C'mon, dive in

Phew, been seriously busy this month, with commissioning the new reactors at work, so haven't had much spare time to post..... and have not had much to write about (unless you're the type to get excited about valves, pipes and reactors!). Anyway, thought I'd take the easy way out and post some of my underwater photos, instead of having to think of something interesting to write!.

Haven't been diving for more than 9 months now (yes, that does coincide with the birth of my daughter) and can't wait to get back in the water, which will hopefully be in a month's time, or so.

All the photos were taken in and around Malaysia and if you want more info on the either the photos, or diving in Malaysia, feel free to leave me a comment.

Juvenile Yellow Boxfish - my favourite photo and also my favourite fish. These guys just don't look like they should be in the water, especially when you see them swimming, but it's always a pleasure to come across them on a dive (only the juveniles are yellow, when the reach adulthood they actually change to a, not so cute, brown colour).




What a wreck! - if you've read some of my earlier posts, you'll know that Malaysia is notorious for it's careless driving, but this takes the biscuit (to see what I mean click here). Actually, this is an attempt at creating an artificial reef, on on of the small islands surrounding Tioman Island, in Malaysia, but is always good fun to visit on a dive.

Finding Nemo - yep, the obligatory, nemo, or clown anenome, photo. Actually these are really hard to shoot as they are always on the move and seem to have some fishy sixth sense about the exact moment you press the shutter. For every 1 respectable nemo shot, I must trash 20+ shots of anenome and no fish, or his blurred backside as he dives for cover.

Green Turtle with Remora - this was taken on Redang Island, where we dived with a true diving 'god' - aka AB, who runs a dive shop at the Redang Kalong resort. This guy is a Master Instructor, who has been diving Redang for 20 yrs and knows everything you need to know (and a lot, you didn't even know you needed to know) about diving and, especially, underwater photography.

Anyway, hope you like my photos - I don't claim to be a professional (or even a respectable amateur) in any way, shape, or form - so please no critique, but if you want to see more of the above then click here.