A few days have passed since we came back from our home away from home, Thailand. Loads of pics to go through, some of them will soon find their way to the blog.
As I brought my underwater housing all the way, I just had to try it out in open water (for the first time). I booked a 1-day trip to Koh Bon at the Similan Islands, where Mette and I had been diving with a dozen of manta rays in 2008 (same time of the year). So I hoped to capture the scene!
Unfortunately, the mantas have not really been seen at Koh Bon in recent time, and nobody knows why they have disappeared. We jumped into the water and enjoyed the life at the reef - however, we were a bit surprised how crowded this dive place has become. As in OVER CROWDED! Divers everywhere, many of them not paying attention to where they kick their fins.
It was saddening to see how much the corals have been damaged within a few years - by ignorant divers grabbing onto this and that. Well, what a surprise that the mantas were all gone...
Anyway, as we swam around I had time to play a bit with my camera and shoot this video:
The video was shot with a Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm in Hugyfot underwater housing, at 1920x1080p with 30fps at F/4.0-5.6 at 1/60 sek and ISO 320. Post production in Adobe Premiere Pro.
I was so obsessed by shooting video that I totally neglected taking photos. Only a few frames made it to the memory card:
Curious moray eel peeking out from its hide, F/9.0 at 1/50 sek.
School of yellowfin goatfish, F/9.0 at 1/80 sek.
As you saw in the video, the reef was absolutely packed with fry, F/16 at 1/25 sek.
Giant puffer hovering over the reef, F/10 at 1/60 sek.
All together, a great day under the surface even though we did´nt get to see the mantas :-( So I´ll post a few pics from our 2008 trip to the exact same spot...
Manta photos shot with Canon s70 in Canon underwater housing
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