Masthash

#scubadiving

My first novel! With... Yes... Of course! A scuba diving twist:

https://reamstories.com/page/ln3lq5f427/story/ln3ms1hjwe

#scuba #diving #scubadiving

Pascal Scherbaum
5 days ago

During the summer vacation I made my scuba diving cert (OWD) at Tauchsportcenter Wassermann.
That was organized as a cool camping event, along with the diving course - and they even made pasta!
It was a fun week with many great moments, I'm sure I will remember this for many years to come!

#diving #ScubaDiving #Scuba #Water #OWD #Tauchen #Camping #Pasta

Mark Lewis
1 week ago

Write up of Friday's spectacular dive with the Nautical Archaeological Society to the protected wreck of the 17th century Dutch warship, the Klein Hollandia. Includes details of how you may get to dive this fascinating site yourself and to join NAS.

https://scuba.to/the-klein-hollandia-1672-a-17th-century-dutch-warship-3rd-visit/

#Dutch #Holland #Warship #Shipwreck #Scuba #ScubaDiving #Archaeology #Cannons #Cannon #Bronze #Eastbourne #Sussex

1 week ago
Mark Lewis
3 weeks ago

Although we dived a possible mark yesteday, I am still not convinced that the Hawarden Castle is that far south.

https://scuba.to/not-the-hawarden-castle-back-to-square-one/

#Scuba #ScubaDiving #Wreckdiving #Shipwreck #WWII #U-Boat #UBoat #History #Dover #EnglishChannel #Santi #KentTooling #Halcyon

Mark Lewis
3 weeks ago

What a fantastic weekend to be diving and after last months out of the water, it was a cracking dive to the SS Sambut on Monday.

https://scuba.to/the-ss-sambut-1944/

#Scuba #ScubaDiving #Wreckdiving #Shipwreck #WWII #History #Dover #EnglishChannel #Santi #KentTooling #Halcyon

GonZ
3 weeks ago

Llevo una semana haciendo la parte de teoría del curso open water diver de PADI y se me está haciendo larguísimo. Acabo de empezar la lección 2 y hay 5 en total. No es difícil pero se explayan mucho en las explicaciones

Aún así ando motivado y me estoy poniendo las pilas porque el sábado tengo la práctica lo que significa... VACACIONES :bulbasaurroll:

#PADI #OpenWateDiver #ScubaDiving #Submarinismo #Buceo

Survey Results: Sidemount Diving

Who scuba dives with a sidemount diving configuration, why, and how?

https://medium.com/scubanomics/survey-results-sidemount-diving-262c2ac87e11

#scuba #scubadiving #scubamarketreport

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
4 weeks ago

A conga line of Imperial Nudibranchs. These large-ish sea slugs are light-bodied and marked in gold, blue and black. A Green Sea Turtle and diver at a west side dive site. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #sea #ocean #Wednesday #seaslug #nudibranch

A lightly-colored sea slug, facing the camera, with rhinosphores poking upwards like small horns.
Mark Lewis
1 month ago

Dover #diving this weekend, but where shall we go? Spanking #weather conditions topside and a long #neap weekend to boot. We couldn’t have picked a better weekend. Plunge times seem to be around 10.00am and 3.00pm on Friday? #Sea state 2, #smooth so I won’t spill the #tea. If ever there seems to be a weekend to be #diving, this looks to be it! Maybe this is the 2023 season all wrapped into one long weekend? #ScubaDiving #Scuba #UKScuba #Dover #Folkestone #EnglishChannel #Shipwreck

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago

A Whitetip Reef Shark, resting under a south shore ledge. These are the most commonly seen sharks in Oahu waters, not to be confused with Oceanic Whitetips. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #sea #shark #thursday

A shark resting on the seafloor, under a ledge, facing the camera.
Nevis Island
1 month ago

St Kitts and NevisIsland: #StKitts has been crowned the #Caribbean’s Leading #ScubaDiving Destination 2023 for the second year in a row at the prestigious World Travel Awards. https://tinyurl.com/yrapm95z

