Lembeh Trip January 2010

Hi everyone,

I was at NAD Lembeh & just got back 2 days ago. I wanted to write a trip report, but I'm kinda sucks in writing so I'll just keep simple & short.

I was there from the 28 Jan - 2 Feb 2010 and basically, did 11 dives during my stay, but the weather wasn't that great and visibility was kinda poor too. However, I had a great time & was playing with my DIY snoot most of time.

Overall, it was a fantastic trip and the staffs of the resort were friendly & helpful, the dive team was great & experience and not to mentioned the 2 hosts, Mike & Simon. Thanks for the great hospitality, boys.

Now, here are some of the pictures I took during the trip... Enjoy!

All constructive comments & criticisms are welcome. Thanks! ^^

Ed.

The Snooting Project...

That's all, folks! Hope y'all like them... Thanks! ^^

Ed.

PS. Btw, Mike thanks for the C-Clip, without it, there won't be any pictures here. Thanks a lot.

Nice images!

Wonderful images Edvin! I really like the light on the nudi and your work with the snoot is looking great. Thanks for sharing them.

Cheers,

Steve

Really like the first four photos with the snoot! Always a pleasure to look at your photos Ed.

Great shots-your snoot experiments seem to work!

Adam

Always nice to see your images Ed. The snoot seems to do the trick nicely. Have you got any pictures of how it was made and the set up as I am off to NAD in a few months and looking at building something. Also what are the success rates per shot, does it take quite a bit of getting used to. I am there for 14 nights so have plenty of time to get it right, but any pointers will always be useful.

Stew

Thanks for all the kind words, fellas... ^^

Always nice to see your images Ed. The snoot seems to do the trick nicely. Have you got any pictures of how it was made and the set up as I am off to NAD in a few months and looking at building something. Also what are the success rates per shot, does it take quite a bit of getting used to. I am there for 14 nights so have plenty of time to get it right, but any pointers will always be useful.

 

Stew

Hi Stew,

I'm sorry, I don't have any pictures of my snoot & setup. Actually, I used a funnel and converted it into a snoot & I gave it to Mike already (as a token of my appreciation for his help, by giving me a c-clip for my lost one).

At first, you might not get used to it but after a while it'll be ok. Just need to know the positioning and do some adjustment. I would suggest that you try it out on non moving subjects at first, just to get the hang of it and then move to slow moving subjects. Anyway, u've plenty of time and I'm sure u'll have a great time there. Maybe Mike can give u some pointers when u're there.

Ed.

Thanks for all the kind words, fellas... ^^

 

 

 

Hi Stew,

 

I'm sorry, I don't have any pictures of my snoot & setup. Actually, I used a funnel and converted it into a snoot & I gave it to Mike already (as a token of my appreciation for his help, by giving me a c-clip for my lost one).

At first, you might not get used to it but after a while it'll be ok. Just need to know the positioning and do some adjustment. I would suggest that you try it out on non moving subjects at first, just to get the hang of it and then move to slow moving subjects. Anyway, u've plenty of time and I'm sure u'll have a great time there. Maybe Mike can give u some pointers when u're there.

 

Ed.

Well I am hoping for a full on course from him with the "WETPIXEL" snoot that you left there for all us Wetpixel members to use. What was the size of the end of the snoot as I am going to be trying to construct something from GRP before I go.

Stew

Great snoot images Ed ... what diameter did you cut the funnel opening to ?

Keith

Really like some how you did with the snoot shots, very nice stuff ....

Hi everyone,

 

I was at NAD Lembeh & just got back 2 days ago. I wanted to write a trip report, but I'm kinda sucks in writing so I'll just keep simple & short.

 

I was there from the 28 Jan - 2 Feb 2010 and basically, did 11 dives during my stay, but the weather wasn't that great and visibility was kinda poor too. However, I had a great time & was playing with my DIY snoot most of time.

Overall, it was a fantastic trip and the staffs of the resort were friendly & helpful, the dive team was great & experience and not to mentioned the 2 hosts, Mike & Simon. Thanks for the great hospitality, boys.

 

Now, here are some of the pictures I took during the trip... Enjoy!

 

Nice self portrait Mr Ed!

Good to see you again.

His little snoot is about 1cm wide and the tube is about 4cm long...

The one for the strobe is the same size too

Thanks fellas... ^^

Simon - Actually, Mike asked me to take a picture of him, UW. He needs to give it to SDAA.

Here are a few shots of my new DIY snoot. It's pretty much the same as the one I used in Lembeh, but the diameter is slightly smaller this time.

Spray painted the funnel into black

The diamater

Fit nicely unto my Inon Z240

Hope the info helps.

Ed.

Here are a couple more...

Look closely at the middle bottom, the Eel was going for the same fish but too late...

Ed.

Great work Ed!

The light and mood on first four snoot shots is simply amazing.

Thanks alot for sharing!!

Cheers

Karel

Nice self portrait Mr Ed!

 

Good to see you again.

 

 

His little snoot is about 1cm wide and the tube is about 4cm long...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The one for the strobe is the same size too

That made me chuckle

Stew

The Frog with the fish in his gob.......brought a big grin to my face!!!

Thanks for sharing my man

Very very nice!

I like the 2 frogfish feeding & the tiger shrimp, especially!

The Tiger Shrimp are on the housereef I guess i should get off my ass and take some snaps!

Thanks everyone...

Simon - U're a funny boy & u better get yr ass into the water, before it gets bigger & heavier...

Ed.