Mike is off to Komodo tomorrow for 10 days of what should be incredible diving and topside adventure! Mike hasn’t been there for a while and it’s always exciting to head back to one of Indonesia’s most incredible locations. Can’t wait to climb a few hills and jump into some incredible coral reefs and action […]
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Photo of the Day – Batfish in Menjangan
Menjangan Island is an often overlooked destination in Bali as many folks love heading out to the famous Liberty Wreck or looking for mantas and molas in Nusa Penida. However, the Menjangan area is one of our favourite destinations in Bali due to the beautiful coral gardens and plentiful schooling fish. Here is a shot […]
Photo of the Day – Jellyfish and Mangroves
Everyone seems to know about the Jellyfish Lake (actually lakes as there are quite a few) in the Republic of Palau, however, Indonesia is also home to numerous jellyfish lakes from Borneo to Papua and several places in between. I have been lucky to have had the chance to visit several of them over the […]
Photo of the Day – Schooling Barracuda
Indonesia suffers from a bit of a reputation of not having many large schools of fish. However, that’s simply not true. There are many different massive schools of barracuda throughout the country, from Kalimantan to Papua! This photo is from one of several big schools that I know of in the Halmahera region, an area […]
Story Behind the Shot – Grey Reef Shark and Diver
Meet Seb, he is the French diveguide that I used to work with back in French Polynesia 10 years ago or so. Seb lived on the island of Rangiroa and joined the Tahiti Aggressor when I worked on that boat from 2002 to 2004. Seb was a special kind of person, he loved sharks and […]
Volcanic Bubbles in the Komodo area
I am heading out to the Komodo region soon, I must admit it has been quite some time since I have been there, in fact, I haven’t been since before the major Sangeang Volcano eruption last year! Looking forward to diving the area to see what has changed since my last trip! Here is a […]
Frogfish Portrait – Photo of the Day
This photo is a from a great site that I haven’t visited for a while, Secret Bay in the far north west of Bali in the town of Gilimanuk. Secret Bay is a great muck diving location with lots of critter action including many resident frogfish such as this bright orange clown frogfish, Antennarius pictus, […]
Xeno Crab on a Wire Coral
Xeno crabs are some of the more bizarre looking critters you will find underwater. This guy lives on a wire coral on the Angels Window dive site in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
Story Behind the Shot – Conger and Sponge
One of the cool things about spending a lot of time photographing in a place like Lembeh Strait is the fact you can bump into just about anything at any time. One of the stranger creatures I ran into happened to be when I was actually shooting wide angle and it was the perfect lens […]
Photo of the Day – Andiamo Reef
As we have recently returned from Raja Ampat on a thoroughly enjoyable liveaboard trip (Trip Report is here) with great friends and superb diving, we are slowly processing our photos and presenting them on our social media channels. One of the highlights of our Raja trip was the dive site “Andiamo”, in the Daram island […]