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Underwater Photo Location: Mabul

Underwater Photo Location: Mabul

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Wonderful place for macro pictures and close to Sipadan. fantastic experience
Facts about Mabul
  • It is in Malaysia
  • Mabul is in the Celebes Sea.
  • The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
  • The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
Dive types
dayboat

Marine Life
bigsmallsharksturtlescoralstinging

Diving facilities
airrepairsguidedfriendly

Photo facilities
macropfriendly

by Stefano Bartoletti
nudibranco

by Marchione Giacomo
Surprise. Nikon D100, 60 micro, twin strobo Mabul Island

by Debi Henshaw
Sunset looking over dive boats moored off Mabul Island. Shot with Canon G9

by Debi Henshaw
Too Blue!

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
A fascinating one that came a cross during a dive in Mabul..

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Baby Manthis Shrimp....

by Miguel Cortes
Giant frogfish portrait.

by Andre Yanco
School of Jack Fish on an artificial reef... Nikon D70s with Sigma 15mm Fish-eye in a Sea&Sea Housing. SB800 strobe in a fantasea housing running in TTL mode.

by King Lim
canon ixus 750

by David Henshaw
Close up study of Blue Spotted Ray. Taken with D200 and 105mm lens (no cropping)

by Andre Yanco
Yet another nudi portrait :) Nikon D200, 60 mm Macro, Sea&Sea Housing, 2x YS-110 Str obe and TTL converter. Captured in Mabul.

by Andre Yanco
Hmm what was that song? Hmmm...... Oh yeah , Cloud Number 9 !!! :) Nikon D70 in Sea &Sea Housing, Sigma 15mm fish-eye lens, natural light...

by David Henshaw
Just a simple pose .. taken with D200 and 60mm lens in Mabul.

by Andre Yanco
Porcelain beauty !!! D70s with Nikon 60 mm Macro in Sea&Sea Housing. SB800 Strobe in Fantasea Housing running in TTL mode.

by Annette Thomasz
Gotcha! Managed to get close to this guy just before he took off....

by Annette Thomasz
A really big grouper i found lying under a wooden wreck. Taken with camera Sony P10

by Debi Henshaw
Blotched Hawkfish ready to make its escape. Mabul Borneo

by Annette Thomasz
A pair or...?? Taken with camera Canon G9

by Debi Henshaw
Long-nose Hawkfish taken in Mabul

by Debi Henshaw
"A Clean Profile"

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Go Green !!

by Raoul Caprez
Welcome !

by Andre Yanco
Mandarin Fish Mating... I have captured these beautiful creatures on a sunset dive in Mabul last week. Nikon D200 in a Sea&Sea Housing Macro 60 mm Dual YS-110 Strobes with TTL converter.

by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Sony T33.

by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken in Mabul (Sony T33).

by Andre Yanco
White-eye murray eel emerging from the dark... Captured in Mabul. Nikon D200 60mm Macro in a Sea&Sea Housing 2xYS-110 Strobe with TTL Converter

by Tony Makin
Nudibranch Mabul

by Tony Makin
Love is

by Tony Makin
Exhausted

by David Henshaw
Painted Frogfish In Mabul

by Andre Yanco
Eye of the puffer ... Nikon D200 with 60 mm macro lens in a Sea&Sea Housing. Twin YS-110 strobes with TTL converter.

by Andre Yanco
Cuttle Eye... Nikon D200 with 60mm Nikkor Lens in a Sea and Sea Housing. Twin YS-110 Strobes with TTL converter.

by Raoul Caprez
I'm a poor lonesome nudibranch ... and a long long way from home.

by Raoul Caprez
In action !

by Raoul Caprez
Upside down nudibranches !

by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken in Mabul with my old Sony T33.

by Tim Ho
Strobeless and photoshop-less

by Tim Ho
Harlequin Shrimp shot on compact - Natural light

by Tim Ho
Ornate Ghost Pipe Fish - Shot on compact camera with no strobes, no flash (natural Light)

by Tim Ho
"Heads" - Flatheads shot on standard compact camera not using strobes, flash or added lenses...

by Andre Yanco
Tiny yet full of color... Shot in Mabul. Nikon D200+ Nikkor 60mm Macro in Sea&Sea Housing. Twin YS-110 Strobes with TTL Converter.

by Tim Ho
Blue Ring Octopus piggy back ride...Shot on compact camera with natural light on 4 February 2010...

by Tim Ho
The sky from a fish's eye - Shot on compact camera.

by Tim Ho
Blue Ring Octopus - Shot on standard compact camera with no strobes, no flash, no wide angle, macro or fish eye lense...

by Tim Ho
Lemme outta here - Shot on compact camera with Natural Light...

by Tim Ho
Microscopic! Shot on compact camera with natural light!

