Category Archives: underwater

Packed and ready to go!

Sunset over Komodo NP

Sunset over Komodo NP

All the bags are packed for our 3 weeks trip around Flores island. I think we really reduced our luggage to a strict minimum :
Chris’ and my bags weight 20 kg each!

This includes :

  • all dive equipment such as BCD, regulator, wetsuit, mask, fins, booties,snorkel, gloves, reef hook  :)
  • strobe arms, housing handles and all cables for the cameras
  • a bit of clothes such as 3 pants and 4 T-Shirts
  • Lots of Anti -Nyamuk!
Ze bags

Ze bags

An Explorer hard case (15kg) contains the 2 Ike housings.

Well, no need to tell you that our hand luggage  goes slightly over the 7 kg we are allowed to :) But with 10 kg in each bag I find it quite reasonable for a laptop, 2 cameras, as for me I take the 18-200mm lens for topside shots. A 60mm and 105mm macro and the 10-17mm Tokina wide angle and 2 Ike strobes. Chris carries a 50mm macro, a 2x TC , his brand new 14-54mm lens and 2 Ike strobes too. I carry a Canon compact camera for the eventual snapshot during surface interval

Here an old slide picture I took in 2003 around Komodo with my old Sea&Sea MII. The image quality is crap to non-existent, but you can see why I’m eager to get back diving there. Healthy reefs and lots of life!

sharkfamily in Komodo

shark family in Komodo

If internet connections allow I will keep you updated on a daily basis on the adventures around Flores.

Splash calendar 2011

Last year we started to print a calendar for the dive shop.It was handed out to lots of customers. It was a big A3 sized wall calendar with dark background. We got lots of positive feedback so it was an easy decision to go for a 2011 edition. Last year I focused on macro photography, so I decided to change and chose wide-angle pictures, all featuring one or more divers.

I placed the order for printing 30 minutes ago.

Here is the very first preview. I hope you enjoy. Don’t hesitate to leave suggestions and comments.

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More photos for The “Festival de l’Image Sous-Marine”

As I’m almost decided which photo to send into the contest in Marseille in the category Prints (colour and b&w), I took some time tonight to put up a portfolio of 10 photos. These portfolios will be displayed during the festival in one of the theatres.

Here they are.

Enjoy!

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I want your opinion :)

Chosing one single shot is giving me sleepless nights! I need your help and opinion on the following pictures. Tell me which one is your favourite. You can click on the image to get a larger view :)

Some friends reported problems while trying to vote via IE. Firefox and iPhones seem to work just fine

Thank you all for your participation

Wallpaper September

Here are 2 choices for your September wallpaper. May it be a close-up of a clownfish or a beautiful coral fan which hosts a tiny transparent fish.

Enjoy!

Nuweiba Photo Workshop goes to an end..

This week here in Nuweiba passed really fast. We had 6 amazing days of diving with 15 to 17 dives. Water temperatures were at a comfortable 27-29C which allowed some of us to dive in shorts and T-Shirts or for me with a 0,5mm skin suit.

The group came up with some great shots as well in macro as in wide-angle. One of the advantages of Nuweiba is that you don’t have to share a dive site with other divers.

Ras Mamlach south of Nuweiba has beautiful soft corals and great drop-offs

Nuweiba PhotoWorkShop

The whole group arrived safely in Nuweiba at the Swisscare Hotel on Saturday morning. We didn’t lose much time and were in the water with Sarah and Daniel at 12 o’clock …some even earlier :)

A nice and quiet dive next to the pipeline to get used to the camera gear again and for others getting used to saltwater in general.

Yesterday we had to great dives at Maga’ana with lovely swim-throughs on the first dive. Wide angle heaven!

The second dive was more into macro.

Today we went to Sinkers. This is actually a buoy which was installed 25 years ago in 35 m of water with a chain of only 25m…hmmm

well it ended up becoming a great dive site :)

In general there are lovely angler fishes around…Frances, Papa Frances or Geraldine (commonly known as Pink ass), lots of mating octopi, huge ugly stonefish and lots more.

We’ll keep you updated

Wallpaper July

Here comes the new wallpaper for July. This little hawkfish just settled down for a couple of seconds on this green featherstar  when I passed by during one of my dives around Anilao last year. I tried different lightening techniques. This is the one I love best.

Hope you enjoy!

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Wallpaper June

Here comes a sunny shot from Bunaken, Manado. Enjoy!

D -12 : Philippines !

D -12

Nudibranchs are plenty in the Filipino waters if you know where and how to look for them :) The show-off of colours is simply amazing. I must admit that I’ve never seen any other animal family with such a range of colours. And there are still more to discover!
This lovely nembrotha posed for me during a safety stop around Balicasag island.
Counting the hours…