St Kitts and NevisIsland: #StKitts has been crowned the #Caribbean’s Leading #ScubaDiving Destination 2023 for the second year in a row at the prestigious World Travel Awards. https://tinyurl.com/yrapm95z
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago

Fondo marino en valle Niza, donde podemos ver en el fondo arenoso una ofiura blanca moviéndose tranquilamente.
2023/08/24
#FOTOS #fotografia #photography #photo #naturaleza #nature #buceo #diving #diving_photography #fotosubmarina #oceano #scuba #scubadiving
#fish #peces #hacerfotos

Fondo arenoso donde apreciamos en primer plano una ofiura blanca moviéndose con elegancia.
Una de sus cinco patas está cortada a la mitad, le crecerá en un tiempo. Para ella eso no es mucho problema.
Del trozo de pata faltante podría generarse otra ofiura, es una de sus formas de reproducción.
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago

Fondo marino en valle Niza, zona arenosa con mini dunas. Destaca la gran transparencia del agua.
2023/08/24
#FOTOS #fotografia #photography #photo #naturaleza #nature #buceo #diving #diving_photography #fotosubmarina #oceano #scuba #scubadiving
#fish #peces #hacerfotos

Buceo cerca del fondo, a unos tres o cuatro metros de profundidad.
El agua está muy transparente, y se aprecian las pequeñas dunas del fondo arenoso.
Cierta sensación de estar volando sobre el fondo.
La visibilidad se extiende a unos quince a veinte metros por delante mía.
El color general es verde azulado.
En el fondo arenoso se mueven los reflejos del sol al atravesar el agua.
Es un lugar para soñar.
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago
Hago una pasada sobre el fondo marino, observando una gran profusión de algas verdes adheridas al fondo marino y algunas piedras de medio metro que asoman entre las algas. Al final me acerco a un banco de salemas de entre quince y treinta centimetros, que no son sino peces con rallas amarillas a lo largo de su cuerpo.
La visibilidad no es muy buena, se aprecia algo de arena en suspensión que dificulta algo la visión.
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago

Haciendo snorkel en Valle Niza encontré de casualidad esta cachorrita de sepia perfectamente mimetizada con la arena
2023/08/24
#FOTOS #fotografia #photography #photo #naturaleza #nature #buceo #diving #diving_photography #fotosubmarina #oceano #scuba #scubadiving
#fish #cuttlefish #peces #sepia
#hacerfotos

Video de una sepia pequeña, como de diez centímetros. La encontré de casualidad semienterrada en la arena. Primero se quitó la arena de encima y pudé apreciar, no sin dificultad, sus formas... pero la transparencia y el mimetismo me dificultaba bastante el poder verla bien. Además no quería acercarme demasiado para no espantarla....
Enseguida se levantó de la arena moviendo de manera elegante y ondulante su faldita e inició la huida, traté de seguirla despacio pero ella no quería el encuentro. Tan transparente o translucida que se veía mejor la sombra en la arena que al propio animal. Tras grabar unos segundos la dejé en paz.
El movimiento de la sepia es explosivo, es muy fácil perderla de vista en cada arranque que da, por lo que lo mejor es no espantar a estos animales y no tratar de seguirlos, sino quedarse quietos a observar o fotografiar.
Me ha llamado la atención de esta sepia que no ha realizado los típicos y espectaculares cambios de color tan propios de las sepias.

And a second set of photos from our dives during the second weekend of June this year with @vivia, near Ammouliani island in Halkidiki, Greece.

Featuring: a macro photo of a mermaid's cup, a long-spined sea-urchin with a big yellow sponge in the foreground, a red volcano sponge in the middle of sand, and a red starfish showing its feet and mouth and some peacock's tail in front of it.

#ScubaDiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Photography #MarineLife #MermaidsCup #SeaUrchin #Sponge #Starfish #NaturePhotography #Ammouliani #Chalkidiki #Greece

A macro photo of a mermaid's cup (acetabularia mediterranea).
A photo of a long-spined sea-urchin (centrostephanus longispinus). It's black and the spines have light-grey stripes, and in its center the light is reflecting in bright purple.

