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Pretty Pods of Poison.

Richard Robinson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:20:57 +0000

Published Weekend Herald Saturday June 26 2010. Written By Catherine Masters.

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Seven Days at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve.

Richard Robinson — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:22:42 +0000

Some of the highlights from my first annual Seven-Day trip to the Poor Knights Islands with Quentin Bennett, Andrew Green, Franz Smith and Mary Carney with Ocean Blue Adventures on board their tender Mazurka with Kevin Delonge and Kent Ericksen.

Quentin and various dive companions have been doing this trip every year around the same week in April since the late sixties.

I felt very privileged to be asked along and it was fascinating listening to story’s of trips past and how things have changed and in some cases stayed the same at the Knights.

Certainly the week was one of my best dive experiences, peaking when a pod of False-killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) approached as I ended a dive in Crater Bay. Having come up from a 120 minute dive at dusk on the East Side of the Island with no more power left in my strobes I was forced to really test the 5D Mark 2 in low light with exposures around 60^th second at f2.8 at 1000iso the results are amazing… A few years ago, I would never expected that we could get this quality from digital in saying that a few years ago, shooting film you could not change film underwater, I would have been stuck with a low iso film and would not have got the shots at all.

Unfortunately I am being a tease because I can’t show you the pictures until they are published… keep your eyes out and just a friendly reminder to buy the current New Zealand Geographic in fact get a subscription we are very lucky to have a magazine of this calibre in New Zealand.

Over the seven days squeezed in 21 Dives with a total of 26 hours in the water…

New Zealand Diving Pioneer and Underwater Photographer Quentin Bennett with Eastern Arch on Aorangaia Island in the background at the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve New Zealand. Friday 23 April 2010 Photograph Richard Robinson © 2010.

One very cool thing I photographed was sun being refracted through Salps not unusal I know, but the Refracted Prisms were lighting up Snapper…. Rainbow Snapper.

Nudibranch, Cratena lineata Order: Nudibranchia Suborder: Aeolidina Family: Glaucidae Location :The Canyon, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Saturday 17 April 2010 Photograph Richard Robinson © 2010

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New Nudibranchs

Richard Robinson — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:34:33 +0000

On my last seven day trip to the Knights, found a few more Nudi’s I have not seen before.

Nudibranch, Cratena lineata?.Order: Nudibranchia.Suborder: Aeolidina.Family: Glaucidae.Location :The Canyon, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand..Saturday 17 April 2010.Photograph Richard Robinson © 2010

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Nudibranchs of New Zealand.

Richard Robinson — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:52:45 +0000

[ps-gal-flash height=390 width=590]http://www.photoshelter.com/c/depth/gallery/Nudibranchs-of-New-Zealand./G00001LU_nWwAfio[/ps-gal-flash]

Underwater Photography of Nudibranchs and other Molluscs at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve and wider New Zealand by Underwater Photographer and Photojournalist Richard Robinson.

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Chromodoris aureomarginata

Richard Robinson — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:36:02 +0000

Nudibranch Chromodoris aureomarginata at The Great Wall, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Sunday 28 March 2010.

If you are out at the Knights keep an eye out for these little Nocturnal Nudibranch’s seems to be allot around at the moment during the day around The Great Wall.

Nudibranch Chromodoris aureomarginata at The Great Wall, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand.

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Tiny Nudibranch’s

Richard Robinson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:30:04 +0000

Doto sp. Nudibranch approximately 5mm in lengh at Oculina Point, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand.

Over the last month Ian Skipworth has been helping me find some very little Nudibranchs. I must admit it is rather addictive trying to find them.

Caldukia rubignosa Nudibranch at Oculina Point, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand.

Skip's Yellow Doto (Doto sp.) at Oculina Point, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand.

Nudibranch Cadalina willani Oculina Point, Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand.

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Trapania rudmani

Richard Robinson — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:56:53 +0000

Nudibranch Trapania rudmani at Danger Rock, Northland New Zealand.

Anna Clague spotted this little fulah the other week at Danger Rock.

There is a little info on it at the Sea Slug Forum

My buddy Ian Skipworth has only come across it the once, I take that as a good indication that it is not that common.

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Sugarloaf and Scary Deep

Richard Robinson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:19:18 +0000

Dived the Pinnacles at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand on Saturday on a little Secret Mission testing a new Product for a friend. More to be Revealed on that later but it is awesome to see that the Jason mirabilis Nudibranch is back at the Knights after a few Years Hiding.

Jason's Nudibranch (Jason mirabilis).

Saturday 14 November 2009
Dive Number: 201
Boat: Yukon Charters
Site: Sugarloaf Rock at the Pinnacles (High Peak Rocks) at the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand.
Max Depth: 31.8 meters.
Temperature: 16 Degrees Celsius.
O2: 32%
Bottom Time: 76 minutes
Bottom Time to Date: 10,345 minutes.
Cumulative Time: 10,421 minutes.
Dive Number: 202
Boat: Yukon Charters
Site: Scary Deep Rock at the Pinnacles (High Peak Rocks) at the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand.
Max Depth: 28.6 meters.
Temperature: 16 Degrees Celsius.
O2: 32%
Bottom Time: 80 minutes
Bottom Time to Date: 10,421 minutes.
Cumulative Time: 10,501 minutes.

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