INDONESIA 2023
In 2023 I was able to take part in an extraordinary diving trip from Kaimana to Ambon, visiting Triton Bay, Tayandu, Banda and the Lease Islands. Not only were the dive sites extremely spectacular, but also the participation of world-renowned marine biologists such as Charles Birkeland and Rodney V. Salm. I learned so much about coral reefs in just some weeks! Rod wrote a report on this trip that not only shows the condition of the individual reefs, but also their different abilities to react to influences, to recover. Charles Birkeland has written a standard work on coral reefs in the Anthropocene, highly recommended! |
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About me
Diving since 1994, I spent a lot of time in Indonesia. It's only since 2006 I use SLR cameras for UW photography too. All the older photos from places like Galapagos, the Red Sea or Sipadan are nice souvenirs, but not more...
I am an exclusive iStock photographer since 2009, fishbase collaborator since 2010, PADI DM, Ice Diver, UW Photo Instructor, CMAS*** and IANTD Nitrox Diver, sealifebase collaborator since 2018.
Many years ago I started to draw all kind of aquatic life into my diver's logbook (10x15cm), on every dive! Drawing an animal is very helpful to understand its structure, to remember many details and even to find it again on another dive. At the beginning I drew and wrote the same day I dove. Going deeper and deeper into detail, I am a bit behind my own schedule now with the final colored version of the past two years. Since 2015 I have to add a second page sometimes, as I discover more and more:
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