Spirit of Lembeh 2014 – my year in Photos

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.