Komodo Dive Trip 2019

[Diving Tider]

Manta ray passing overhead





Nudibranch


Blue spotted stingray


False clown anemone fish


Cuttlefish


Bamboo shark


Komodo dragon


Komodo dragon on the move

 

[jvett77]

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Manta ray passing overhead

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Nudibranch

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Blue spotted stingray

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False clown anemone fish

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Cuttlefish

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Bamboo shark

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Komodo dragon

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Komodo dragon on the move

Fantastic, colorful shots! Did you take them all?

 

[Diving Tider]

Fantastic, colorful shots! Did you take them all?

Thank you! And yes, I took all the pictures posted & a whole bunch that weren't

 

[jvett77]

Thank you! And yes, I took all the pictures posted & a whole bunch that weren't

Special underwater camera? Really great shots. The cuttlefish is very weird looking. Lol. Post more if you can.

 

[Diving Tider]

Special underwater camera? Really great shots. The cuttlefish is very weird looking. Lol. Post more if you can.

Yes & no. I dive with two different cameras. One is a Nikon D7000 DSLR with a housing, two strobe lights, & sometimes other lights attached. I use two different lenses with it, a fish-eye wide angle & a macro lens. The other camera is an Olympus TG-4 with a housing & two underwater video lights. Generally try to use the Nikon, but sometimes conditions require me to use the Olympus.


Nikon with the Tokina 10-17mm lens


Nikon with the 60mm macro lens

 

[Diving Tider]

Manta ray


Moray eel


Lionfish


Manta ray


Octopus


Nudibranch


Razorfish


Coral


Juvenile ribbon eel


Pygmy seahorse

 

[jvett77]

All excellent shots. Nice teeth on the Moray eel! Were you very close to it?

 

[Diving Tider]

All excellent shots. Nice teeth on the Moray eel! Were you very close to it?

Thanks! And I was maybe 2-3 feet away. The three main rules of underwater photography: get low, get close, shoot up.

 

[jvett77]

Thanks! And I was maybe 2-3 feet away. The three main rules of underwater photography: get low, get close, shoot up.

I thought these were dangerous. Your next mission. Get a shot of a giant octopus.

 

[Diving Tider]

I thought these were dangerous. Your next mission. Get a shot of a giant octopus.

Only dangerous if you aggravate them. Will only attack if they feel threatened. I always move in for the shot slowly so I can get as close as possible without the fish feeling threatened.

The fifth picture is an octopus I found on a night dive.