Diving in the Maldives....
I have been viewing the photo's on this wildlife forum with absolute amazement at the fantastic skill and patience that the members of the forum demonstrate, you are inspirational for amateurs like myself.
Here are some images I have taken on a simple point and shoot (Canon S90) whilst diving in the Maldives recently....not quite the quality of some of the images on here, but they were great fun to take!
Manta ! The most wonderful animal you could ever wish to dive with, very inquisitive and just immense in size.
Spotted Moray happy to be photographed.
Black Footed Anemone Fish, very shy, really hard I find to photograph. When approaced, they hide inside the stinging anemone for protection (the fish are immune from the anemone sting) and if you get too close the male then becomes very agressive and will swim about in front of your face trying to scare you away.
Schooling Bannerfish, these are probably my favourite fish, they are just so small and move really elegantly. You can approach these very slowly and then they will allow you into the middle of the school and then you have hundreds of these beautiful fish all around you.
A typical Maldives reef, amazing corals, stunning colours and vibrant marine life. Here thousands of Golden Anthias shoot up from the reef into the current and then all dart back in unison, a big wave of bright orange sweeps the reef, wonderful to watch.
My favourite Moray is the tiny Ribbon Eel. I found this little one in the opening of a cave that was filled with thousands of tiny glass fish which this was trying to catch with it's little feather like sensors on the end of it's nose. Very shy to photograph and would would dart back int it's hole if he heard me breathe.
This female would hovver over my head waiting for my bubbles to rise up and she would then suck them in through her gill slits, I think this helped her clean them out.
Here are some images I have taken on a simple point and shoot (Canon S90) whilst diving in the Maldives recently....not quite the quality of some of the images on here, but they were great fun to take!
Manta ! The most wonderful animal you could ever wish to dive with, very inquisitive and just immense in size.
Spotted Moray happy to be photographed.
Black Footed Anemone Fish, very shy, really hard I find to photograph. When approaced, they hide inside the stinging anemone for protection (the fish are immune from the anemone sting) and if you get too close the male then becomes very agressive and will swim about in front of your face trying to scare you away.
Schooling Bannerfish, these are probably my favourite fish, they are just so small and move really elegantly. You can approach these very slowly and then they will allow you into the middle of the school and then you have hundreds of these beautiful fish all around you.
A typical Maldives reef, amazing corals, stunning colours and vibrant marine life. Here thousands of Golden Anthias shoot up from the reef into the current and then all dart back in unison, a big wave of bright orange sweeps the reef, wonderful to watch.
My favourite Moray is the tiny Ribbon Eel. I found this little one in the opening of a cave that was filled with thousands of tiny glass fish which this was trying to catch with it's little feather like sensors on the end of it's nose. Very shy to photograph and would would dart back int it's hole if he heard me breathe.
This female would hovver over my head waiting for my bubbles to rise up and she would then suck them in through her gill slits, I think this helped her clean them out.
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Juvenile Black Tip Shark hunting in the shallows.
Oriental Sweetlips, quite a comical fish, they would give Mick Jagger a run for his money on the lip front !!
A Manta passes overhead through the sunlight.
A Spotted Moray and a Green Moray house share (I came back at night and found these two fighting)
Snapper, these fish congregate in huge schools, sometimes in their thousands.
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Your shot of the Oriental Sweetlips is my favorite in this set.
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