....months had passed since open water days and scuba diving seems to be part of me now. Great things are happening all at once. We will be expect a new member (Aidan) to our family near end November 2014. Although I'll be grounded in Singapore for at least 3 years before my next overseas dive trip with my lifetime buddy HY, I found a secret diving haven in Southern island of Singapore. Our own backyard!! do you know what this means?? This means cheap diving and just 20mins drive to RSYC at west coast road where the dive operator 'GS diving' takes off for day trips every weekend. Moving forward, I've also decided to further my diving qualification to dive master and if possible, a dive instructor. Hmm, why not? I won't let my disability affect my passion, Yeah!! for those who do not know me, my left arm is totally immobilised after a serious traffic accident.
Now, back to my underwater photography. I had been busy with new add-on system and going deep into the capabilities of both my first love Canon S95(compact) and Olympus OMD EM5 (mirrorless).
Canon S95
Range from +5 to +20 magnification
Inon S2000 x 2
or
Inon S2000 x 1 with:
New independent 2 legged DIY snoot (inon S2000 installed)
- attached dive torch
This baby performed beyond my expectation. It helps to reduce hell lot of back scatter and made snooting easier on static objects. It can be positioned bottom up to make a nudi glow. See below.
Picture taken at Pulau Hantu with S95. Visibility range from 1-8meters.
Name of Nudibranch:
Hypselodoris Bullockii
Flabellina on hydroid.
(Cuthona sibogae)
Picture taken with OMD
This cute little Slug is only half a rice size 4-5mm. (Kuro Sap Sucking Slug, Costasiella Kuroshimae)
Picture take with OMD EM5 +15 magnification. With some professional guidance from Singapore marine biologist "Chay Hoon" I found these babies on a kind of seaweed. (Solitary Fan green seaweed call: Avrainvillea erecta) I spend my whole dive on one single seaweed, thanks to my patient buddy photographer Charlene foong and she also helped me to improve my skills by giving me tons of feedbacks and techniques advise. Thank you sardine!!!
This nudibranch above aka (
Chromodoris fidelis) was taken with the flash place infront of the nudi, giving the picture a street lamp feel.
So much fun with snoot. Thank you, will post more pictures soon.
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