Diving Photos - Similan islands, Thailand
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Was there discrimination against colour when the fish was so-named?Originally posted by hloc:
Indian Triggerfish... dive site - Anita's Reef
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Friend..... i just follow what the Book saids lah...... Pay $99+ for that fish book, the book better gets it rightOriginally posted by Wanda:Was there discrimination against colour when the fish was so-named? 
And the indian is short for indian ocean....... but i think so only -
wah...similan very nice pics
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Pics.....
Sleeping Parrot Fish... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Snowflake Moray.... about 1.5M long... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Big Red Reef Crab... this one really really BIG... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Some kind of Sea Urchin... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Hunting Spotfin Lionfish... looking for Maken... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Again, one of the better photo. It is a Boxer Shrimp, cleaning a Giant Moray Eel at night..... pay $$$ also can't get them together at the right time..... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Close-up of a Blackspotted Puffer fish... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Giant Moray Eel coming out for a swim... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Another Spotfin Lionfish... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
A big Hermit Crab with Sea Anemone around it's shell for protection... Dive Site - Donald Duck Bay
Ok, thats it for today. Upgrading my PC tomorrow. Might not be able to update the pics for a few day. If anyone have question, just post reply ok. thxs... -
Wah seh, pics not bad for a P&S camera hor.. Colours quite vibrant.. Underwater casing how much u get?Originally posted by hloc:Photos......
Nice little Spotfin Lionfish sleeping under a rock... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
Big Starfish... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
2 large Feather Star.... a type of animal, not plant... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
A type of Nemo call Sabae Anemonefish... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
A Peaco-ck Grouper during its Male Phase... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
A Speckled SandPerch with uknown Goatfish at the background... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
Yellow Trumpetfish... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
Small fishes among hard corals... Dive Site - Beacon Reef
I use a Canon A610 with Canon owns UW casing...... for night dive, will use a tray+arm with white LED touch light to take photo. LED light also use as a dive touch.
Some more Pics to come -
Get at around $285+..... cheaper then Canon Market price of $369.
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All these photos are from a dive site call - Richelieu Rock - away from the Similan Islands...... Name after a WW2 USA warship captain whos ship was 'grounded' on this rocks during low-tide. Underwater, the site is just GREAT
You have to been there to understand........ best dive site i've been till today. By the way, updating with my Notebook. My new PC is still being tested......
Ornate Ghost Pipefish, aka Harlequin Ghost Pipefish. Yellow/white and pink/white..... very hard to photo because they are well camouflage. My camera can't decide where to focus. These are the 4 photo i had which at least the fish could be seen..... all 4 diver with cameras also got this problem... no choice lah, non of us do this for a living...
Some small colourful Hinge-beak Shrimps
Beautiful Tiger-tail Seahorse..... a better, clearer photo later.
Big school of fish 
A Indian Toby
A beautiful Nudibranch (sea slug)
Boxer Shrimps..... little colourful thing.
Some more fish..... 
White-Eye Moray.... no prize for guessing WHY they are named so.....
Some type of soft coral.
The red arrow points to the rock of Richelieu Rock.... told you got rocks right
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These photos are taken at a dive site called - Ko Tachai Eastern Reef. It is a night dive...... i found that during night dive, i have much better colour pics.
Beautiful Spotfin Lionfish... all ass shot
Baby Spotfin Lionfish..... little and cute
Spearing Mantis Shrimp..... can see its sharp hooked claws.
Goatfish of some type
A big Nudibranch (Sea Slug)
Big & ugly Sea Cucumber.....
Close-up of a Black-blotched Porcupinefish
A Crown-of-thorns
A sea Clam..... the photo is showing the 'lips' of the clam. Can see the beautiful colours. Difference species have difference 'lips' colour.
Big Red Reef Crab...... was chasing this crab when the 'running' crab ran into a sleeping parrotfish...... the woken fish starts a panic swims and all hell broke lose underwater......
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wah very nice
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beautiful pic
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hmm can anyone tell mi what is the name of the bird that is found on this island????
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What the heck are you talkin' aboutOriginally posted by I-like-flings(m):hmm can anyone tell mi what is the name of the bird that is found on this island???? 
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Photos from this dive site - Ko Bon West Ridge. Ko Bon is famous for its Manta Ray sighting...... big beautiful stingless Ray that glide through the water.... but as my 'ASS' luck have it..... no Manta Ray sighting when I was there..... sucks
The great sunrise from outside my cabin.... we were traveling to Ko Bon from Ko Tachai, where we spent the night in the bay.
The price of being too fat to wear a 'full' wetsuit. Cuts on my legs.... coral, sand and some sea anenome sting...... painful lah 
Big Star Puffer under a rock. No joke..... damn big.
Another Spotfin Lionfish..... my fave type of lionfish. Smaller then the common lionfish, but with more beautiful fins......
Big schools of Glass Fish aka Golden Sweeper. Only about 3-4cm long. But the whole school is damn large. This shot is a close-up. When I was still at dive site - Richelieu Rock - , the school of Glass Fish is so 'thick', my DiveMaster have to use his hands to 'sweep' the fish aside inorder for us to photo things behind the fishes......
Banded Sea Snake...... common in Asia. Have seen it in but Tioman & Aur in Malaysia..... also Manado in Indonesia. And yes, it is venomous...
A small fish called Leopard Blenny hiding inside some hard coral.
2 Peaco-ck Grouper
2 White Collar Butterflyfish..... sorry, 'ASS' shot again.
Can you see the Scorpionfish 
More Glass Fish
Unknown type of Jellyfish. I've never heard of jellyfish swimming in deep water. This 2 photos were taken at a depth of about 25M......
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Ok.... last of the photos for my dive trip to Similan insland - Phuket, Thailand.
This photos are from the dive sites of Shark Point, Anemone Garden, Koh Dok Mai..... all near to Phuket.
Will be loading photos from my trip to Manado, Indonesia soon...... 
Cute little Juvenile Yellow Boxfish..... only cute when in 'Baby' size. Looks like a swimming Cube. This one only about 6-7cm in lenght.
Another White-eye Moray.
Gaint Moray Eel....... big one.
2 shots of 2 difference Fimbriated Moray...... can see one White-eye Moray on the 2nd photo.....
Common Lionfish...... I like the Spotfin Lionfish better.
Puffer fish....... not sure which type.
Good close-up shot of 2 Boxer Shrimps.... aka Cleaner Coral Shrimps.
My good shot of a Tigertail Sea Horse. So called because there are some dark colour around the tail. The sea horse comes in many colours, so not always looks the same.
The books i own that listed the Names of the fish, shrimps, crab, Nudibranchs etc...... so, if any of the Names are wrong, feel free to SUE them. I paid quite a lot for these books, might as well make some cash out of it.
This ends the photos for my Thailand trip - Feb 2006.
Like i said earlier, will be starting a new post on diving in Manado - Indonesia soon...... got somemore photos to share. Anyone who wants the full size pics you see here, just message me with a copy of the photo. Thxs for viewing -
Video of my diving at YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWNEgD3_IEo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9wLGOSzEUw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnPuJFVx5XA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJScgSe7DE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3UgYj871p4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICQXEIafuE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDsfli0Z3ZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieFmZSK1cdg
All from difference dives at difference times....... enjoy -
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