The Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (also, St. Elsewhere, in the Caribbean) “Reef Squid“ Squid are ubiquitous in every ocean. On the reef, they are seldom seen alone. Usually, divers and snorkelers will notice a line stretching down the reef — squid all arranged facing the same direction, moving easily along the contour of the […]
Jettin’ is a post from: the Photo Tourist
Sep 27, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: A Shore Dive Kinda Life, cannon, Canon, Caribbean, dark, divemaster, diving, Elsewhere, focus, focus light, Indonesia, jet, Lembeh, Lembeh Strait, light, Light & Motion, Light and Motion, line, night, night dive, North Sulawesi, PADI, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, Saint, Sola, spotting, squid, St Elsewhere, strait, Sulawesi, swim, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, Underwater, wall | Leave A Comment »
(Two underwater images of Zebra Lionfish.) Probably my favorite lionfish in the Lembeh Strait was the small zebra lionfish. Shades of red, salmon-pink, and orange are striped with white and the fish’s fins are webbed, with spines that do not protrude very far. The overall effect is a beautiful, brightly colored orange and red fan near the dull, black sand bottom. It is often seen holding station or slowly crawling along the bottom using the hooked spines on the bottom of its fins.
Zebra Fans is a post from: the Photo Tourist
Jul 25, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: black, black sand, bottom, dive, diving, fish, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Strait, lion, lion fish, lionfish, night, North Sulawesi, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, sand, scuba, sea floor, sponge, Sulawesi, the Lembeh Strait, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, Underwater, zebra, zebra lion fish, zebra lionfish | Leave A Comment »
(Underwater photo of a pair of orange skunk anemonefish.) I love anemonefish. These orange skunk anemonefish were the brightest, cleanest color I’d seen. Their home, a brown anemone, really offset and complimented the color of the fish.
Orange Skunk is a post from: the Photo Tourist
May 11, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: anemone, anemone fish, anemonefish, fish, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Resort, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, orange, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, reef, skunk, skunk anemone fish, skunk anemonefish, Sulawesi, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
Peering into the depression, I saw a red robust ghost pipefish. As I watched, the small ghost pipefish moved over a hydroid branch, moving in to the side of the small depression where he was hiding.
Red Ghost is a post from: the Photo Tourist
Apr 06, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, dive, diving, ghost, ghost pipefish, hydroid, Indonesia, North Sulawesi, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, pipefish, red, reef, robust, robust ghost pipefish, scuba, Siladen, Siladen Timur, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
(Underwater photo of a yellow moray eel surrounded by several types of shrimp.) I got down near the sandy bottom to approach the coral head, then looked up into a crevice in the rock. Inside, a yellow moray eel was watching me. The many different types of shrimp around seemed to have eyes only for the eel.
Lord of the Shrimps is a post from: the Photo Tourist
Mar 15, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: bottom, Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, Bunaken Park, camel, camel shrimp, candy, candy shrimp, crevice, dancing, dancing shrimp, dive, diving, eel, hole, Indonesia, moray, moray eel, North Sulawesi, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, rock, sand, scuba, scuba diving, shrimp, Sulawesi, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, u/w, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