In front of it is a big yellow sponge.
A photo of a red volcano sponge (Acarnus erithacus) on the sand, slightly covered by sand.
A photo of a red starfish (echinaster sepositus) on algae-covered rocks. It's showing its under-side with the yellow feet and the mouth.

In front of it are some peacock's tail algae (Padina pavonica).

A first set of diving photos with animals in holes, from the second June weekend this year near Ammouliani island in Halkidi, Greece together with @vivia.

We're finally slowly catching up with our photos!

Featuring: a mediterranean moray eel looking curiously out of its little hole, a spiny lobster also looking out of its hole with a nice orange sponge at the ceiling, an octopus hiding in its hole and carefully peeking out of it, and another octopus that is walking towards its hole for hiding, in the foreground a two-banded seabream and a painted comber looking towards the octopus.

#ScubaDiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Photography #MarineLife #Moray #MorayEel #Lobster #Octopus #Comber #PaintedComber #TwoBandedSeabream #Seabream #NaturePhotography #Ammouliani #Chalkidiki #Greece

A photo of a mediterranean moray eel (muraena helena) looking out of its hole. It's curiously looking what is happening outside, with a slightly open mouth that shows its teeth. It's far enough out of the hole to show off its yellow-blue-gray spotted pattern.
A photo of a spiny lobster (palinurus elephas) looking out of its hole. The whole head with its dark purple-spotted pattern and the eyes are visible, and the white-red-striped antennae are poking out of the hole.

Above the entrance of the hole there is a big orange sponge, and various others all over the rocks.
A photo of an octopus hiding in its hole. Its eye is slightly open and its curled up with one of its tentacles. At the entrance of the hole are some rocks and a black sponge (Chondrosia reniformis).
A photo of an octopus walking across rocks covered with black sponge towards its hole to hide. In the foreground are a two-banded seambream and a painted comber looking at it.

Some fishes from our dives with @slomo in Ammouliani on the second weekend of June.

Featuring: an ornate wrasse, two brown parrotfishes that look like they are kissing, nudibranch eggs, and a marbled goby camouflaged in the sand.

#ScubaDiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Photography #MarineLife #Nudibranch #Nudibranchs #Fish #FishPhotography #Wrasse #Parrotfish #Goby #NaturePhotography #Ammouliani #Chalkidiki #Greece

A colourful ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) swimming above a rock. The body is mostly blue and yellow, with some reddish and blueish stripes. A damselfish, a yellow sponge, and a black sea urchin are to be seen in the background.
Two brown parrotfishes, with a silver part behind the head and a yellow ring in the tail, swimming between the rocks, facing each other at a close distance so that it looks like they are kissing.
A strand of yellow lace-like nudibranch eggs. The nudibranch species is unknown.
A marbled goby (Pomatoschistus marmoratus), well camouflaged in the sand, looking curiously into the camera.

A small selection of nudibranchs from our dives with @slomo in Ammouliani on the second weekend of June.

Featuring: Felimida krohni, Flabellina affinis with its eggs, Felimida luteorosea, and Cratena Peregrina.

#ScubaDiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Photography #MarineLife #Nudibranch #Nudibranchs #NaturePhotography #Ammouliani #Chalkidiki #Greece

A light blue-violet Felimida Krohni with white and yellow lines, sitting on a yellow sponge.
A purple Flabellina affinis sitting on a piece of sea grass, with its eggs in a white string a bit further.
A light violet Felimida Luteorosea with white-yellow dots.
A white Cratena Peregrina with purple tentacles and white and yellow antennas, sitting on sea grass and looking into the camera with its yellow eyes.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago
A school of light-colored and elongated fish swimming towards the right of the frame.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago
The hard lumpy surface of coral seen close up.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago

Banded Coral Shrimp are usually found sitting upside down when at rest, otherwise they are found cleaning other, larger, animals. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #shrimp #Friday

A shrimp with thin legs and long antennae marked with alternating orange/red and white bands.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago

Found only in Hawaii! Juvenile Hawaiian Hogfish are striking in appearance with a yellow stripe running across their heads and back. They grow into very different looking fish. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #fish #Thursday

