HDR image of the beach at Siladen Island, Indonesia, with a lounging platform, hammock, and clear view of the open sea beyond.
Feb 07, 2011 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: beach, Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, chaise, clear, hammock, HDR, high dynamic range, Indonesia, lounge, net, North Sulawesi, ocean, platform, reef, relax, relaxing, sand, sea, shade, Siladen, Siladen Island, Siladen Resort and Spa, Sulawesi, sunny, tent, tree, trees, view | 1 Comment »
Underwater photo of a pink anemonefish in a purple anemone. The pink anemonefish is probably my favorite, and I haven’t before seen one in a bright purple anemone.
Feb 04, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: anemone, anemonefish, Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, Bunaken Park, clownfish, dive, diving, fish, Indonesia, North Sulawesi, pink, pink anemonefish, purple, scuba, scuba dive, Siladen, Siladen Island, Sulawesi, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
Photo of a pile of hot peppers, on sale in the Aertembaga market in Bitung city, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Account of a visit to the market.
Feb 03, 2011 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: Aertembaga, Aertembaga market, Bitung, city, cup, food, hot pepper, hot peppers, Indonesia, market, measure, measuring cup, mound, North Sulawesi, pepper, peppers, pile, port, stand, Sulawesi, sun | Leave A Comment »
(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 »