Indonesia

Eric Lambert · Issue 80, Sep/Oct 2014 · pp. 59–63

Products mentioned: Sony Alpha 850, BS-Kinetics housing, Sigma 12-24mm lens, Sigma 105mm lens, Minolta 16mm Fish-Eye lens, Subtronic Mega strobe, Sony HVL56AM flash

As scuba divers, we have different criteria when choosing for the best site. However, when adding underwater photography to our check list, we raise the bar to a different level, as we want to share with our stunning pictures why we go scuba diving and why what we capture through the viewfinder is so fascinating. Indonesia consists of a 5,000 kilometer long archipelago offering some of the most diverse coral reefs on the planet. There are over 16,000 islands, most of them not inhabited, with a coastline stretching over 50,000 kilometers all lying in tropical waters, a perfect environment for coral growth. The amount of coral reef the archipelago contains is far more than neighbor Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Diving in Indonesia offers over 3,000 fish species and 450 species of coral, steep walls, deep water trenches, underwater volcanic mountains, World War II wrecks, and an endless v…