Undersea Life

The main purpose of our trip to Indonesia was for scuba diving. We joined a contingent (mostly from New Orleans) courtesy of Harry’s Dive Shop. After Bali, we headed off to Wakatobi National Park for seven days of intense diving – three to four dives a day, including our first night dive. As a fairly inexperienced scuba diver and a very inexperienced underwater photographer, it was a very, very intense learning experience. But the setting was gorgeous and the weather outstanding. The crews there were also exceptional, and made our trip so much easier. The challenges of underwater photography are many, what with moving currents and moving subjects – not to mention that you are moving – and having to get extremely close to subjects for the lights to reach them. However, after all was said and done, I was very pleased with some of the images – surprised really. And hopefully I'll get better in the future...

Above-the-Sea views

It seems like we were always underwater, but we did have to eat three meals a day. It left little time to enjoy the beautiful resort, but the bungalows were delightful - and the views were magnificent...