Profile

John Natoli

Name

John Natoli

Personal Description

Gender

male

Birthday

1956-10-03

Nationality

Australian

Languages Spoken

Australian

Certification Level

Rescue

First Certified in

2002

Approximate total dives

over 500

Dives in the last 12 months

50-500

Available to dive

Fridays

Favourite Dive Sites

JUlian Rocks, Byron Bay

Favourite Critters

Sharks and Manta Rays

Gear Owned

the lot

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Articles

Using my Tokina 10–17mm Fisheye lens: I had only just booked a trip to Vanuatu to dive the President Coolidge ... and I thought “That’s it! I need that lens for the Vanuatu trip” ......

Australian Sea Lions - what a buzz!: It was around midday, when Andrew Fox suggested that conditions were perfect for a brief stop over at Hopkins Island and take a dive with Australian Sea Lions.

Hooked on Julian Rocks, Byron Bay: 20th July 2003 .... that is the first time I drove down from the Gold Coast to Byron Bay and arrived at Sundive, jumped on one of their boats and set out to dive Julian Rocks - and I have been addicted ever since

Gallery

Squid Egg Nursery

Black Coral nursing a cluster of squid eggs at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay. Unfortunately, these little critters didn't live long enough to become 'calamari rings'.

Heads 'n Tails

No through Hole - Obviously this is one cavity that you have to come out the same way you went in. Shot at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay with Olympus Mju400D set on Macro. Photocomp September '04 - Novice

Grey Nurse Shark injured by fishing gaff

Injured Grey Nurse Shark which has been sighted around Julian Rock in Byron Bay. Looks like she was impaled some kind of fishing gaff.

I find these blue tangs a pretty little fish ... not too mention very camera shy. Shot in The Needles, Julian Rock, Byron Bay, NSW. Nikon D70 in Ikelite housing w/single 125 strobe. Photocomp Janaury '05 - Open

Blue Boxfish

This blue boxfish was a very shy guy...I have never seen one before and thankfully he did allow me to get close on a day of very poor viz. Julian Rock's Byron Bay, NSW, Nov. 2004.
Photocomp November '04 - Novice

Meet 'Ernst

On a day of very poor viz, the best subject to photograph was one of the only things I could see - my Buddy Ernst. Photocomp December '04 - Open

Hit'n'run

Some try close up photography ... others try macro photography... and then comes a Leopard Shark who wants to take you 'head on'. This is the culprit a split second before colliding into my Ikelite housing - Good onya. Taken at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, NSW

Home Alone

This tiny black damsel was all alone ... keeping watch in his golden castle. Shot in the Nursery at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia. Nikon D70 w/105mm and single Ikelite strobe.
Photocomp December ’05 - Open