January 2021 / Week 4

January 2021 / Week 4

It was very difficult to choose this week’s POTW winner. In fact, there was a split decision amongst the judges – however since I am the photographer and the author of this post, I am also tie breaker. I love cephalopods, and this octopus was extremely...
January 2021 / Week 3

January 2021 / Week 3

For this week’s POTW, I had a limited number of photos to choose from. After an eight day surface interval due to a severe sore throat, I was finally able to get in the water yesterday and fire off some shots. Awwww – it felt so good. The fish in this...
January 2021 / Week 2

January 2021 / Week 2

This week’s photo of the week is a juvenile Slender Filefish. I spotted two of these filefish in a gorgonian soft coral. The one in the photo is approximately 1 1/2 inches in length and was doing a phenomenal job evading my camera lens. The fish were very tricky...
January 2021 / Week 1

January 2021 / Week 1

It’s been a rainy January here in Curacao. It’s my theory that the universe is trying to cleanse itself of the stench that was brought on by the year 2020. Happily 2021 brought on many changes and provided new diving adventures. Daan, of Rebel Diving...
December 2020 / Week 4

December 2020 / Week 4

This is the last Photo of the Week for 2020 and I feel lucky I shot it. I had a limited selection of photos as I as sidelined for most of the week – out with a mysterious sore throat and cough (but thankfully not Covid as we took a day out to get tested)....
December 2020 / Week 3

December 2020 / Week 3

I got one shot of this Flying Gurnard before it swam away, so I feel very lucky that the image turned out as well as it did. The fins/wings are spread perfectly, no body parts are cut off and the angle is very pleasing. It is not the best shot technically, but so far...