Miles Below

Some encounters don’t feel like wildlife sightings — they feel like a ceremony.

In the Maldives, manta rays gather at cleaning stations, where tiny cleaner fish (like wrasse) pick parasites and dead skin off their bodies. The mantas don’t just “pass through” — they queue up, hover, and circle back like regulars at their favorite spa.

One of my favorite details: mantas are incredibly curious, but they’re also easily disturbed — so the best moments happen when we stay calm, give them space, and let them choose the distance.
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Location: Maldives
Size: Oceanic Mantas up to 8M wingspan, Reef Manta Up to 5M
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Exposure: ISO 1600 • 1/50 • f8-11⠀⁣⠀⁠
Camera: Canon R5MKII + 28-70mm
Housing: Nauticam R5MKII⁣⠀⁠
Lighting: Ambient
Accessories: Nauticam WACP⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⁠
Conditions: Heavy Particulate, Haze⁣⠀⠀⁠
Visibility: 10M / 30’⠀⁠
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“Bad Hair Day”⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⁠
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Achaeus japonicus, sometimes known as the orang-utan crab needs his bangs cut as the current was making it hard to see
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Location: Bunaken National Marine Park
Species: ⁠ Achaeus japonicus
Size: 3cm⁠
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Exposure: ISO 100 • 1/125 • f25⠀⁣⠀⁠
Camera: Canon R5MKII +100mm Macro⁣⠀⁠
Housing: Nauticam R5MKII⁣⠀⁠
Lighting: Single Retra Strobe
Accessories: Retra Light Shaping Device(L*D)⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⁠
Conditions: Particulate & Haze⁣⠀⠀⁠
Visibility: 18M / 60’⠀⁠
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Technique: L*D large aperture set at 80 degree angle.
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#スキューバダイビング #水肺潜水 ⁠⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⁠
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“Bad Hair Day”⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⁠
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Achaeus japonicus, sometimes known as the orang-utan crab needs his bangs cut as the current was making it hard to see
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Location: Bunaken National Marine Park
Species: ⁠ Achaeus japonicus
Size: 3cm⁠
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Exposure: ISO 100 • 1/125 • f25⠀⁣⠀⁠
Camera: Canon R5MKII +100mm Macro⁣⠀⁠
Housing: Nauticam R5MKII⁣⠀⁠
Lighting: Single Retra Strobe
Accessories: Retra Light Shaping Device(L*D)⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⁠
Conditions: Particulate & Haze⁣⠀⠀⁠
Visibility: 18M / 60’⠀⁠
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Technique: L*D large aperture set at 80 degree angle.
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#スキューバダイビング # 水肺潜水 ⁠⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀⁠
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"Rainbow Ridge"⠀
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The beautiful emerald sea has more than 20 species of Anemones. _______________________________________________________⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Exposure: ISO 200-400 • 1/30- 1/160• f8-f14
Camera: Canon 1DXMKII +28-70mm Canon ⠀⠀
UW Accessories: Nauticam WACP⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Lighting: Dual Retra Strobes ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Conditions: Particulate & Haze⠀⠀⠀
Visibility: 8-10M / 25-30’ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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