I am a member of a local dive club called the Scuba Sports Club of Westchester, NY. Each month our club, which is comprised of mostly scuba divers, gathers to discuss all aspects of scuba diving. Often guest speakers will … Continue reading Scuba Sports Club of Westchester: Recent Member Photos & Video
The Blotched Fantail Ray is one of the largest rays commonly found throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The stingray in this video was observed at a cleaning station in the Laamu Atoll, Maldives. A cleaning station is a location … Continue reading Fish of the Week: Blotched Fantail Ray
Once in a while I loose track of my subject. Here’s an example of a school of mostly fusilier swimming in between a reef shark and my camera lens. It’s a rewarding, overwhelming and slightly dangerous position. I’m happy I … Continue reading Losing Track of a Shark
I find Striped Sweetlips extremely fascinating. I’m not sure what attracts me to them. Maybe it’s their solid strips, yellow accent, black shapes on their fins… or maybe it’s the dopey look they display. I don’t know… but I always … Continue reading Sweetlips – Maldives Edition
This is a short clip of a Napoleonfish (Cheilinus undulatus) spotted along a reef in Laamu Atoll, Maldives. The fish is also know as the Humphead Wrasse, Humphead Maori Wrasse, Giant Maori Wrasse, Napoleon Wrasse, and Napoleon fish. Naming reference … Continue reading Wildlife Wednesday : Napoleonfish
I’m always happy when I dive a site that presents beautiful coral bommies with abundant small fish. Bommies are an outcrop of coral reef, often resembling a column, that is higher than the surrounding platform of reef and which may … Continue reading Coral Bommies
The Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) is one of my underwater favorites. Its square shaped yellow body with black spots can be easily recognized along coral reefs. This boxfish was observed in the Laamu Atoll located in the Maldives. A Few … Continue reading Wildlife Wednesday : Yellow Boxfish
I have always been intrigued by how and why some creatures fluoresce above and below the waterline. Biofluorescence is the absorption and reemission of light from living organisms. Fluorescent organisms have proteins built into their skin or other tissues that … Continue reading Fluorescent Friday
The underwater world is full of vibrant colors. As an underwater image-maker, sometimes we need to light our subject to bring out these exciting and rich colors. Occasionally, it is better to go back to basics and produce black & … Continue reading Black and White Underwater – Maldives
Graeffe’s Sea Cucumber (Pearsonothuria graeffei) is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Pearsonothuria graeffei is a scavenger and roams around on the seabed sifting through sediment with its feeding tentacles. Pearsonothuria graeffei is a roughly cylindrical, thin-walled sea cucumber that grows to about 12 inches … Continue reading Weird Wildlife Wednesday : Graeffe’s Sea Cucumber
Dwells in coral reefs Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific Hunts small fish and mobile invertebrates Uses its large fins to corner prey Venomous Mature lionfish can spawn … Continue reading Wildlife Wednesday : Lionfish
Move arrows in the middle to compare black & white and color photo. More images and videos to follow from the Maldives expedition. Continue reading Wordless Wednesday : Scuba Diver
There are over 800 species of hermit crabs divided into two groups – marine and land. Most underwater hermit crabs require shelter produced by other organisms … Continue reading Wildlife Wednesday : Hermit Crab
A few days ago around 11am, the staff at Six Senses Resort notified us the sea turtles were emerging from the sand and heading to the Indian Ocean. The biologists & staff contained the turtles on the beach for a … Continue reading Turtle Hatchlings – Laamu, Maldives
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