Anyone going or done any dive trips overseas recently?

[Ardy]

Sorry Jodie can't see your shots without a face account and there is no way I am ever going to get one of those! Ditto twitto.

 

[Ardy]

I was in Curacao in October, right after the hurricane just missed the island. I was happy to capture a Dark Mantis Shrimp (Neogonodactylus curacaoensis), something I've seen once or twice but never long enough to get a good photo.
Full gallery here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskG7NrrG . All shots EM10 w/60mm macro or 14-42.

Thanks for that, I have never heard of these before and therefore never seen one. Tell me more Mr? More.

 

[Wisnu]

Hi ardy
not really overseas trip, and no macro, here two pics

ElGouna-080412.jpg by Wisnu Purwanto, on Flickr

Marsa alam (349 of 765).jpg by Wisnu Purwanto, on Flickr

other can be seen here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisnupurwanto/albums/72157667153292975/with/29613334372/

 

[Ardy]

Thanks Wisnu, love your stuff and your posts. Also you dive in a part of the world I do, so I suffer double the pain of not being able to jump in the water. I wonder if I could get a government grant as a semi-cripple in need of assisted underwater therapy?

 

[Dan]

I was doing my heck out dive in Coral Kingdom, Cod Hole, GBR on 21 November, 2016 (last week) with Mike Ball's Spoilsport when I spotted a couple of cuttlefish, each showing different color & pattern of its skin. Jake, the Video/Photo Pro of the Spoilsport, liked it & gave me a 1st place for that trip photo contest. LOL.

 

[Dan]

Here is a walking shark, if you haven't seen one. I saw it during a night dive in Misool, Raja Ampat.

 

[Dan]

Djamal, DM of Misool Eco Resort, showed me how harmless the seakrait of Raja Ampat was. It swam right onto his hand.

 

[Dan]

Saw this Halimeda Ghost Pipefish under Arborek Jetty, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat.

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[Dan]

A couple of Harlequin Shrimps having starfish dinner in Pulau Pef, Raja Ampat.

 

[Wisnu]

ardy, this might help you
another walking shark from Ternate city promenade, in less than 1 m depth. You can see every night without having get wet. no need scuba diving.
Walking shark Ternate by Wisnu Purwanto, on Flickr