A finger-length fish, yellow across its head and back, is other darkly colored and shaped like an arrow.
Eye For Film
1 month ago

"Erlenwein deserves praise for his lean and lithe set-up that keeps delivering surprises" - we take a look at The Dive https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-dive-2023-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #TheDive #FrightFest #ScubaDiving #film #movies

antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago

[4/4] Primer plano de la cabeza y ojos del pulpo

Haciendo snorkel en Valle Niza - Querido pulpo, increible e inteligente animal -
2023/08/21
#FOTOS #fotografia #photography #photo #naturaleza #nature #buceo #diving #diving_photography #fotosubmarina #oceano #scuba #scubadiving
#fish #octopus #peces #pulpo
#hacerfotos

Podemos ver un buen primer plano de su cabeza y ojos. La cabeza bien hinchada, para magnificar, y ahora de color gris uniforme, y los ojos sin perder detalle sobre mis movimientos.
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago

[3/4] Decide posarse en una zona descubierta de una piedra con bastantes algas verdes.

Haciendo snorkel en Valle Niza - Querido pulpo, increible e inteligente animal -
2023/08/21
#FOTOS #fotografia #photography #photo #naturaleza #nature #buceo #diving #diving_photography #fotosubmarina #oceano #scuba #scubadiving
#fish #octopus #peces #pulpo
#hacerfotos

Posado en una zona descubierta de una piedra con bastantes algas verdes desde donde me sigue observando adaptando una postura de ventosa, en la que su parte superior son los ojos saltones... las patas bien pegadas a la piedra excepto una por detras, y la cabeza tumbada y escondida para no sobresalir en exceso... está bien vigilar pero sin llamar la atención.

El color ha cambiado mucho, ahora tiene colores grises y blancos que hacen que se asemeje al fondo arenoso, excepto la zona de sus ojos saltones, la cual está casi negra. Sus ojos se ven claramente por lo que sobresalen, y tambien pueden verse sus sifones a ambos lados, prestos a dar empuje cuando sea necesario. No se distinguen detalles en sus patas, son un todo, como una ventosa, con las mancha de colores ya mencionadas blancas y grises.
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago

[2/4] Tras observarme durante unos segundos el pulpo decide marchar a mejor lugar para preservarse de peligros.

Haciendo snorkel en Valle Niza - Querido pulpo, increible e inteligente animal -
2023/08/21
#FOTOS #fotografia #photography #photo #naturaleza #nature #buceo #diving #diving_photography #fotosubmarina #oceano #scuba #scubadiving
#fish #octopus #peces #pulpo
#hacerfotos

Despues de plantarme cara mostrando su tamaño durante unos segundos decide huir, elegante como sólo un pulpo sabe hacer, impulsado por sus sifones y estirando de manera máxima sus patas, adoptando forma de huso, la cual es óptima para el desplazamiento.

El pulpo en este momento mantiene el color gris verdoso, pero ahora la cabeza tiene un color muy claro próximo al blanco, que hace resaltar más aún sus ojos saltones. En algunas de sus patas, dependiendo de su posición, se pueden ver en el envés las ventosas y en el anverso de cada pata se observan numerosos óvalos más claros, que le otorgan una gran belleza.
La cabeza, bomba impulsora, y con ojos atentos, avanza con una forma bastante hidrodinámica. A un lado de su cabeza asoma uno de sus dos sifones impulsores.
El suelo es de arena gris algo oscura, y hay algunas rocas claras de tamaño mediano, que están llenas de algas verdes y pequeñas algas marrones.
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago

[1/4] El pulpo adopta esta postura en la que maximiza su tamaño para amedrentar, extiende sus patas y las faldas de cada una de sus ocho patas para crear una gran falda que lo hace inmenso.

