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Thursday, 11 July 2013

Diving @ Mabul Island part 2

The first few dives in Mabul were ok, average. Things started to get interesting from the 5th dive onward with many new sightings. Here's some photos taken by the 4 of us, we took turns to shoot underwater. 

Clown fish (aka anemonefish) is a joy to shoot, because they will stay in an corals and not swim away when you approach them. The corals themselves also form a beautiful natural frame for the fish. And thanks to Instagram for their surreal filter effects! Clown fish is made popular by the movie Finding Nemo, a computer-animated movie about the adventures of a clown fish ....so much so that some people call them the Nemo fish! 


Saturday, 15 June 2013

Diving in Manado - Day 2

Today must have been the best dive day in my life ever! Well, not a big deal as I don't dive a lot, and only been to Tioman/Dayang and Phi Phi Islands to dive. Nevertheless, the sights today were remarkable! And armed with dive cameras (and iPhone) the experience got more interesting.

The night before I was fiddling with my borrowed underwater casing and external digital flash. The flash was big by my standards (until I saw the bunch of Hk-ers equipment), however they weren't bright at all. In fact the inbuilt flash of the camera was way brighter! Something must be wrong somewhere, but it was late and I was tired and wasn't going to find out. Just use the inbuilt flash. 

The journey to the dive sites at Bunaken Island was less than comfortable, surprisingly. Once the boat started I felt queasy in my tummy. Maybe I ate too much for breakfast. I thought with the years in OBS driving a small motorboat almost everyday was enough to leave my seasick days behind.... Haven't felt seasick in a long while, I'm getting soft. Went to the bow with Sherlyn but after less than 5mins decided to return to the cabin, otherwise the fish below would have an early lunch. 

First dive site was Lekuan 1, at the southern tip of Bunaken Island. As with the other Bunaken dives, this was a wall/slope dive.