Now it’s Christmas and another year at NAD-Lembeh is about to end. I don’t do calendars – but i still want to post some of my favourite images of 2014. And because it is not a calendar i took the freedom to choose 3 photos per month and make a little “36 Images Film Roll”. So here are some of my best photos of the year, some things i have seen for the first time and some moments that were very special to me. Even though i have been in Lembeh since 2009 this place still proves me wrong every time i think i have seen everything here. This years Highlights were the Melibe Colemani (a dream of mine since years), two Hairy Octopus together, some new Gobies (like the Bryozoan, the lined Dartfish and the Pocong Goby), the Xenia Coral Pipefish and a lot of other things.
Enjoy watching and hopefully see you in Lembeh soon. Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year.
This one is from end 2013 … but a bit of cheating is allowed 😉
Priolepsis vexilla – Ribbon Reef Goby
Lionfishes at Mawali Wreck
Pair of Frogfish – the red female just before releasing eggs
Octopus on Bottle
Coffe and Cream
Bornella anguilla … the Nudi that can swim like a fish
Another Dragon shrimp
Two Pygmy Seahorses
Anthias yawning
Pontohi Seahorse with Nauticam SMC
Gobies in Bottle
Crinoid Clingfish
Mimic Octopus
Baby Painted Frogfish
White Pink Randalls Frogfish – a new colour to me
Feeding Lizardfish
Pink Eyed Gobies in formation
Multi Ocellated Frogfish
Baby Mototi on Ascidian
Dragon Shrimp
2 Generations of juvenile Painted Frogfish
Giant Frogfish at Nudi Falls
Experiments with the Fisheye lens
Unidentified Octopus
Different species of Favorinus Nudies feeding on Eggs
Lined Dartfish – a very cool deep water critter
Still love shooting normal subjects like colourful flabellinas
The newly discovered Bryozoan Goby
A pair of Hairy Octopus … first time i’ve seen two together
This year has been very good again for Hairy Octopus
First time found in Sulawesi: the Melibe Colemani
Blueringed Octopus with Eggs
Fighting Wrasses
Nudibranch and Shrimp with eggs on hidroid
I saw the Xenia Coral Pipefish for the first time this year. Very tricky to shoot.
Author: Serge Abourjeily
http://www.serge-mondial.com Serge is the Dive Manager of NAD-Lembeh and an passionate UW Photographer. He is crazy about all Critters that can be found in Lembeh Strait and likes to be out in the water "hunting" for them.