Pics from Phuket

[antacid]

Hi all,

Here are some pics from my trip in phuket. spent 5 days diving there.

Enjoy! Comments and suggestions are very much welcome. All pictures taken with a Canon A95 and Princeton Tec LED torch.

#1 Manta Claus


#2 Longfin Bannerfish aplenty and zipping around the reef


#3 Mango pudding? I have no idea what this is... During a night dive.


#4 What fish is that? Had a hard time focusing cos it was darting around. Love the colours of the soft coral.

[antacid]

#5 ZoomZoomZoom


#6 Lionfish during night dive


#7 Same lionfish, same night dive


#8 A pADI poster maybe? hehe


#9 Reef crab during a night dive


More photos here: http://ant-acid.blogspot.com

[beivied]

hi antacid, i quite like the first lionfish night dive shot. very interesting effect

for ID, the moorish idols are not moorish idols. they are longfin bannerfish. moorish idols look different, with a "beakish" mouth.

the nudibranch (orange lump of animal) should be Halgerda Batangas. you got a butt shot

[jugend]

The reef crab looks so cute.

[antacid]

Originally Posted by beivied hi antacid, i quite like the first lionfish night dive shot. very interesting effect for ID, the moorish idols are not moorish idols. they are longfin bannerfish. moorish idols look different, with a "beakish" mouth. the nudibranch (orange lump of animal) should be Halgerda Batangas. you got a butt shot

yes i like that shot too. fave shot from the trip. was lighting it up with my torch.. thank god for good motor skills.

Haha thanks Ivy! My girlfriend always said I had a thing for butts...I'm just drawn to them unconsciously. Is there a common name for that? I doubt I can remember the scientific name.

Ah, alright. I always get mixed up between bannerfish and moorish idols. they should wear IDs or something. ((=

[beivied]

Originally Posted by antacid yes i like that shot too. fave shot from the trip. was lighting it up with my torch.. thank god for good motor skills. Haha thanks Ivy! My girlfriend always said I had a thing for butts...I'm just drawn to them unconsciously. Is there a common name for that? I doubt I can remember the scientific name. Ah, alright. I always get mixed up between bannerfish and moorish idols. they should wear IDs or something. ((=

you have a thing for butts? comment from your girlfriend?

eh, i need to check the nudi book for the common name.. not too sure, but i think the common name still has the word halgerda or batangas in it.

bannerfish looks more... "fishy". in fact if i am not wrong, they arent even related. moorish idols besides having a more "beakish" mouth, they looked like they have an orange plaster over their "nose"

[waisj]

Nice photos!!!

the panning shot is rally really good,
I haven't tried with my setup

nice setup combination you have there!!!

It is like using snoots!!! Wow!

[sky888]

(Marine) Life is so beautiful

[yzr500abe]

Really nice pics!

I'm so ashamed that i have a good camera yet unable to take pics 1/2 a good as yours...i'm so ashamed

[Pufferfishy]

Excellent manta shot! Where did you find the manta?

[bumortic]

awesome!

[antacid]

Originally Posted by waisj Nice photos!!! the panning shot is rally really good, I haven't tried with my setup nice setup combination you have there!!! It is like using snoots!!! Wow!

thanks waisj!

whats snoots? sorry, i'm still quite new at all these..hehe

[antacid]

Originally Posted by yzr500abe Really nice pics! I'm so ashamed that i have a good camera yet unable to take pics 1/2 a good as yours...i'm so ashamed

thanks yzr500abe! maybe this will persuade you to switch over to canon? haha saw some pics from my friend's IXUS 750..the colours were amazing.

anyways, good luck with your housing...maybe you can try using resin to fill in the cracks?

[antacid]

Originally Posted by Pufferfishy Excellent manta shot! Where did you find the manta?

it was at Koh Bon. Last day of diving, and the last dive. *phew*

you can find out more about the trip here: http://ant-acid.blogspot.com

((=

[cat64fish]

Originally Posted by beivied you have a thing for butts? comment from your girlfriend? eh, i need to check the nudi book for the common name.. not too sure, but i think the common name still has the word halgerda or batangas in it. bannerfish looks more... "fishy". in fact if i am not wrong, they arent even related. moorish idols besides having a more "beakish" mouth, they looked like they have an orange plaster over their "nose"

If memory serves me, bannerfish are in the butterflyfish family (Chaetodontidae). Moorish Idols are in a separate family Zanclidae (I hope the spelling is right, coz I don't have my books with me). The Moorish Idols have a "bony face" with 2 "horn"-like protrusions in front of the eyes. The dorsal fin is also more "upright" then the bannerfish's.

Cheers, Jeff

PS. The tiny fish in the soft coral looks like a juvenile wrasse (Labridae). Can't say for sure which species, but I'll look at my books when I get the chance.

[waisj]

Originally Posted by antacid thanks waisj! whats snoots? sorry, i'm still quite new at all these..hehe

Hi Antacid,

Snoots are devices that are used to block the strobes to give a very narroe beam. Good for selective lighting.. somewhat like what you are doing.



Can someone confirm that this is a Halgerda batangas? The gill structure doesn't resemble the species... or a juvenile maybe?



This is the photo i took.. similar albeit fundamentally different???

I'm finally back into Nudi mode!!

[kthan]

antacid, some years back (prob 3 years, not too far away), people will say your lighting is uneven.

As digital photography gets more affordable and people are not afraid of experimenting, your shots are now called creative lighting.

It's not what u have but how u use them......I really like those "snoots". And your panning puffer.


Eric

[antacid]

thanks, eric. i guess the perceptions of what's good and what's not change over time.

to be honest, the panning shot was pure luck. i was just testing my camera on the first dive and snapped the first thing that appeared. didnt expect it to turn out like this.

[Incastasman]

Great staff, cool pic!!

[kthan]

i think your blue doesn't look "natural" though, esp in that manta pic