Haciendo snorkel en Valle Niza - Querido pulpo, increible e inteligente animal -
2023/08/21
#FOTOS #fotografia #photography #photo #naturaleza #nature #buceo #diving #diving_photography #fotosubmarina #oceano #scuba #scubadiving
#fish #octopus #peces #pulpo
#hacerfotos

Foto de un pulpo que hice salir de su madriguera. En cuanto me acerqué a él se puso en esta postura de plantarme cara mostrando su tamaño. Adopta esta postura en la que maximiza su tamaño dando forma con sus patas a una gran falda tras su cabeza. Aún asi las patas quedan curvadas hacia atrás, protegiendo la punta de sus extremidades de un ataque. Para dar forma a esta falda no sólo usa la postura de sus patas, sino que de cada pata extiende su velo, de tal manera que con cada pata y su velo obtiene esa forma de falda.
El pulpo en este momento tiene un color gris verdoso, bastante más oscuro por la zona de sus saltones ojos. En algunas de sus patas, dependiendo de su posición, se pueden ver las ventosas -en Malaga las llamamos botones- y en el velo de cada pata se observan numerosos círculos más claros, que le otorgan una gran belleza.
La cabeza está protegida tras "la falda", un poco echada hacia atrás, pero con sus ojos bien atentos. A un lado de su cabeza asoma uno de sus dos sifones impulsores.
El suelo es de arena gris algo oscura, y hay bastantes cáscaras de mejillones esparcidas en él.
antoine 3,141592...
1 month ago
Video de un pulpo que al principio adopta la postura de parecer amenazante: hincha su cabeza y pone sus patas para ocupar mucho espacio, como un vestido de esos inflados, en definitiva para aparentar más tamaño y parecer  una amenaza. Despues huye grácilmente, como sólo los pulpos saben hacer, se empujan a propulsion con sus sifones y ponen las patas en forma de cuña, muy hidrodinámicos. En su huída pasa por debajo de unas algas verdes como la lechuga, y acaba posándose en una pequeña roca desde la que mira dubitativo sintiéndose amenazado sin saber qué hacer.
Durante sus evoluciones se aprecian ciertos cambios de color .
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago

A Whitemouth Moray swimming on a North Shore reef. These eels are common on Oahu reefs and not shy during daylight hours. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #eel #moray #monday #fotomontag

A snake-like brown eel, covered with white spots, swimming.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago

Blackside Hawkfish typically rest on reef corals and scoot away when disturbed. They show a mix of patterns on their classic fish-shaped bodies: a black stripe on a light brown body, and freckles on its face, giving it its other common name: Freckled Hawkfish. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #fish #Saturday

A fish with dark freckles on its gray face resting on a reef.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
1 month ago

A school of Convict Tang feeding on a North Shore Oahu reef. Easily identified by six black vertical bars, these fish grow to 25 cm. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #fish #Friday

A school of light-colored fish marked with dark vertical bars across their bodies, swarm over a reef.

If you're snorkeling or scuba diving in the Mediterranean sea and are looking for books for fish / animal / plant identification, these two are the best we found so far. Both very well organized, good photos and information and they contain basically everything you can find.

The first one is "Europe and Mediterranean marine fish identification guide" by Patrick Louisy. This one exists in English and French, contains a lot of useful information and is organized in such a way that it's very easy to find the fish you're looking for.

English: https://www.editions-ulmer.fr/editions-ulmer/europe-and-mediterranean-marine-fish-identification-guide-4th-edition-updated-880-species-1480-photos-1440-drawings-859-cl.htm
French: https://www.editions-ulmer.fr/editions-ulmer/guide-d-identification-des-poissons-marins-4e-edition-mise-a-jour-europe-et-mediterranee-880-especes-1480-photos-1440-dessins-860-cl.htm

The second one is "Découvrir la vie sous-marine en Méditerranée" by Steven Weinberg, and unfortunately only exists in French. While it also contains fishes (not as many as the other though), it also contains all kinds of other animals (sponges, sea squirts, jellyfish, starfishes, molluscs, crustaceans, sea urchins, ...) and plants and even has a few dozen species of nudibranchs. In addition to the French names and French description it also provides the names in English, German, Greek and various other languages.

