trevally aka caranx sexfaciatus. I followed this swirling gyre of life for 40 minutes or so. You can identify these by the black spot above the gills and white tip on the dorsal fin. Males turn black when courting. Sipadan, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

One thing I love about hermit crabs is that they can be left or right-handed. This anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) is left-handed like me! Like beloved pets, it will take its collection of anemones with it when it moves to a new shell. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography 🦀

This was a good find, a harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis). Don't be fooled by the name; they are found almost exclusively under or on anemones. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

A group of big-eyed trevally, aka jacks (caranx sexfaciatus). This was an offshoot of a huge school I spent about 40 minutes cavorting with. To me, jacks always look like a fart they expected to be silent has made a rather loud noise. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

I love how the pre-dawn light dapples the stripes on this giant trevally, caranx ignobilis. It was very early - about 5.30 - and this big guy was slowly cruising the wall, looking for breakfast. The entire world was stained prussian blue. Sipadan, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

A little chromodoris nudi (colemani I think). I like this photo for two reasons: 1) I got the closest rhinophore in focus - this is harder than it looks! 2) the soft coral on the left (some type of Heteroxenia?) is absolutely crawling with brittle stars. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

Crocodile flathead, Cymbacephalus beauforti. A long macro necessitates a close up of this rather large fish, but it does highlight some beautiful colours and textures. Bottom-dwelling fish are typically a riot of texture, I especially like the pupils. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

Goniobranchus leopardis, tucked under a rock. I liked the way this caked up nudi's gills are on display; they look like a flower in this photo. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

A little nembrotha kubaryana, about 4cm/1.5" long. It's so interesting, how much marine life has vivid reds at depths where there is little or no red light. These diminutive nudis live on a diet of equally tiny sea-squirts. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife

Adorable Ophichtus Bonaparti - Napoleon snake eel. They use their sharp tails as shovels to burrow into the sand. Snake eels often have a perturbed expression like this one; I find it quite endearing. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

Pteraeolidia semperi, aka a Blue Dragon. Probably the most commonly spotted nudibranch in south east Asian waters, and no less adorable for it. I like the way its rhinophores pop against the darker rock here. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

A Girdled Glossodoris (Glossodoris Cincta) plows its way into the light from my snoot. I love the combination of textures and colours these medium-sized nudibranch have. #sendnuds #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

I always like seeing lionfish on night dives; it's the only time you will catch them in the open water. For such rapacious predators, I find them quite diffident. At Seaventures' house reef, Mabul, Malaysia. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife

Orangutan Crab has a good hair day. Mataking Island, Malaysia. #underwaterphotography #scuba #marinelife

A little blenny - possibly a monocled coral blenny - checks to see if I've gone. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife

A little Chromodoris nudibranch getting a blow dry from the current in this drift dive. Trying to maintain plane of focus on the rhinophores when current is ferocious like this is very challenging! #underwaterphotography #marinelife

Sipadan, a chevron barracuda greets the dawn. #underwaterphotography, #scuba

Sunset on the Seaventures dive rig, Mabul Island, Celebes Sea.

I am staying on a repurposed oil rig for diving in the Celebes Sea. I just love the oily steampunk vibes it gives off.

This is depressingly common and infuriating.

A typically moribund op-ed in the NYT: "Is the America we know slipping away?" - I feel like a political divide the media can't see is between people who understand the status quo is dead (left and right), and people who think it can be salvaged. It's gone - and why save it? It brought us here.

Aquarium, gotta love it. It turns out I was, in fact, ready for this jelly.

The best thing about Kinokuniya is that you can always find something that is *exactly* what you're interested in.

This is a very interesting paper. It asserts that companies took advantage of COVID/Ukraine supply chain disruptions to raise prices - even when their products weren't impacted. My sobering implication is that we can expect similar behaviour due to tariff uncertainty.

I was captivated by the views of Mt Qilai. A river of clouds was rambling up the valley before spilling over the tree line. Just gorgeous. #taiwan #landscapephotography

Absolute raging stonker of a sunset, +3000m in the central Taiwanese mountains. #taiwan #landscapephotography

I hope that both parties really absorb the lesson that Australians are deeply disinterested in silly culture wars, imported or not. The coalition, to stop reaching for them like a security blanket; and labor to stop cowering from them like a monster under the bed. We are a better people than that.

It was a great holiday. #maldives

That unsettling disquiet you feel when your cat is making eating sounds and it's outside of meal time.

It's amazing how crimson the anemones are; this is at a depth where there is virtually no natural red light at all. #scuba #marinelife #maldives

love the way the sunlight dapples this black-tipped reef shark. They are omnipresent in the Maldives. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

Spotted eagle rays, gliding through endless Maldivian seas. #marinelife #scuba #underwaterphotography

There was something almost painterly and impressionistic about these two massive barracuda above us, grimly surveying the wall. #maldives #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography

Shooting at depth without a strobe is always challenging, this dive especially so. The site is at the entrance of the wharf, the water is turbid and full of sand and excited divers of varying abilities. Also there were a dozen tiger sharks. #scuba #underwaterphotography #maldives

One of the the things I love about diving is the sense of flying or hovering. Turtles and rays convey this masterfully. You can see just how clear the water is in the Maldives; nothing but blue left here yet not a single mote, well over 10 metres away. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife

Beautifully camouflaged coral trout. #scuba #underwaterphotography

A murmuration of damselfish in the Maldives. They look like shifting constellations. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife

Peek-a-boo. Maldivian clownfish, the water was so blue. #underwaterphotography #maldives

Diving into Monday! #underwaterphotography #maldives

I don't think it's widely appreciated how psychedelic clams can be. #marinelife #underwaterphotography

It's wonderful seeing the love of the ocean grow in your children. I'm so grateful I get to share this with her.

Heading into the weekend like... #marinelife #scuba

Blue-ringed octopus are roughly the size of a golf ball, but far more adorable. I spent around 15 minutes photographing this little fellow. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife

I feel like this picture of zebra catfish captures something of their frenetic, tornado like activity across the sea floor. It's always a pleasure to see a school of them. Taken in the beautiful Lembeh Strait. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife

News of out of the USA at the moment feels like a novelty advent calendar, but instead of tea or craft beer, every day reveals a different type of dog turd. Anyway, let's all run away to #Bhutan.

Singapore adores rules, this is one of my favourites. Every renovation or site work requires this talismanic gray "sound barrier" tarpaulin. The powers of this thin sheet of unenclosed plastic are truly remarkable when it comes to noise cancellation.

One of my favourite, under appreciated, writers. This interviewer has a deep understanding of Tyler's work and it shows in this insightful piece.

Long-tailed Macaque, Langkawi, Malaysia. Anyone who lives with macaques knows they are pure chaos, but I find them so expressive; they are emotional, responsive, they are always telling stories. #naturephotography #wildlife