Thursday, July 16, 2009

Diving Wing Beach, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Diving at Wing Beach during the past four months is the best ever. Every dive serves up a amazing number of underwater critters. So far this is my favourite dive site on Saipan. A number of divers have asked what camera, housing and strobe are used in the latest underwater photos. Currently shooting with a Canon G-10 camera in the Canon WP-DC28 housing. The external strobe is a Sea & Sea YS-110a with a fiber optic wire cord to fire the strobe via the camera's internal flash. After 29 diehard years of shooting with a battered collection of Nikonos 35 mm cameras, I finally made the move up to the digital age. Kodachrome 2009 R.I.P.



Fire goby or Fire dartfish (Nemateleotris magnificas)

Featherduster tubeworm (Sabellide)

Nudibranch (Phyllidia tula)


Spot fin lion fish (Pterios antennata)


Juvenile Lion fish (Pterios volitans)


Dusky anemone fish and Porcelain crab


Yellow white mouth moray eel? or a Undulated moray eel? or a Leopard moray eel?


Snowflake moray eel (Echidna nebulosa)


White mouth moray eel ( Gymnothorax meleagris)

Juvenile Blackside hawkfish (Paracirrhites fosteri)

Leopard blenny ( Exalias brevis)

Red-spotted blenny ( Blenniella chrysospilos)