Photo pick of the month:
1) O'zapft is!
2) Fish and bird
3) Backlit bird
Branchs of the month:
(see also www.amateurbranching.com)
8 new opisthobranch species for the Rajah collection were found this month and 1 new heterobranch species (not listed).
- Diaphanidae sp. 1 (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/07/diaphanidae-sp-1/
- Doto sp. 2 (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/07/doto-sp-2/
- Doto sp. 3 (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/12/doto-sp-3/
- Elysia sp. 3 (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/13/elysia-sp-3/
- Okenia eolida (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/12/okenia-eolida/
- Petalifera petalifera (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/13/petalifera-sp-1/
- Polycera sp. 1 (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/05/polycera-sp-1/
- Trinchesia sp. 1 (nice find) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/05/26/trinchesia-sp-1/
- Trinchesia sp. 3 (nice find) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/05/26/trinchesia-sp-3/
- Ventomnestia villica (new species) -> http://amateurbranching.com/2014/09/27/ventomnestia-villica/
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| Ozzy Oktoberfest |
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| India |
The following two photos have been censored in a photo competition overseas. No reasons were given and several attempts to make the last photo available to a small group of people who might have appreciated failed.
Und damit dies die Zensoren auch verstehen: Die folgenden zwei Fotos wurden in einem Fotowettbewerb in Uebersee zensuriert. Es wurden keine Gruende dafuer aufgefuehrt. Mehrere Versuche, speziell die letzte Fotografie einer kleinen Gruppe zugaenglich zu machen, die dies wohl geschaetzt haette, waren erfolglos.
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| O'zapft is! |
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| Fish and bird |
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| Missed |
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| Wing beats |
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| Albert Einstein |
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| Passing by |
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| Fairy |
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| Heli-structure |
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| Not me |
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| Greeny |
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| Ozzy ozzy |
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| Up, please! |
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| Rarely photographed alive - how amazing that the eyes have hooks. This crab is living a cryptic life, being covered in yellow-green algae. Size is about 10mm. I promise everyone that they won't see the animal even if they know where it is and that they will even struggle to locate it when it moves. These crabs are not rare at all but I only ever notice them in certain water conditions when they are lacking growth to hide in. This time, I collected a single Halophila ovalis leaf and had no idea that this animal was part of it. Even after a while of focussing on other things I was struggling to locate the animal again. Note that this was in a small container with lots of contrast and the weed probably being halfway consumed by the animal. It was released after photographing and I assume it survived the publicity stunt. |
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| Blue headed |
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| Quaily |
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| Tilapia or carp? |
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| Bend beak |
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| Bushbird |
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| Elusive sing champion |
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| Waterbugs |
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| Butterfly or breaststroke? |
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| Backlit bird |
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| Waterbird (Noisy miner, Menorina melanocephala) |
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| Leaving the roost |
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| Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla or Zapornia pusilla) |
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| Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) |
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| Head in the sun |
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| Rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus) |
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| Give me a kiss |
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| Waking the day |
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| Till death us part |
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| Desert G |
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| Flat headed |
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| Glossy ibis |
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| Reed reflections |
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| Twitching |
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| Tasting |
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| Young and beautiful |
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| Immigration |
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| Moving |
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| Sailing into freedom |
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| Chicken pox (Goniobranchus daphne) |
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| Smirky head (Goniobranchus tinctorius) |
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| Snow covered (Micromela undata) |
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| Flower coated |
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| Walking the turban (Bullina lineata) |
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| Brothers (Australasian Figbird, Sphecotheres vieilloti) |
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| Marine city |
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| Got that left handed |
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| Up-wind |
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| Watersports |
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| Goldy |
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| Fish documentation |
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| Unicorn |
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| Watching over you |
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| Roost |
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| Baby osprey |
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| Nisting material |
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| Bee-eater |
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| Wing study |
