Juvenile Pufferfish
Housed Nikon 8008 with Nikkor 105mm Macro 2 Ikelite 200 strobes. Kodak EVP film

'ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SIX' I instructed my rather frightened model to... pretend you are a coral'. There were six LARGE females cruising with us. Silvertip Reef; New Hanover, PNG. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 24mm Nikkor Lens. Enjoy!

Picasso Triggerfish - NikonD70, 105mm

'SPINECHEEK ANEMONE FISH' Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55 auto-micro Nikkor Len + imagination. Enjoy!

'OCEANIC SILVERTIP' Again, another from my Fish Portrait series. Silvertip Reef, New Hanover, PNG. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

It's up to the viewer to interpret: is this a yawn or a defensive pose?
NikonD70 105mm

'WINGMAN' Orangefin Anemonefish. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

YELLOW MASK ANGEL Anothe in my 'Fish Portraits from Around the World' series. A stunning, but often difficult subject to capture and expose correctly. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. enjoy!

'SHOWER' Silhouettes are always and interesting challenge. A lava sink hole BELOW hide tide level on the east coast of New Ireland, PNG. Nikon F; 28-300 Vivitar lens. Enjoy!

'HIDIN' IN THE WHIPS' Walindi Plantation, Ingles Shoal, WNB, PNG. Trumpet hiding in red sea whips. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

Hairy Ghost Pipefish, Tawali Resort, Milne Bay, Nikon F90, 60 mm, 5 mtrs depth,

Crocodile fish. You think he's ugly in the pic - you should see him in person. Nikon D70, S&S housing, 105 macro

Colour Explosion, Elephant Ear Sponge, early sunrise dive outside Tawali Resort, 10 metres deep.

1 out of 72 pictures was almost Ok, all other pictures overexposed due to the white shell of the Nautilus that reflected the light too much.

'BLUE MASK' Often a rather un-cooperative subject, I snuck up on this fine specimen whilst he/she was in a crevice. New Ireland, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

KIDS! Between dives on a remote corner of mainland PNG in Milne Bay Province. Kids were using 'kulau' (coconuts) as floats. Housed Nikon F: 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

"Glowing clown". I tried to resist posting another clown, but this seems to be the most popular of my PNG pics. NikonD70, 105mm

UNBELIEVABLE! Spriabranchus; New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. A ubiquitous subject, but always fun to find new, interesting colours. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

ELEPHANT EARS! A reasonably challenging image given the job of capturig the correct colour mix. Walindi; Restorf Island; WNB; PNG. Elephant Ear Sponges. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

'YELLOW VISION'. A nice healthy specimen on fan coral. These animals are good reef/health indicators. Walindi Plantation; West New Britain, PNG. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

The clown.

TRIGGER! Striped Trigger - New Ireland, PNG. Housed NIkon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor Lens. Enjoy!

Porcelain pair

I thought this was an eye-catching nudibranch. Taken with my Nikon D70 and S&S120 strobes. I smudged the background, as it was uninteresting.

SEA SERPENT! Olive sea snake; Loloata Island, PNG. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens + a little creativity. Enjoy!

MEYER'S ANGEL! New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Another in my 'Fish Portraits from Around the World' series. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!

WHAT IF......? Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro lens; Walindi, WNB, PNG + imagination.