Photos from Bunaken…
Clownfish Pair
John with his dear DSLR set-up
Whip Coral Colony
Reef full of anthias
Juvenile Flying Gurnard
Bobtail Squid
Painted Frogfish
Hairy Frogfish
Seahorse
Unidentified fish hiding in an abandoned tubeworm shell
Coconut Octopus
Wonderpus
Flamboyant Cuttlefish Feeding
Juvenile Lacey Scorpionfish
Stargazer
Coral Prawn – related to the Western King Prawn
Black Hairy Frogfish
Painted Frogfish
Clown Frogfish
Solar Nudi
Ambon Scorpionfish
Flying Gurnard
Juvenile Starry Toadfish
Related to Plumed Shrimp
Painted Frogfish
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WOW!!!!!
[26-03-07 | 9:32 AM]and
WOW!!!!!
and WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
very very nice photos!
and yes! we saw all that!
thanks for organising the trip…we sure had so much fun despite our steamy rooms. hehe
[27-03-07 | 2:38 AM]nice pics……… really nice…!!
[29-03-07 | 4:12 AM]TQ for all the nice comments. Hehehe… the pics came out well with a little help from Photoshop, ler. My first try with the Canon G7 & original result wasn’t that great.
[29-03-07 | 5:37 AM]Great pics…any tips?
[05-04-07 | 5:33 AM]VINCENT:
Approach your object slow while evaluate its 360 degree surrounding. Find the best shooting angle & position urself & camera CAREFULLY.
Take lots of different angle shots & mood shots.
If using an external strobe, u’ll need to experiment a lot with angles, distance & strength of the lighting with the subject.
In Short… LOTS OF PRACTICE & PATIENCE!!!
[05-04-07 | 5:41 AM]I have been taking pics with my compact digital camera. Results are not very satisfying, so I am thinking of an upgrade, perhaps to a SLR….what are the main features in a camera that you would recommend that can take good quality underwater pics?
[06-04-07 | 2:36 AM]Dear Vincent,
Which compact digital camera are you using? Honestly speaking, I’ve been shooting with compact digital cameras all these while & have been getting beautiful results.
Main things you need to do in order to get good shots:
1. KNOW your camera
2. Be adventurous with the features in the camera
3. Once you outgrew your compact d.camera, slowly upgrade to a better semi-manual compact d.camera. Eventually you can upgrade to a fully manual compact d.camera
4. Once you’ve outgrown all these steps, then it’s time to invest into a full DSLR underwater set-up. But before you do that, practise on-land first for at least half a year or so. Remember rule #1. KNOW ur camera!
Back to the compact digital camera… you can consider investing in an external strobe first to go with your current camera. I find it a good long term investment as you can re-use the strobe once u upgraded to DSLR in the future.
P/S: I’ve yet upgrade myself to DSLR altho I’ve own 2 models for 3 yrs now. To me… why invest so much when I still can get equivalent photo quality from a compact camera???
[06-04-07 | 2:50 AM]Amazing photos Asther! Makes me wish I could be there. Though some of those creatures are probably really tiny and I would have missed it on my own. Next time you go there, maybe Alex and I can join in..
Grace
[06-04-07 | 4:21 AM]Hi Asther,
I use a a Fuji Finepix F10. I agree with what you say about knowing my camera. Still need to learn about it quite a bit. So far, I find that I can only get good pics with the macro function and get really close to the subject, which is not always possible. I have an extenal strobe, but again I am experimenting with it and not quite mastering it yet. Appreciate your comments. I will experiment with it more on land, before my next dive trips.
On an unrelated matter, I think your blog is superb. The music certainly adds a special touch to it. Well done.
[12-04-07 | 11:03 AM]vincent:
I’m not very familiar with Fuji cameras, especially for underwater shots. But the “big boys” in underwater shots are currently Canon, Olympus & Sony.
Yes… macro shots are the easier to take compared to normal portrait & landscape shots cos the space between camera & subject is minimized, hence, avoiding backscatters & water element which may affect the focus & quality of the shot. I’m finding the newer model of cameras (point & shoot versions) are better desgined now for taking better landscape shots, producing much nicer blue & color saturation.
Thank you for liking my blog.
I enjoy writing it & sharing with my friends & readers. 
Glad u’re enjoying it too.
[12-04-07 | 11:15 AM]Your pictures from Lembeh are just totally amazing! Superb quality
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