Tabla de contenidos para 3/2023 - 128 en Scuba Diver/Asian Diver

■ PHOTOGRAPHER Pipat Cat Kosumlaksamee Thailand ■ LOCATION Romblon, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D810, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro (f/16, 1/160s, ISO 400) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER East Pardillo Philippines ■ LOCATION Davao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D7000, Nikon 60mm f/2.8 Macro (f/11, 1/250s, ISO 320) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Aaron Wong Singapore ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D3, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro (f/22, 1/320s, ISO 200) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Patrick Neumann Germany ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/18, 1/200s, ISO 320) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER BK Chin Singapore ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/22, 1/200s, ISO 400) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Aaron Wong Singapore ■ LOCATION Tioman, Malaysia ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D3,…

Coral reefs occupy less than one percent of the surface area of the world’s oceans, but they provide a home for between 6,000 and 8,000 species of fish, about 25 percent of all marine fish species. The various species have evolved complex adaptive behaviours, such as hiding in reef or rock crevices, developing venomous spines, and in muck dive sites, residing in trash, like bottles, cans or empty crisp packets. They also exhibit a dazzling array of colours and patterns, unlike the pelagic fish, which are usually shaded in silver hues. Eels are a strange group of fish with elongated, snake-like bodies. However, unlike most fish, eels have no scales, but instead have smooth and slimy skin. This aids them in moving through narrow crevices and burrows using fins that…

Imagine you are snorkelling the fringing coral reefs in the Andaman Sea in 1993. Fish are abundant, corals are dense and vibrant, and your chances of spotting a leopard shark are excellent. Little do you know that the reefs beneath you will be impacted by the world’s first global coral bleaching event in 1998, followed by two more in 2010 and 2016. You’ll only find out much later that some areas will lose 80 percent of their coral. THE EVER-CHANGING UNDERWATER WORLD In 2004, a tsunami devastated the same area. You cannot comprehend the rapid growth of global mass tourism or the changes in landscape and pollution that coastal tourism will bring. If you were to return 30 years later, the reef may be unrecognisable with muted colours and sparse…

■ PHOTOGRAPHER Chyn Wei Lee Malaysia ■ LOCATION Anilao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS M50, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/18, 1/100s, ISO 100) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Pipat Cat Kosumlaksamee Thailand ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D810, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro (f/16, 1/160s, ISO 400) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Jeen Snidvongs ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Nikonn D810, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro (f/25, 1/100s, ISO 400) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Chyn Wei Lee Malaysia ■ LOCATION Anilao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS M50, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/16, 1/200s, ISO 100) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Jonathan Lin Singapore ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS R5, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/11, 1/200s, ISO 100) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER BK Chin Singapore ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS…

■ PHOTOGRAPHER Anna Ewa Manzel Germany ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS 7D, Canonn EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro (f/9, 1/200s, ISO 160) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER BK Chin Singapore ■ LOCATION Ambon, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/22, 1/125s, ISO 200) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Trina Biazon Philippines ■ LOCATION Anilao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Olympus TG-6 (f/18, 1/100s, ISO 100) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER East Pardillo Philippines ■ LOCATION Davao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D800E, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro (f/18, 1/200s, ISO 250) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Mike Bartick Philippines ■ LOCATION Anilao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D850, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro (f/14, 1/250s, ISO 160) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Jonathan Lin Singapore ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS R5, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/19,…

“Should I use strobes or lights for my underwater photos?” I don’t know how often I’ve heard this question. Until a few years ago, I used to give advice on underwater photography equipment at trade fairs. My answer was always: “Strobes for photography, lights for video!” That changed for me over the last year in a revolutionary way when I was introduced to the Minigear MS-03 snoot diving torch. TRADITIONAL SNOOTING IS HARD With the advent of snoot photography – where a narrow beam is used to light a subject but not its surroundings – the equipment used had to change radically. Snoot attachments became available for all common underwater strobes. However, handling them was quite a challenge. The snoot attachment on the strobe was difficult to align simply because…

■ PHOTOGRAPHER Lilian Koh Singapore ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/14, 1/125s, ISO 400) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Mike Bartick USA ■ LOCATION Anilao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D850, Nikon 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/36, 1/250s, ISO 500) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Tofer Morales Philippines ■ LOCATION Anilao, Philippines ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/20, 1/200s, ISO 50) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Pipat Cat Kosumlaksamee Thailand ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Nikon D810, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro (f/16, 1/160s, ISO 400) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Anna Ewa Manzel Germany ■ LOCATION Lembeh Strait, Indonesia ■ EQUIPMENT Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (f/10, 1/250s, ISO 125) ■ PHOTOGRAPHER Lilian Koh Singapore ■ LOCATION Lembeh…

Looking Outside the Box I decided to look outside of the underwater photography box for inspiration and came across two miniature photographers – Christopher Boffoli, who shot miniature people on food, and Slinkachu, who photographed miniature people in the street in various cities around the world. I immediately thought about creating miniature underwater scenes with macro creatures that don’t easily swim away like frogfish, jawfish and nudibranchs. A Miniature World I found some miniature people in a hobby shop in Singapore to create the scenes. The first attempts were a disaster as they floated away, or fish grabbed them and swam away! It took some time to perfect the technique, but eventually I found hundreds of different miniatures online and started to create my own little underwater universe. The Underwater…

THE SITUATION On one of the dives, a diver collected what he thought was an empty moon snail shell. The divers did not realise that a juvenile giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) had taken up residence in the shell. When the octopus crawled out after the dive, another diver picked it up with her bare hands to return it to the water. But before she could, the octopus bit her three times in the same place, on the back of her left hand. She said the bites felt like bee stings. As the wound bled moderately, the diver rinsed it first with salt water, and then 40 minutes later with soap and fresh water. Swelling appeared within 30 minutes and became severe within about an hour. The diver was a…