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Where to Dive in East Timor

Where to Dive in East Timor… On the 20th May 2002, a new country was born to the north of Australia. It was a very painful experience for its people, one they had fought long and hard for. Earning the respect of even those who had opposed …

Tiger Beach Sharks – The Real Deal?

Tiger Beach Sharks…This shallow, sandy area in the Bahamas is firmly established as one of the global diving destinations. With that fame largely derived from the many published images of its most celebrated visitor – Galeocerdo cuvier, …

Best Aircraft Wrecks in PNG

The Best Aircraft Wreck Dives in PNG… World War II came to New Guinea in January 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Rabaul in New Britain. Turning the region in to a major theater of war in the battle for the Pacific.There were …

ONEUW One160X Strobe Review

ONEUW One160X Strobe Review… This is a first impressions review of my personal experience with this new Italian strobe. As explained below, I bought the strobes myself through my diving buddy and fellow underwater photographer Filippo Borghi. …

D500 for Underwater Photography

Nikon D500 for Underwater Photography – A Mid-Term Review… How time flies – just over two years ago I wrote a first impressions review of my newly acquired Nikon D500. And in it I waxed lyrically about what the new “king of DX …

Diving the Ogasawara Islands

Diving the Ogasawara Islands… Often referred to as the Oriental Galapagos, the Ogasawara archipelago is located in the north-west Pacific Ocean. About 1000km south of Tokyo and is one of the most isolated and remote parts of Japan. The …

The Sharks of Protea Banks

The Sharks of Protea Banks… It is often described as the African equivalent of the Gulf Stream. One of the world’s most powerful oceanic currents – moving almost 70 million tons of water a second! Its name is the Agulhas Current and it forms to …

Chinchorro Crocodiles Encounters…

Chinchorro Crocodiles… The pursuit of unusual and compelling photo-opportunities has led me on some interesting journeys over the last few years. But few come close to the raw excitement of photographing the American Crocodiles of Mexico’s …

The Giant Japanese Salamander

The Giant Japanese Salamander is a quite unique, if rather mysterious, creature that lives in rivers across western and south-western Japan. As endemic species of Japan that is protected under federal legislation. It is formally nominated as a …

Oceanic Whitetip Sharks

The Oceanic Whitetip Sharks of Cat Island… It seems almost unbelievable that as recently as the mid-1960’s Carcharhinus longimanus, the Oceanic Whitetip shark, was widely considered to be one of the most abundant large animals in the …

Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini

The Great Hammerhead sharks of Bimini really are very special… There is literally nowhere else in the world where you can come face-to-face with these incredible animals so reliably. Large, increasingly rare and generally solitary animals …

Australian Leafy Seadragons

The Incredible Australian Leafy Seadragon… Australia is famous for its many iconic and often strange looking creatures. Both above and below the water, but few are as unique and visually spectacular as the Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus …