Since today the Underwater.kr Lembeh Shoot-Out started. Nad-Lembeh is hosting this international Underwater Photo Competition, where Photographers from Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, USA, Indonesia and Europe compete in different categories such as “Interchangeable Lens Cameras”, “Compact Cameras”, “Portfolio”, “Super-Macro” and “Unrestricted”. To give a good example for the whole underwater photography Read more…
It seems to me, that we see a lot of Phyllodensium Nudibranchs at the moment. We encountered 4 different Types only yesterday – and 3 Solar Powered Nudibranchs (Phyllodensium longicirrum) on a single dive at “Tanjung Kubur”. The one you can see on this picture was a smaller one. Read more…
So here it is: My second Introduction Post on the NAD Lembeh Blog. My Name is Serge and after having written the updates here for one year as the Dive Manager i am now back for a 1 month visit and will use my time to keep you updated on Read more…
A number of marine animals do occur in families. Maybe not in the sense we usually use the word to describe human family relations, but at least in the sense of a mother being followed by one or some of her offspring. Dolphins and larger whales are examples that readily Read more…
I finally got around to posting my Hairy Octopus video, we’ve seen 3 in 3 days now here in Lembeh!
Visiting Tangkoko National Park is a fun way to spend an afternoon when staying in Lembeh. The highlight is obviously the Tarsier, a minute primate that loves to eat grasshoppers and nocturnal insects, Tangkoko is famous for it’s Tarsiers and Black Macaques, but you have to go earlier to see Read more…
We’ve been having fantastic diving recently, and we have been having some fun with the guys taking pictures and also annoying out yearly repeat guest, Mood. Mood has been to Lembeh every year for the last 5 years and still does not have the hairy octopus, he always missed it. Read more…
I started the week diving a lot, but with routine engine servicing (7 engines over 2 days), new restaurant furniture (pics to follow soon) and removing a flower bed and preparing for the final phase of the roof renovation (above the wet camera room) – I am heading into the Read more…
I touched on bracketing in the previous photo tips post. Bracketing was used (back in film camera times) to make sure that one of your shots from a sequence was correctly exposed; you take a sequence of shots at varied settings and hope that one was correct. As an example Read more…
With everyone shooting digital and huge memory cards it is quite easy these days to take 100+ photographs in a dive, especially in Lembeh. The key to getting a good photo that you are still happy with by the time you go home is to take your time and keep Read more…