Sipadan Water Village

[Tortuga Roja]

I just spent 10 diving days at SWV in Malaysia and highly recommend it to anyone.

Haven't been thru all my pix yet but enuf to say I am pretty dissapointed. Partly to blame on equipment failure, partly on me not thinking enuf about it.

Here are a few from the 1st couple of days. All from Mabul and Kapalai. More to come I think.

Morning from the deck thru a 10.5mm

Cuddle eye

Pretty stuff

Sumkina Nudibranch

If I'm lion, I'm dyin'

Take me to your leader

 

[Jcsgt]

And you are disappointed in these photos why?

That sunset shot is very eyecatching, nice job framing it.

I love the cuttlefish eye, very cool. The lionfish is also very nice.

 

[Tortuga Roja]

And you are disappointed in these photos why?

Thanks!

I guess I should make myself clearer. It's not that I am dissapointed with these shots in particular, just in the overall quality of what I returned with.

 

[havnmonkey]

Hey, if you weren't dissappointed in most of your shots than I would say your standards are too low. How many must we take before we get a keeper? A ton... Anyways great shots so far!

 

[Jamdiver]

Wonderful shots Tortuga .
Lovely composition with the 10.5mm, cuddle eye and "pretty stuff" are amazing.

Great shots..

 

[Ed_Dman]

Wow! Great shots. Really like the LionFish shot. Thanks for sharing!

Ed.

 

[Dee]

I agree with Jam...the cuttlefish eye and Pretty things are my favorites. But you nailed that WA sunset. The framing is fantastic.

 

[Mike Veitch]

Nice stuff Mike.... but.. disappointment gives you reason to return!

 

[ssra30]

Nice shots. I have not been back to Sipadan in a few years. Were you there before or after the barge hit rammed the island?

 

[Tortuga Roja]

Nice shots. I have not been back to Sipadan in a few years. Were you there before or after the barge hit rammed the island?

I left home the day after it happened. They wouldn't let us anywhere near it and there were lots of officials there to check it out while we were there. Lots of controversy about it.