(Three underwater photos of the stargazer, an ambush predator fish that buries itself in the sand at night, waiting to ambush small fish swimming past.) The story of finding and feeding a stargazer on a night dive.
Feb 02, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: bottom, death mask, diving, face, feeding, fish, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Resort, Lembeh Strait, mask, night, night dive, North Sulawesi, predator, sand, sandy bottom, scuba, scuba diving, star gazer, stargazer, Sulawesi, ugly, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
HDR exposure: Afternoon shot looking west from Lembeh Island across the Lembeh Strait to North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The view is framed by tropical plants. This shot is for all those enduring winter in the northern hemisphere — especially the central USA.
Feb 01, 2011 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: afternoon, Indonesia, landscape, landscape scene, late afternoon, Lembeh, Lembeh Island, Lembeh Strait, mountain, mountains, North Sulawesi, ocean, plants, scene, sea, Sulawesi, tropical, tropical plants, tropical view, tropics, view | Leave A Comment »
(Two photos of mandarinfish mating.) The Photo Tourist just returned from our annual “big trip;” this is the first post of a probable series from Indonesia. Description of a sunset dive to photograph mating mandarinfish at Lembeh Resort.
Jan 31, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: coupling, diving, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Resort, Lembeh Strait, mandarin, mandarin dragonet, mandarin fish, mandarinfish, mate, mating, mating dance, North Sulawesi, pairing, scuba, Underwater | 1 Comment »