French: https://editionsgap.fr/produit/decouvrir-la-vie-sous-marine-en-mediterranee-3eme-edition/

#Books #BookRecommendation #Snorkeling #Scuba #ScubaDiving #Mediterranean #MarineLife #Fish #Nudibranch

Book cover of the "Europe and Mediterranean Marine Fish Identification Guide" by Patrick Louisy
Book cover of the "Découvrir la vie sous-marine en Méditerranée" book by Steven Weinberg
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
2 months ago

Say hello to the back end of a Whitemargin Nudibranch. It's also called a Caramel Nudibranch, and commonly seen on Oahu reefs. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #seaslug #nudibranch #Thursday

The back end of a light brown sea slug is seen as it crawls over reef debris. The flower-like structure are its gills.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
2 months ago

Pease's Nudibranch crawls across a North Shore reef. The centimeter-long sea slug is marked by blue trim, and its rhinophores and gills are marked in gold. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #slug #snail #Friday

A sea slug about as long as the edge of your pinky nail, crawling over reef debris.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
2 months ago

Found only in Hawaii. A Titan Scorpionfish in profile. These well camouflaged ambush hunters grow to a half meter long. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #fish #wednesday

The head of a scorpionfish in profile, facing right, with tassels on its chin.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
2 months ago

A Stout Moray resting on a North Shore reef. These eels are variable in coloration and grow to 60 cm long. They eat fish and crustaceans. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #eel #moray #monday #fotomontag

An eel as long as your forearm, with mottled coloration and translucent needle-like teeth.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
2 months ago

Blackside Hawkfish typically rest on reef corals and scoot away when disturbed. They show a mix of patterns on their classic fish-shaped bodies: a black stripe on a light brown body, and freckles on its face, giving it its other common name: Freckled Hawkfish. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #fish #Sunday

A fish as long as your hand from wrists to fingertips rests on lumpy hard coral.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
2 months ago

Ornate Butterflyfish are notable for bold golden stripes that line the sides of their flattened bodies. They are typically found in pairs, feed on coral polyps. They are the size of a small plate. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #fish #Saturday

A flattened light-colored fish, about the size of a small plate, and marked with lines of gold, yellow and black.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
2 months ago

Yellowfin Goatfish gather in small schools during daylight hours then disperse to feed at night. They grow to a healthy 40 cm and feed on invertebrates. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
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A cluster of light-colored and elongated fish with yellow tails swimming to the right.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
3 months ago

A Yellowmargin Moray Eel gets beauty treatment from a Flameback Shrimp. These morays can grow to four feet long and have heads as large a medium-sized dog. They eat fish, octopus and crustaceans. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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The head of a moray eel facing right, with a cleaner shrimp at the right side crease of its mouth.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
3 months ago

Yellowfin Goatfish, aka Weke, school at Oahu's North Shore. They can be seen clustered together during daylight hours, but they scatter to feed at night. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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A loose cluster of light-colored fish swim in formation towards the lower right.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
3 months ago

A small Stout Moray Eels moves over a north shore reef. These vary in color and grow to 2/3 meter long. They feed on crustaceans and fish. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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A snake-like moray eel, light in color and speckled, looking right.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
3 months ago

Teardrop Butterflyfish feed on coral polyps, algae and small invertebrates. They can be found alone, in pairs or small groups. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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Two brightly colored and marked fish swim in tandem towards the lower right.

@darktable is magic!

The photo is taken with an Olympus TG-6 at around 10m depth under water.

The first photo is what darktable makes out of the raw photo automatically when importing, the second is what the underwater mode of the camera ends up with. The third photo is the result of editing the raw photo in darktable for <5 minutes.

The end result looks very close to how it appeared to my eyes when the photo was taken.

#Photography #UnderwaterPhotography #ScubaDiving #darktable

A photo of a feather worm at around 10m under water. It's growing on a rock with black sponge, is surrounded by fine sand and algae. In the background a yellow finger sponge is visible.

The photo is very dark, has a blue hazy tint and very little color. This is what darktable ended up with automatically when importing the raw photo.
A photo of a feather worm at around 10m under water. It's growing on a rock with black sponge, is surrounded by fine sand and algae. In the background a yellow finger sponge is visible.

