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An Underwater Photographer's Guide to Southeast
Asia
Author:
Matt J. Weiss / August 10, 2008 12:00AM MDT
Category: Photo
After
3 months in the field, and a brief stint manning the DivePhotoGuide
booth at the Malaysian Dive Expo (MIDE) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
I am finally home and in the process of preparing a series of
articles about South East Asia, sometimes referred to as the coral
triangle and the most bio-diverse marine ecosystems in the world.
Therefore, this is also one of the most productive regions for
underwater photographer and video. Of course in no way is this
nearly a complete guide to Southeast Asia (that would take years!),
but rather some recommended destinations to dive and shoot.
I will be providing comprehensive trip reports on the diving and
photo opportunities in each location. I was fortunate enough to
stay at some of the top resorts in each destination, and the
articles will include some information on the resorts and their
facilities. We intend for these articles to be fairly different
from other trip reports. I plan to concentrate on all aspects of my
trip, including some that are often overlooked, solely from an
underwater photographer’s point of view – How was the
camera room set up? How large were the rinse buckets on the boat?
etc. This vital information is often ignored by non photographers,
so I hope to cover all the idiosyncratic requirements that are very
important for underwater photographers and videographers to keep
top of mind while traveling..
You will see that a lot of my images are macro shots, with little
coral around them. The reason for this is simple - I am very
interested in the seemingly barren benthic environments that
nurture a surprising amount of life. It is here that I found the
smaller, interesting and charismatic critters that make you scratch
your head and ask - “why?” It is my intention for each
article to be informative by answering not only what and who, but
also the how and why of the marine biology behind these
environments.
Underwater photography stargazer Lembeh Strait
Did you know that stargazers (family Uranoscopidae) are represented
by 50 species in 8 genre? This amazing animal was one of two
species I found while searching the benthic environments of the
Coral Triangle.
I will be covering the following destinations in the upcoming
weeks. Each article will have a link back to this main page, where
you can access each article as it goes live online.
Bali, Indonesia with AquaMarine
Diving-Bali
Puerto Galera, Philippines with El Galleon
Resort/Asia Diver
Palawan, Philippines with Club Paradise/Dugong Dive
Center
Lembeh Straits, Indonesia with Lembeh Resort
Manado, Indonesia with Minahasa Lagoon Resort
Sipadan/Mabul/Kapalai, Malaysia with Borneo Divers
For any readers who are looking for ideas for your next dive trip,
South East Asia is full of them, feel free to bookmark this page,
and within the upcoming weeks, you'll find links to each of the
destinations I've visited with a complete report on each. I
certainly hope to bump into many of you as I return to these
destinations in the future.
Happy Diving & more from Matt Weiss @
http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/an_underwater_
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