Manta Rays @ Maldives - South Ari

Hey!

I'd like to share some b/w pictures I made with E-M10 and Panasonic 8mm Fisheye. It was our first encounter with manta rays and we have been very lucky to spent more than 30 mins in around 17m with this beautiful animals. I hope you enjoy!

you can find more pictures (coloured) in this flickr album:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128809277@N07/sets/72157647105674043/

I like the bubbles in the bottom image!

Nice pics.

Brings back good memories . . .

Was it at the cleaning station?

thx!

yes it was at the cleaning station. A lot of other divers didn't have luck the days before and said it is very boring to lay down in the sand and wait for any mantas to pass by. We just went down and directly saw two mantas there. After a short time it was six mantas at the cleaning station staying for the whole dive. Guess we have been lucky

Where did you stay?

It was on a safari. One week on a yacht, diving, eating and resting.

It was great.