Muck and Macro

Leigh Bishop · Issue 30, May/Jun 2006 · pp. 49–55

Products mentioned: Nikon D100, L&M Titan housing, 105mm macro lens, 60mm macro lens, 12-24mm zoom lens, Inon quad flash, Subtronic Minis strobes

As underwater photographers we are constantly looking for exciting new subjects or perhaps new ways of photographing old and familiar ones. The change to digital for many of us also means revisiting many subjects that we have previously recorded on film and maybe experiment with some different techniques which digital allows. Anyone who loves macro photography will be familiar with the treasure trove of amazing subjects that the Lembeh Straits offers. There is so much variety here that it is impossible to record everything in one visit and it seems that new species are regularly being discovered each year. Amongst this variety are also the ‘prized species’ which are perhaps rare or extremely difficult to find - these become like the Holy Grail to many photographers and will lure us back in the hope of striking lucky next time. For my most recent trip to Lembeh I had a fairly short hit li…