• Photo by Rantje Allen

  • Photo by William Tan

  • Photo by Rantje Allen

  • Photo by William Tan

  • Photo by Rantje Allen

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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Quick! Shoot!

Risso sunning w Bottlenoses LWDivers from Malaysia and Jakarta had some unusual if brief opportunities to shoot video and take photos this week. Two rarely seen dottybacks made brief appearances for divers to see: the endemic Togean dottyback and the undescribed Goldcap dottyback, both of whom are quite shy. Taking their photo takes great patience and a bit of luck. As predicted by Miguel’s Diving staff, after a few days of overcast skies, dolphins were out with large white Risso’s trying to sun while the smaller Bottlenose ones kept swimming around them. Lots of surface action and again a challenge to shoot. On request staff located a rare Bubble bee shrimp. However, instead of preparing for its close-up, it decided to jump under a rock – and right into the waiting tentacle of an octopus! Oh well, at least the cavern with the skylight at Cathedral dive site and all those Salvador Dali sponges never move about.

Happy & Crazy Corona Dive Club

Spotted Eagle Ray (WG)Members of Corona Dive Club spent a week diving in Gorontalo, basically wearing themselves out from lots of diving, eating all the crabs available at the night stalls and singing silly songs. To read Parvita’s impressions of the diving in Gorontalo and see some great wide-angle shots, go to this link. Thanks so much to trip leader Teti who did a great job with everything including organizing 18 pieces of checked luggage!

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