The photo is very dark and a strong dark blue tint. This is what the Olympus TG-6 underwater mode ended up with.
A photo of a feather worm at around 10m under water. It's growing on a rock with black sponge, is surrounded by fine sand and algae. In the background a yellow finger sponge is visible.

The photo has approximately natural colors as observed with the eyes, and is the result of <5 minutes of editing the raw photo in darktable.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
5 months ago

A Hawaiian Hogfish juvenile, about 3 cm long, looks vastly different from adults. They are striped with bright yellow over their dorsal spines and face, and black over rest of their tiny bodies. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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A tiny fish, brightly colored yellow over black, faces right. The fish is as long as the last two sections of your pinky finger.

A small selection of the pictures from Sunday's dive near Ammouliani with @vivia. First dive of the year but it was already surprisingly warm! 23°C and sunny, 18°C surface water temperature and still 16°C at 25m depth. We saw a lot of interesting animals.

Featuring: a yellow nudibranch (phyllidia flava) grazing on seaweed next to red finger sponge, a painted comber swimming on top of rocks covered with some black sponge, a biscuit sea star in a little cave surrounded by colorful sponges, and in the top-left a nudibranch ("sea cow", peltodoris atromaculata) and some yellow sea anemones, and last but not least two starfishes, one red one with five arms and another orange one that once had six arms plus some bonus mermaid's cup at the bottom.

#ScubaDiving #Photography #UnderwaterPhotography #Ammouliani #Chalkidiki #Greece #SeaSlug #SeaCow #Nudibranch #Starfish #BiscuitStarfish #Fish #PaintedComber #Comber

Photo of a yellow nudibranch (phyllidia flava) grazing on seaweed next to red finger sponge. The nudibranch looks like yellow rubber with little white dots.
Photo of a painted comber swimming on top of rocks covered with some black sponge. The black/white "zebra" stripes of the comber, and its marbled head pattern and yellow fins are nicely visible.
Photo of a biscuit sea star in a little cave surrounded by colorful red, orange, purple, black sponges. In the top-left a nudibranch ("sea cow", peltodoris atromaculata) with its black spot pattern can be seen grazing on a red sponge. Next to it some yellow sea anemones are visible.
A photo of two starfishes: one red one with five arms and another orange one that once had six arms. They are sitting on some rocks covered by algae and seaweed. At the bottom some mermaid cups that look like little umbrellas.

@slomo and I did our first dive of the season last weekend and saw a lot of cute and interesting creatures.

Got a new Olympus Tough TG-6 camera, still learning how it works. Had to edit especially the landscape pictures, because they were accidentally shot with the shallow water mode on, but I'm quite happy with how the macro pictures turned out, especially for a new camera. Used @darktable for editing.

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A tiny Felimare orsinii nudibranch on a small bubble of moss, which is being held by a gloved human hand. The nudibranch is blue with white and yellow stripes along its body and has two antennas on one end and one on the other.
A small purple Flabellina affinis nudibranch sitting on a yellow fluff of algae. At the end of its tentacles there are tiny white spots. Two of these spots are aligned so that it looks like the nudibranch has eyes looking into the camera.
A beige-brown biscuit sea star (Peltaster placenta) on top of a colourful rock bedding.
A yellow-blue East Atlantic peacock wrasse (Symphodus tinca), eating seaweed with its mouth down and its tail up.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
5 months ago

Green Sea Turtles , called Honu in Hawaii - have smooth thick carapaces and leathery fins covered with a darkened cobblestone mosaic, which also covers much of their heads. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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A sea turtle with flattened front fins rests on rubble on an ocean floor.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
5 months ago

Found only in #Hawaii An Ornate Wrasse swims over rubble and debris. These elongated fish are brightly colored orange and green and can grow to 15 cm.
Your #photooftheday of #sealife

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An elongated and brightly-colored fish, facing right, swims over rubble and debris.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
5 months ago

Laurent’s Hermit Crabs are notable for having black eyes spotted with white dots, and orange jointed legs covered with a hard exoskeleton. They inhabit abandoned snail shells in a variety of shapes. Your #photooftheday of #Hawaii #sealife

