After leaving in mid-May to spend some time quality time with the big pelagics in Mexico, Costa Rica, and the U.S., I’m back to stay for a while at NAD. After embarking on my open-ended trip to Indonesia last August, I spent eight of the past twelve months split between Bali and Lembeh, and have…
We’re pleased to announce that professional Mackerel photographer, Alex Tattersall has joined the judging panel for our December 2013 shootout. Alex has placed in the NHM / BBC wildlife photo competition, which is the pinnacle of Natural History photo competitions (aside from the underwater.kr one, of course). He is also the chief for Nauticam UK,…
Today, I was out diving with Paulus shooting super macro critters. It was a lovely dive, with lots of shrimps and crabs to shoot. As we moved shallower for our safety stop, Paulus made his famous grunt, motioned me over and pointed to this gorgeous little fella climbing up the tunicate. I got super excited…
Here’s a critter in Lembeh that most overlook -a commensal shrimp. The Egg Shell Shrimp got its name from the large white area on its back, like an egg shell – pretty much the only thing you would be able to see as the rest of its body is translucent with tiny tiny red spots.…
Now that Simon has a new ‘baby’, he’s out diving a lot more. He has however switched to videos, so i’ve happily inherited the 5DMKIII and tag along diving. The last dive we went together, i came across this colourful fangblenny poking its head out through its hole as i swam past. Due to its…
The Month of May saw a few staff in and one out for us. We welcomed our old guide Aso back (he’s still bald), along with trying out frequent guest Mood as a Guest Relations Officer. 2 new girls in the Restaurant – Endang and Emelda. Endang and Emelda both speak quite good English take…
A rare find in Lembeh, our diveguide Oksin has only seen this Slender Pegasus Seamonth (Pegasus Volitans) once before in his years of diving the strait. Unlike the short bodied Dragon Pegasus Sea Moth normally found in Lembeh, the Slender Sea Moth -like its name, has a thin slender body, longer snout and longer tail.…
Our annual Night Safari started today and our lucky participant (1) has Abner all to herself! We have one other guest arriving tomorrow morning, so we will have a grand total of two. I planned to join but have flu, so will hopefully be OK to join in tomorrow. We’ll be working our way up…
NAD can now boast to have one of the best Photo Setups in Indonesia. In May I went to the Nauticam HQ in Hong Kong and the factory floor in China to pick up a new housing. Whilst there I did a servicing course for several of their current models: Sony NEX7 Canon 5Dmk3 Nikon…
Thoughts for the blog following a recent stay. by Alex Mustard I’m a Lembeh Addict. I am happy to admit it. Although I’ve been on a diet recently, foregoing regular visits to Lembeh and South East Asia in general, over the last three or four years to feed in less photographed, and often colder…