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Author Archives: Judy G Diver
Pic of the Day – Balloon Fish
Here’s a cutie for a funny Friday fish face. The image of this Balloon Fish (Diodon holocanthus) was captured in Ambon Harbour, Indonesia. A member of the porcupine fish family, these guys and gals can inflate themselves up into a … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Peacock Mantis Shrimp
The Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) packs a heck of a punch. Equipped with a smashing claw – used for breaking shells to eat their inhabitants – these shrimp are more than capable of shattering the macro port of an … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Mr G Goes to School
Today’s image was captured at Paseo del Cedral (Cedar Pass) in beautiful Cozumel. There are many lovely sites on Cozumel, but Cedral continues to be one of my favourites, even though I have done many, many dives on it. To … Continue reading
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Pic of the Day – Hairy Frogfish
Now here is a fish you don’t see every day. This weird little frogfish (this one was about 4 inches long) was found on a night dive by eagle-eyed Wendy, one of our regular buddies. It was an awesome find, … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Ambon Arch
I captured this image at a site called “The Arch”, on the west side of Ambon Island, in Indonesia. The image was shot with a Tokina 10-17mm lens, fully dialled out at 10mm. It was still fairly early in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambon Arch, indonesia
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Pic of the Day – Hammerhead Shark
Today, I offer up a hammerhead shark as Pic of the Day, in honour of the recent CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) conference decision, at which several species of sharks, including hammerheads, as well as much beloved manta … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Anemone Fish Trio
While I beaver away on the next instalment of the Komodo series, I thought I’d resume my ‘Pic of the Day’ posts. These are images that I have stashed away in my archives. I am going to dust off a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amphiprion ocellaris, Anemone fish, Thailand Scuba Diving
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Raja Ampat, Revisted
Recently, I was very flattered to be asked to contribute to Sport Diver Magazine for their on-going series on “Top 10 Dives” of various popular destinations. Here is a link to the gallery and short write up I did for … Continue reading
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Tagged Raja Ampat, Sport Diver Magazine
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Pic of the Day – Monkey Business
I have been sifting through my Komodo images in order to find stuff to share in my ongoing (and I promise, soon to be ending ;^) Komodo photo blog series. I happened upon an entire day of unedited images – … Continue reading
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The Komodo Chronicles – Part 8 – Back in the Blue
After a side trip to Fiji, here I am back to revisiting Komodo, about half way through our ten day adventure. The last few blog posts covered the great macro dives we did in Bima Harbour, off the island off … Continue reading
Fiji 2013 – Love, Actually
So when I sat down to write this blog post about Fiji, what emerged was a love story. I mean, I seriously love this country, and like all true love, my adoration only deepens with time. I was planning on … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pacific, Dive Wananavu Fiji, Wananavu Resort
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Bula!
More radio silence from me as I snuck away for a week of diving with two of our daughters in Fiji. It was a last minute quickie, and fortunately I was able to bag decent airfares from Air Pacific (which … Continue reading
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Tagged Dive Wananavu Fiji, Wananavu Resort
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The Komodo Chronicles – Part 7 – Rinse & Repeat
So here we are, still anchored in Bima Harbour – at the site of the morning’s rude awakening bomb dive and two more sweet muck dives. There is one more dunk offered this day, a night dive on Fuzzy Bottom – … Continue reading
The Komodo Chronicles – Part 6 – The Muck, And Nothing But The Muck
When I last made an entry, we were muck diving in Bima Harbour, on the island of Sumbawa. The morning had a shaky start, what with the fish bombing that rocked our world, at least for several minutes. As I … Continue reading
The Komodo Chronicles – Part 5 – Getting Bombed in Bima
This is going to be a very, er, explosive blog bit – because when I referenced “getting bombed in Bima”, I am not talking about inhaling too many Bintang beers ;^) Our up close and personal bombing experience was provided … Continue reading
The Komodo Chronicles – Part 4 – Things That Go Bump In The Night
Christmas and New Year’s have come and gone in a flurry (well, actually here in Vancouver, not so much a flurry as a soggy deluge – it was the wettest December I can remember). It was a busy time, with … Continue reading
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The Komodo Chronicles – Part 3 – Champagne Diving & Nudibranch Dreams
So you might be wondering, what is it like to dive near an active volcano? The answer, in the case of Sangeyang, is: effervescent, warm, and slightly freaky (one has to consider that if the thing is simmering, it could … Continue reading
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Tagged Nudibranchs, Sangeyang Island
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Here We Are, Yet Again…
I have been warming up to the idea of working on the next chapter of the Komodo adventure (amidst the Christmas chaos), but the recent events in Connecticut have been playing heavily in my mind, and make my photo blogging … Continue reading
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The Komodo Chronicles – Part 2 – Rock ‘n Roll
After an overnight navigation (never my favourite part of live aboard dive trips, more about that mild, but fairly founded phobia, in a future instalment ;^), we woke up to the beautiful sunrise featured above, and found ourselves at Gili … Continue reading
The Komodo Chronicles – Part 1- Here We Be
So when I last blogged, we had just finished up a few days of diving in Bali, in the Tulamben area. The afternoon of the day before our flight out to Komodo, we were shuttled down to Sanur, a resort … Continue reading
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Tagged Komodo Dancer, Komodo Scuba Diving
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