Nudi Falls is one of the most known and most popular divesites in Lembeh Strait. Maybe also because it is one of the most versatile divespots. Nudi Falls lays about in the middle of the Straits on the mainland side – just north of the village Tandu Rusa. It offers Read more…
Today I did my first dives with a new camera system. The Sony A7r is a 36MP full frame mirrorless camera, and with the Nauticam housing and an adapter ring you can use the Nikonos series of lenses. I started with a very old and well used 15mm lens that Read more…
Christian first came to visit us around September last year, he was a pretty grumpy photographer – frustrated because he wasn’t getting what he wanted out of his equipment. He battled at it, and now 8 months later several visits he has some great shots, he even learned to smile Read more…
Today we had 3 Birthdays on one diveboat:
Joni (our guide), and Nicole and Markus, two repeater guests from Germany. On the other boat we had 2 Gentlemen reach their 600th dive, Congratulations Philip and Kim! So we all had lots of cake today!!
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A few weeks ago I started looking for this Nudi, and it is by no means a new critter, but it is a fun one to look for. It has taken me a few weeks to start posting due to a couple of reasons, a visit to Malaysia for a week, and a hard drive crash which made all my data unavailable on my drive (thanks to ‘Data Rescue 3’ i got almost every file back).
So, onto the Nudibranch, there are 2 in this photo:
Whenever you visit the same dive area several times, some dive sites seem to consistently deliver more than others, and, correspondingly, some less than you would wish. Here in Lembeh my favorites are the Aer Bajo sites and Hairball, where many uneventful starts of dives have been turned around to Read more…
As Phyllodensium Nudibranchs are uncommon, bizarre and attractive at the same time, they always make a good Blog post. Specially when they are found in numbers. Having blogged some weeks ago already about the Solar powered Nudibranch, it’s today the turn of the Kabira Phyllodensium (Phyllodensium kabiranum). As they are 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…
The other day at TK I found (well of course i didn’t, the guides did!) a pair of Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) sitting on the back of a Glossodoris nudibranch. I also managed to get a few video clips of them feeding as well, these are some of my favourite shrimp, Read more…
As a colorful contrast to the black or grey sands in Lembeh strait, nudibranchs of different sizes, shapes and colors are plentiful here. The vivid colors of many of the nudibranchs such as those of the Risbeckia are clear messages to predators that the nudibranchs are very nasty food items, Read more…