Luko

Sure is!

The white on white high key pattern is always a rewarding theme to work on especially when you have striking red/orangy colors available to enhance the high key. Every important feature looks sharp enough, there are no obvious 255 textureless areas, the composition looks rather interesting with a very good angle, unusual to get the belly of a candy crab (should even be better applying a vertical symetry, so that it looks the right).

Give it a little curve contrast for a color oomph and that should be fine.

When is the best time to go to Ambon to see the Rhinopias?

Roughly mid-september to mid-april. September to november are said to be better because of colder water and Rhinopias coming up while they tend to hide deeper as the water warms up from february on. But I've seen many Rhinopias in Ambon in feb, one of them less than 6m deep.

A few Bangka area "pretty reefs" shots, just in order to illustrate my point above. You won't find those in Bunaken :

Great set of images : at the same time you were posting your pics, I was diving Dampier strait from a Mansuar based resort.

This was my first time in Raja Ampat, I missed the Arborek jetty which looks amazing photowise looking at your images 2 and 7.

The Otdima sweetlip bommie ( image 4) is also one Dampier's strait trademark, your take is really good, I dived Otdima with no current, lots of particles, and the glassfish that just didn't want to leave a window for the sweetlips... but in in the end, it gives such a prolific feeling.

I was a little disappointed wit the Passage though, probably because I expected Misool's blue water mangroves.

Clearly in my mind, Gangga has an advantage over all others. If you say pretty reefs and lots of fish, that's exactly what Bangka area is all about. Don't look further, you can have a look in my gallery, I've been 4 times in Bangka, only once at Gangga, which is a little expensive for me since I am going 3 times a year in SEA, otherwise Murex Bangka is a fine midrange option with excellent guides.

First off Bangka/Likupang is my favorite dive place in the area, the one that allows you both wide angle coral reef and macro shooting.

Sahaung2 and Batu Pendita are probably two of the most colorful divespots in Indo outside Komodo and Raja Ampat, there are.at least three different dives with different lenses ranging from fisheye to 100mm  for the only Paradise Pier spot.

add on top Tiga Batu, Busa Bora, HBO, Demak, Tanjung Usi, Batu Mandi i could name ten spots that are all different but deserves a dive around that part, while for me almost every Bunaken dive look similar, like a swimming session against a wall. 

Secondly, I take Gangga island resort as the best organization for diving and the best boats in North Sulawesi.

If you want to have a look on some of my Bangka photos, it's here http://www.flickr.com/photos/luko/ look and click on the right handside for my UW Bangka set.