Category: Underwater
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A Life Underwater
A rogue with an eye for salvage – and the ladies – Ray: A Life Underwater is an affectionate portrait of one man’s deep sea diving career, told through his extraordinary collection of marine artefacts. Like a modern-day pirate, 75-year-old Ray Ives has been scouring the seabed for treasure his whole life. The former commercial…
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My DIY Solution to Buoyancy Arms for Underwater Strobe
INON Mega Float Arm (Medium) sale price PHP 3,300.00 DIY Kids R Us Floaters price ~ PHP 250.00 Small fad among my dive buddies. It just so happens that these foam funnels from Kids R’ Us (they’re everywhere!) have a perfectly sized donut hole that fits the standard size arms for underwater strobes. Yay, cheap!…
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Dive Fair 2011 in R.O.X. — Now is the Perfect Time to get SCUBA into your Bucket List!
Always been curious about SCUBA diving? Already diving but can’t seem to find a good deal on gear? Well, you’re in luck kind sir (or ma’am) — ROX in partnership with Mares will be showcasing the world of SCUBA diving to the public for the next two weeks starting this weekend. If you’ve always been…
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When you dive in Basura, you find the oddest things
Smile! I’m a hairy frogfish Whenever SCUBA is marketed to the public, the point of entry is always how pretty everything is underwater. Go to any SCUBA marketing collateral and you’re guaranteed a photo of healthy coral reefs with schools of red anthias and other fish swimming in nonchalance. Don’t forget the diver in the…
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This Week is Shark Week. Here are photos I took diving with sharks.
This week is SHARK WEEK. We commemorate one whole week to the shepherds of the ocean. They keep the population of other fish in check, affect movement patterns of other fish and ensure that the groupers and other big reef fish do not explode in population and kill off reef life. Our lives are tied…
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Have you ever wanted to learn how to SCUBA dive?
A pink skunk clownfish (Amphipirion perideraion) hovers above its host anemone while scouting its surroundings. Photo by Jayvee Fernandez I’m taking a few friends out diving this weekend in Puerto Galera. We’re doing a DSD course, more commonly known as the Discover SCUBA Diving or “Introduction Dive.” It’s a short half-day course for those who…
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When is the best time to go to Tubbataha?
One of the many sea turtles that rest along the white sands of the reefs. This one was more accommodating and let me swim with it for a few minutes. OK pardon me for this ultra-SEO’d title 🙂 But Tubbataha Reef is one of the diving highlights of the world and last April 14-20, I…
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Dear Internet, I finally found it. Presenting the FUUUUUUU barrel sponge
Taken in Tubbataha Reef, Philippines April 2011
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NUDI Interview on ANC Mornings
Jan Acosta and I guested on ANC Mornings to talk about the fast growing underwater photography club in Manila. NUDI or the Network of Underwater Digital Imagers (check us out on Facebook and yep, here’s the link to our site) is an underwater photography club that was formed to get diver-photographers together to share techniques…
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AQUA OBSCURA at La Regalade
Might I suggest a nice date place for you and your special someone? There’s a three star Michelin chef that runs the kitchen at La Regalade along Pasay Road, Makati. It’s a French Bistro. Good food. Serious wine. It’s also an art gallery. And between now and March 2, I will help provide the eye…
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