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ardy01

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In Topic: Unknown crab from Bali

23 February 2012 - 07:14 PM

Maybe. As with most pilumnids they're pretty well camouflaged by the hairs & all the silt/debris attached to them so they'd be hard to see unless they're moving.

Yes Leslie I guess this one was out looking for a feed as it was 6.30am.

In Topic: Unknown crab from Bali

22 February 2012 - 07:10 PM

Nope, just a shaggy crab in the family Pilumnidae. Do an image search on Heteropilumnus ciliatus or Heteropilumnus hirsutior and see which one you think it is.

Wonderful Leslie - not exactly the same but enough to make a rough picture ID Heteropilumnus hirsutior. As I have seen nothing else like this and in the absence of any other suggestions I think this is it.

I wonder if they are common in Bali?

In Topic: Advice on SLR/Housing combo Nikon/Aquatica

14 April 2011 - 12:20 PM

Cannot imagine what that guy did with his Aquatica I owned one for 10 years with an Nikon F4 and it never missed a beat and I don't look after my gear. Prior to that I had an earlier Aquatica with an F3 for about 6 years and that also never missed a beat.

Never changed an o'ring in all that time and only thing I replaced was the shutter control lever which I stupidly bent.

I would just soak it, dry it and store it. Great housings.

In Topic: Any thoughts about Mike Ball

23 February 2011 - 08:05 PM

I have done 4 trips to PNG on Paradise sport and 3 trips in Australia and they are excellent. The only exception was one DHead dive director in PNG who was about 22 and had an attitude you couldn't jump over. He was only there the one trip and the others have been open enough to allow experienced divers to get the most out of it and tight enough to look after some of the lesser trained.

Still miss the woman who ran the first 2 trips to PNG in the 90's can't remember her name but she ran a brilliant divers trip.

The best/worst was when we set up a choir to sing songs to respond to the local villagers singing. Sounded pretty bloody awful and during 'whim a wheh' they nearly wet themselves.

In Topic: Similan & Phuket Diving (Pictures)

23 February 2011 - 07:55 PM

Great shots Jeff - said it before about other macro shots by you, but great DOF in the harliquin shrimps.

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