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The eyes, legs and antennae of a small hermit crab poke out of a debris-covered shell as it crawls along a sandy ocean bottom.
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
5 months ago

A Green Sea Turtle swims over a reef. Honu - their Hawaiian name - have leathery fins covered with a darkened cobblestone mosaic, which also covers much of their heads. Their carapaces are thickened and smooth, but often marked with barnacles. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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A sea turtle swimming over a rocky reef. It has a large smooth shell and flattened fins. Its beak-like mouth is holding a small amount of vegetation.
Kathaja Krim
6 months ago

RL update:
I was #ScubaDiving at this lake today :) water temperature 6°C - yes cold, but with a dry suit it's ok. the lake is called #Wolfgangsee, which is in #Austria.

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#photography #lake

a photo of a lake with blue mountains und low hanging clouds in the background. the water is slightly greenish. the sky is completely covered with clouds.
Krystal Higgins
6 months ago

Friendly puffer fish! #ocean #ScubaDiving #Conservation #fish

Krystal Higgins
6 months ago

Sometimes you see photos of dogs sleeping in contorted positions and you think, “That can’t possibly be comfortable.”

I found the shark version.

#ScubaDiving #sharks #marine #oceans #Conservation

A wobbegong shark haphazardly flopped across a few rocks.
melanie ensign
7 months ago

Whooo! 🥳

Today is the 1st anniversary of our technical #ScubaDiving company in #Tulum!

We love caverns, caves, & wrecks! 😍

https://www.apexscubadiving.com/

Holly 🚀⚜️
7 months ago

That time I went cave diving!

#tbt #throwbackthursday #scubadiving

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
7 months ago

Gold Lace Nudibranchs are translucent with golden veins crisscrossing their bodies. Their gills and rhinophores are white speckled with irregular dark markings. They may range up to 6 cm. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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Des Paroz
7 months ago

I've been on #Mastodon for a while now, and recently moved back to Mastodon.social following the announcement of the shutdown of mastodon.au. I realise a new owner is taking over mastodon.au, & wish them the best. However, I made the move before the announcement.

I live in Canberra, Australia, & have a broad experience in #marketing, #communication, #technology & #InformationEffects.

I enjoy #hiking, #ScubaDiving, #LandscapePhotography, #TravelPhotography & #AstroPhotography.

#introduction

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
7 months ago

Scott Johnson's Nudibranchs are white trimmed with a fine yellow border. Its rhinophores and gills are a warm black. They range up to 2 cm in length. Named the famed underwater naturalist. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

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Sarcassem
8 months ago

Okay, so sue me, this is long overdue. It’s time for an #introduction.

I’m Matt! I’m a #creative, #podcast-dabbler, #writer, and paper-cut survivor who has amassed, over the years, a number of experiences some of which are fit to print.

I love #gaming on #mobile, #DnD, anything #Marvel, and #ScubaDiving, too! I’ve got a husband 🏳️‍🌈, two #cats, and #coffee in hand! Well, the coffee is in hand, not the husband nor the two cats who are off doing their own things.

#ADHD is a thing with me too.

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
8 months ago

Goldring Surgeonfish are found only in #Hawaii. Their eyes feature a bright gold ring, and their oval flattened bodies are gray with fine bright blue horizontal lines, and a face with light blue spots. They grown to 18 cm. Your #sealife #photooftheday

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Krystal Higgins
8 months ago
Still shot of a seal swimming from right to left, side-eyeing the camera
Jake 🇺🇸 🇵🇱
9 months ago

#introduction I'm a family man still raising two daughters. My career has been in IT and IT-related services (see bio).

I love #travelling #climbing #mountainbiking #skiing #scubadiving #fitness #nature #astronomy #astrophotograhy #Nikon gear, #Celestron #music #Ovation, #Gibson, and #MartinGuitars

Note: I rotate my own photo(s) here from time to time...

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)
10 months ago

Imperial Nudibranchs can be 10-12 cm or longer and are bright white speckled with golden yellow and trimmed in regal purple. Its rhinophores are black with sexy highlights. Your #photooftheday of #Hawaii #sealife Thanks for looking!

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