Reefwreck

The critters seemed to be out in force at Tulamben!  I did 7 dives over two days last week and even though the viz. was unusually mediocre, there never seemed to be a lack of macro subject matter.  Here are a few images. All were taken with the Nikon D200, Micro-Nikkor 70-180 plus Nikon 6T close-up lens.  Some cropping.:oops:

The rest can be seen at reef.smugmug.com

Delicate Ghostpipefish portrait (Solenostomus leptosomus)


Nembrotha kubaryana nudibranch eats tunicates for breakfast!


Always a favourite of mine, the "Marilyn Monroe" of Nudis, Chromodoris kunei.


A nice yellow Clown Frogfish


The rare Tiger Shrimp


A tight macro of the common Blue Seastar. I'ver always been attracted by the colour and textures of these!


Cheers.
Michael.

I'd be grateful for some help in identifying these two crabs from the Tulamben area, Bali.  The images were taken last weekend. Thanks!
Michael.

Crab 1, in a Featherstar, depth approx. 20 metres.


Crab 2, on soft coral, depth approx. 25 metres.

I spent two photo days in Bali, specifically diving at Tulamben and Seraya. Here are a few samples. The rest can be seen on my BLOG at

http://reefwreck.blogspot.com/

I couldn't ask for better conditions with calm seas, good weather and viz. between 20-30 metres.

A special thank you to Tony Medcraft and my favourite dive guide, Made, at Tulamben Wreck Divers Resort, where I stayed and dived with.

http://www.tulambenwreckdivers.com

All photos were taken with the Nikon D200, Micro-Nikkor 70-180mm plus Nikon 6T, housed in a NEXUS housing, twin INON strobes wired through a Sea&Sea TTL converter. Everything worked magically, after I worked out a few user error issues.

Most post-processing was done using Nikon Capture NX, which I recently bought in Hong Kong.

Cheers.
Michael.

A couple of Harlequin Shrimp, Seraya, Bali


Whiskered Pipefish, Seraya, Bali


Warty Frogfish, Seraya, Bali


Zebra Crab who looks like he needs some dental work!


Denise's Pygmy Seahorse, Liberty Wreck, Tulamben, Bali


Elegant Squat Lobster


The rarely seen yet elegant Twinspot Lionfish, Tulamben, Bali