Diving with the Pros: NAD Resort Lembeh

Tony Myshlyaev · Issue 90, May/Jun 2016 · pp. 50–54

Products mentioned: Tokina 10-17mm f/2.8, Nikkor 60mm, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D, Nikkor 150mm, SubSee +10, SMC diopter, Nikon D700, Subal housing, Inon Z240, LSD Retra snoot, Glow Dome diffuser

Rarely does anyone come to Lembeh without a camera in tow. Before Larry Smith’s discovery a quarter of a century ago, divers had no interest in diving sandy slopes and bottoms. Yet the unveiling of nutrient rich volcanic sands and nourishing substrate has turned this remote channel of water into an underwater macro mecca. Since then this style of diving has spread throughout the world and inevitably coined Larry as the King of the Muck. Although it is known for its endless array of macro subjects there are also most of the large culprits passing through as well. If lucky enough to have brought a close focus wide-angle kit (mini domes with glass such as the super wide Tokina 10- 17mm f/2.8 for crop frame DSLR’s or fisheyes with 1.4x teleconverters for full frame cameras), it is possible to add the occasional whale shark, manta ray, pilot whale and the like into compositions. Although Lemb…