Just like Elvis, only with “hair” towards both sides of the head. That’s one of the pictures that comes to my mind looking at an ambon scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensi). Unlike on Elvis, the information that can be found online on this beautiful species is rather slim though. Shaggy style to […]
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In times of Covid-19 we’d like to focus on the positive side of things, using our time to prepare beautiful material and information from around the world and spread good news and positive vibration. This one is for all visitors that are still in Indonesia: emergency stay permits will be […]
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Plastic is on our mind. Every high tide leaves behind a line of plastic on the beach of Amed. Every heavy rain shower washes half burned or openly collected rubbish from the settlements and streets into fields and streams, distributed by the wind, animals and more rain, eventually, most it […]
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It is carnival Monday: Alaaf! As that’s the expression, sort of hurray, that is used in the area around Colonge in Germany as well as Maastricht in the Netherlands, we stick to that regional greeting. Even though we are not big fans of the actual celebrations, we had planned our […]
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In this series of 1-minute clips we invite you to “Take a Minute” to relax and refresh your mind and soul with visual meditation. The first video features a shallow and sheltered part of the reef which is simply perfect to start or or end a dive. Take a minute […]
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Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus), also called paperfish, are the most elegant of all the ambush predators. Not only are they dressed in classical colours, such as black, red, yellow and white, but they also show up in tints of pink, green, brown or ochre. All of them work with dark […]
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Victory: First underwater video clip of 2020 out now Happy days! Not only are we back in the tropics and found a wonderful little house right on the beach – I am hearing the waves rolling ashore while I am writing this – but we also celebrate Yoeri’s victory against […]
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From grief blurring my vision and how photo competitions helped me to tap into energy and creativity again. Where it all began In September 2018 I got a whole new camera system in Singapore, including underwater housing and ports, strobes I added in 2019. It was all so beautiful and […]
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Picture strip and gallery as well as all photographs separately with additional information on the different subjects The underwater world isn’t only full of strange creatures but offers lots of colours, patterns and shapes which are captivating in itself. I love ordinary subjects, often overlooked by underwater photographers on the […]
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Indonesia’s garbage problem, community solutions to reduce plastic waste, legislation, and initiatives on production and use of plastic, behavioural changes and campaign pressure supported by NGOs and all of us who take action. On our way back to Wakatobi last Monday we read about the problem of plastic waste in […]
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