Bangka, North Sulawesi

Here are some macros from a recent visit to Bangka, North Sulawesi. Comments are of course most welcome

Boxer crab on black sea cucumber on night dive

Harlequin shrimp on Linckia prey

Emperor shrimp

Whip coral goby

Guard crab

Leaf fish

And here are a couple of wide angles. More pics from the trip can be seen on http://www.pbase.com/borneobent/bangka_2011

Crinoid

Sea fan

Sarcophyton leather coral

Clown anemone fish

Very nice photos. I am heading out that way for the first time in March. It looks wonderful.

Erwin

The macro images are Amazing Bent. Well done!

Cheers,

Steve

Loving the boxer crab - cheers, Steve

Love the boxer crab, the harlequin and the emperor shrimps.

Who were you diving with in Bangka? Was at Murex Bangka in august, top services with the young guide named Aswar.

I just love this place and Sahaung is #1 ever on my list of dive sites.

Thanks for the kind words. I was at Mimpi Indah. I had the resort more or less to myself a couple of days which was really luxurious. I dove with a young guide called Obin, and he really worked hard to find the stuff I wanted to see. We went by Murex a couple times and it sure looked great, with a nice beach and the cabins with a nice view. Ads I ws alone there, I could more or less choose where to dive, and I chose to dive Sahaung every morning, I really liked it. However, the week after Bangka I went to Lembeh and we did a trip to East Lembeh, where we dove a similar but even better site. That was pure magic. I will upload some pics when I get finished with the Lembeh gallery.

/Bent

Love the boxer crab, the harlequin and the emperor shrimps.

Who were you diving with in Bangka? Was at Murex Bangka in august, top services with the young guide named Aswar.

I just love this place and Sahaung is #1 ever on my list of dive sites.

As others have said the macro shots are stunning. Good work

Stew