Canon 5DII since 2010
now with Canon R5
UW with SEACAM

INDONESIA 2023

Photo Alessandro Donà

 

 

 

HAPPY 2024!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2023!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2022!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2021!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2020!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2019!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2018!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2017!

 

 

 

HAPPY 2016!

 

 

 

Photo Andrew West

 

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FISHES BEHAVIOUR
 
ANEMONEFISHES CAMOUFLAGE
INDO-PACIFIC OCEAN
BONY FISHES SCHOOLING FISHES
CARTILAGINOUS FISHES    
FUSILIERS    
SCORPION-, LION-, STONEFISHES    
SWEETLIPS PHOTO THEMES
    UW BY NIGHT
    BLACK BACKGROUND
    SPLIT SHOTS
INVERTEBRATES TWILIGHT
CRUSTACEANS
PANORAMA
ECHINODERMS    
GORGONIANS    
HARD CORALS SWITZERLAND
MOLLUSKS BEAUTIFUL GLARUS CANTON
SOFT CORALS ENGADINE
SPONGES SWITZERLAND
    ZURICH
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
REPTILES THE FAR NORTH
TURTLES, SNAKES AND ... FINLAND - AURORA POLARIS
    NORWAY
COLD WATER
MANGROVES    
MANGROVES    

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!

Rodney V. Salm

Illustrated Field Notes

Charles Birkeland

Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene

My photos with Canon R5

INDONESIA 2023


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:

2017 Maumere - Sorong:

Photo Kimo Morris Ph.D.

 

2014 my logbook was part of one of five wonderful UW films, +/- 5 mètres, a french documentary by Dominique Hennequin and Joe Bunni. I met them in Raja Ampat. Dominique saw my logbook and wanted to have it in his film. I hesitated first, but then I realized: He really understood my intentions about my logbook! Here is a 9 minute film excerpt of the original French version.