by Tim Ho
Fleas... Shot on compact camera with natural light...

by Tim Ho
Heart Attack??? Shot on compact camera on natural light...

by Adriano Trapani
nudi, nudi, NUDI!!!

by Adriano Trapani
Halimeda - Robust Ghostpipe fish in SEAVENTURE reef, Mabul - Borneo

by Adriano Trapani
thecacera picta - mabul island BORNEO

by Raoul Caprez
Leaf fish in Malaysia

by Raoul Caprez
At the top of a coral

by Raoul Caprez
Encounter at night.

by John Hill
A type of Hypselodoris? Nudibranchia :)

by Tim Ho
Hiding deep in coral... shot on G10 on natural light....

by Adriano Trapani
PIKACHU!!!

by Raoul Caprez
Hello !

by Tim Ho
Symmetrical Twins...

by Tevfik Başlı
Boxer Shrimp in MABUL depth=12m

by Tim Ho
canon g10

by Andre Yanco
Flying giant frog fish ! I Had to take the shot while swimming upside down :) since he was swimming inside the artificial wrecks in old house reef in Mabul. Nikon D200 with 60mm Macro lens, single YS110 strobe with TTl converter.

by Andre Yanco
I found this interesting napoleon snake eel during my sunset dive in the sandy bottom of Mabul at 18 meters. Nikon D200 + 60mm Macro with single YS110 Strobe with TTL Converter

by Andre Yanco
Beautiful tiny baby cuttle fish ! It was very difficult to shoot him since he was drifting in the evening tide current of Mabul during a sunset dive. Needs looots of patience :) Nikon D200+60mm Macro, dual Inon Strobes with TTL converter.

by Andre Yanco
My interpretation of the beautiful world of the Mandarin Fish. Shot in Mabul. Nikon D200+60mm macro with dual YS110 strobes connected via TTL converter

by Andre Yanco
Grawlllll !!! Don't make me bite you !!! Nikon D200+60mm macro dual YS110 strobes with TTL converter

by Andre Yanco
Typical Nudi shot from my sunset dive in Mabul. Nikon D200+60mm Macro Twin Inon Stobes connected via TTL converter

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Pretty in Pink..

by Tim Ho
Compact Camera, standard housing, no strobes, no flash, no PS & LR editing...

by Tim Ho
"home" taken on compact camera with no strobes, no flash, no PS, no LR editing done...

by Tim Ho
Compact Camera - no strobe, no flash, no PS, no LR editing...

by Tim Ho
just cruising along... compact camera, standard housing, no lense used, no PS, no LR editing done...

by Tim Ho
"Weapons Factory" Natural Light Shot of Blue Ring Octopus Piggy Back Ride!

by Adam Baxter
octopus on a night dive

by Adam Baxter
I saw a branch floating along the bottom on a sandy divesite in Mabul, on closer inspection I found a frogfish hitching a free ride!!!

by Jun Lao
Horn Shrimp vs Whip Coral Shrimp

by Tim Ho
Compact Camera Natural Light Photography with no PS / LR Editing...

by James Laker
Baby Squid on Mabul Nightdive

by Pietro Formis
Bruttaface

by Pietro Formis
purple nudi

by Yiu Tin Tang
Two Frog Fish on Sponges

by Yiu Tin Tang
Strobe light was blocked unexpectedly.

by Yiu Tin Tang
Nembrotha kubaryana

by Syed Hafiz
Black Frogfish Yawning. canon S100 + wide angle + dual inon Z240.

by Tevfik Başlı
The gorgeous colors of Mabul

by Georges Boudron
blinded

by Johnny Schepens
Mouse Shrimp living under sea star.....less then 1 cm "big"

by Johnny Schepens
"Bizon" nudi (;,...

by Pietro Cremone
Pink Leaf fish

by Pietro Cremone
Frogfish yawn

by Marcello Di Francesco
Put'em up!

by Steven Withofs
Ghost pipefish

by Steven Withofs
Clown fish in green anemone

by Pietro Cremone
Froggy open wide

by Steven Withofs
Leaf scorpion fish

by Nurul Azlifah Mohd Ismail
I found this at a depth of 22m. It was a season for this particu;ar type of nudi and i was lucky to see it ate during the dive.

by Kf Leong
a very small Sea Moth with broken wing but not its spirit

by Kf Leong
shrimp on an eel Mabul Island

by Rudy Matt
Nudis off mabul. Canon G16. 1/160 s2.8 exp -2. Enternal flash. Dive site:Ray Point, Mabul Island Borneo.

by Pietro Cremone
Razors in the dark

by Pietro Cremone
The race

by Manbd Uidive
1BEARD Spheredivers Mabul

by Manbd Uidive
FEEDING Spheredivers Mabul

by Caner Candemir
Stonefish
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