Diving at the Similan islands
When I start this album from our diving tours to the Similan islands I'd like to show my underwater photos captures with a simple FUJI FinePix F31fd pocket camera usually designed for lady handbags. Its an evidence that even with a small low-cost pocket photo camera you can shoot acceptable pictures underwater.
The necessary UW housing also comes from FUJI and was a quite inexpensive equipment to…
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School of fusiliers
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Fusiliers are related to the snappers, but adapted for feeding on plankton, rather than on larger prey.
Nemo(s) look out the anemones
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Amphiprioninae better known as clownfish or anemone fish are moving very quick between the anemones polyps.
Once an anemone or coral has been adopted, the clownfish will defend it.
Cuttlefish and its camouflage
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This sort of cuttlefish are sometimes referred to as the "chameleon of the sea" because of their remarkable ability to rapidly alter their skin color at will. Cuttlefish change color and light polarisation to communicate to other cuttlefish and to camouflage themselves from predators.
Sea fans in different colors
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Lobster looks out its cave
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During night dives many other species being alive than during day time. The spiny lobster is active in the night and follow out spot light.
Waiting for the sharks
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Reef sharks are very shy but also very nosy. We divers see them only in an circle of 15 to 20 meters but the shark realizes us in a far distance. After a while they will return to figure out what kind of animals we are.
Diving partner behind a fish swarm
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Moray eel in free water out of the cave
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This scene is very seldom, normally moreys do not leave their caves. This a meter long eel came to play with me and swam through both my legs.
Morey eel swims out the cave
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The morays are frequently thought of as particularly vicious or ill-tempered animals. But in truth, morays hide from humans in crevices and would rather flee than fight. Normally this eels are shy and secretive, and attack humans only in self-defence or mistaken identity.
Most attacks stem from disruption of a moray's burrow (to which they do react strongly), but an increasing number also occur during hand-feeding of morays by divers, an activity often used by dive companies to attract tourists
Its very seldom that the moray comes out its cave and swims beside us divers, a rare opportunity to shoot this picture.
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Blue pointed sting ray
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Stingrays are usually very docile and curious, their usual reaction being to flee any disturbance, but they will sometimes brush their fins past any new object they encounter. Nevertheless, certain larger species may be more aggressive and should be approached with caution, as the stingray's defensive reflex (use of its poisoned stinger) may result in serious injury or death.
We do encounter the sting ray with respect and alway looking down to the ground when we touch the sand.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed the bluespotted ribbontail ray as Near Threatened. Although still relatively common and widely distributed, this species faces continuing degradation of its coral reef habitat throughout its range, from development and destructive fishing practices using cyanide or dynamite. In addition, its populations are under heavy pressure by artisanal and commercial fisheries, and by local collecting for the aquarium trade.
More blue spotted stingray
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This stingrays are very common in the Andaman Sea and at the diving places around Similan.
No experienced diver would attempt to ‘play’ with any kind of stingray. This little fellow looks completely harmless and is, in fact, cute in an alien sort of way. Even a ray this small is potentially very dangerous.
A boxfish or cofferfish
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Members of this family occur in a variety of different colors, this black pointed sort often seen in the Andaman Sea.
School of snapper fishes
Caesionidae, yellowback fusilier fishes
We reach the coral reef
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Ready for a UW photo shot
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Five minutes at five meters security stop
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Its our rule to stop five minutes at the depth of five meters before come up to the surface. Its a protection against the opportunity getting the harmful decompression sickness.
Myself during the security stop
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