crab at night

"Out of the light"

Exploring the house-reef.......

That's no special critter, that's just a leaf...drifting in open water during my last nightdive. Loved the structures and found it worth a shot ;-) CANON 40D, 60mm makro lens, F20, 1/160 sc., ISO 200, 2x Sea&Sea 110@ strobe (manuelly set to 50%)

"Dancing Queen". Free swimming Flat-Worm at night. 60mm makro lens with +4 diopter attached.

Nightly Encounter ;-)

Cornet-Fish ( and diver ) at night.

Engine Telegraph of the TC SG 119 shipwreck in Kas/Turkey. Build in 1959, on duty from 1960 to 2010. Dropped to be a new dive destination on June 25th 2011. Last order as shown on photo was "engine stop" ;-)

"Squid Alarm !!" While my buddy tries to capture a shot of this juvenile squid group with her compact camera, I took this photo of her & the baby squids last night. Please note, that the middle squid is just having a small snack ;-)
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Snells window & night reflections near the dive platform. Un-cropped, shooted as seen ( no photoshop, except slight curves adjustment ). From my yesterdays nightdive ;-)
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"Nightly Encounter" . Common Sea-Turtle ( Caretta Caretta ) at night. Canon 40D with Sigma 10-20 ( on the 10mm end ) with +2 diopter attached. 2 x sea&sea 110@ strobe. F8, 1/60 sc., ISO 400

Flying Flatworm ( at night ).

"Welcome to Flatworm Air.....tickets, please !!"
While a flatworm is cruising through open water, 2 small hermid crabs do enjoy the flight ;-) Nightdive shot, CANON 40D with CANON 60mm makro lens, 2 x Sea&Sea 110@ .

YELLOW
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"light & motion" ;-)

An impressive 109 meter long giant laying on the sand bed off the coast of Malta near Blue grotto.

Flying Flatworm

Couleurs de laméditerranée......

Close view to an octopus. Very cool, friendly & extremly curious small "buddy"- we played for around 20 minutes during my last nightdive ( he had lots of fun with my ULCS strobe-arms, lol ! )

crab at night ;-)

Dakota C-47

Flying Flatworm. From my yesterday's night dive. F11, 1/80 sc., ISO 200. Canon 40D with 60mm EF-S Canon makro lens, +2 dioptren closeup lens attached. 2 sea&sea 110alpha strobes ( manually set to 50% power ).....and 2 "tilly tec" torches ;-)

Cornet-Fish Eye. From my yesterday's nightdive. Canon 40D with 60mm makro lens & +2 diopter attached. F11, 1/80 sc., ISO 200. 2 x sea&sea ys110@ strobe ( set to 50% power ).
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Dakota C-47 in Kas/Antalya ( Republic of Turkey ).

Sunset pool shooting with snell's window : While I try to manage my exposure settings, the model rests on the pool's wall ;-)

"model studies" - and : "yes", I wanted her to close her eyes ;-)

Nightly "bubble games" at the pool ;-)
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