Jelly fish are beautiful, yet a sore reminder of our Ocean’s deteriorating health as their number increase is only partially a natural cause and mostly an effect of pollution levels increasing in our ocean.
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Hi and welcome back to another scuba diving blog for Sairee Cottage Diving, Koh Tao. This time I would like to discuss an issue not new to dive professionals. This issue is regarding the oceans Whip Coral. We all know not to touch coral for our safety and theirs. Corals take decades to grow so even if we break of
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Hi everyone and welcome to my new series of blogs for Sairee Cottage Diving, Koh Tao. This time I am talking about Fireworms. Once a month I will be writing a blog about some of the less commonly seen species of marine life found around our little island. Some of them hide away on the reefs we dive on everyday,
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Hi everyone and a big thank you to all my readers. I would like to take a break from my usual photo tips, or photo of the week blogs, to talk about the photography day during our MSDT program and to promote my recent ventures in digital underwater photography. I have set up my own Facebook page, Peach Snaps Underwater
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Underwater Photography of Squirrel Fish Hi everyone and welcome back to my underwater photography blog with Sairee Cottage Diving. This time for my photo of the week I have chosen one that I instantly liked but couldn’t put my finger on why it caught my attention so much. First off, its of Soldier Fish which are part of the Squirrel
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One of my favorite days during the MSDT program was the Digital Underwater Photography Specialty. I come from a media background and found this course to provide great information about underwater photography. We looked at shooting techniques and camera settings as well as post production of our photos. This is my favorite shot from my photography muck dive at Mango
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Hi and welcome to another one of my underwater photography blogs with Sairee Cottage Diving. This time I will be talking about the use of a side mount configuration with underwater photography. Side mount diving is when you have two tanks, one on each side of your body rather than a single tank on your back. Side Mount Benefits for
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Pelagic Jellyfish – Thysanostoma Thysanura Hello everyone and welcome back once again to my underwater photography blog with Sairee Cottage Diving Koh Tao. I have learned some very valuable skills during my photography course. This time I will be talking about the use of natural light and including the sun in your shots to enhance or even create abstract images.
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Hi everybody and welcome back to another one of my underwater photography blogs with Sairee Cottage Diving. This time my picture is of a lionfish, a rare sighting on Koh Tao. After a recent dive trip to a secret muck diving spot however, we saw plenty of marine life uncommon on the regular Koh Tao dive sites. Muck diving is
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Batfish of Batman Hi everybody and welcome back once again to my underwater photography blog at Sairee Cottage Diving Koh Tao. This week’s chosen photograph is of the schooling batfish at the secret pinnacle of South West Pinnacle dive site. They have been schooling in large numbers around there. They can also be observed at Sail Rock, which we now
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