red coral

25th June 2011, Time : 13.47 . The last seconds of "life" of the patrol boat "119" . In the water : The technic team that helped to make the wreck sink. 20 seconds after this shot, I was diving as the very first one at this brand new wreck :-)

Commando central and captain's seat of the coastguard patrol boat 119. Magic filters only, no strobe.

Diving the caves in Malta - Gozo... :O)...

Exploring the "SG 119", 1 day after it sinked. Sigma 10-20 ( set to 10 mm ) with Magic Filters, Canon 40D.

face.........calliactis parasitica

flabellina affinis

Patrol Boat 119 - I took this shot 13 minutes after this new shipwreck touched oceans ground. Lots of dirt & dust clouds....the ship's stern was totally covered by a sand cloud that time. Ambient light shot, converted to B/W.
Winner Monthly HotShots Shortlisted!

Patrol Boat 119. 24 hours after it touched the ground. 10mm lens with magic filters attached.

snack........

Coastguard Patrol Boat 119. Was a big honor to be one of the first to dive this new wreck and the very first who takes uw photos of it. This photo was made 24 hours after the ship sinked. Canon 40D, Sigma 10-20mm with Magic Filters, no strobes.

This is the turkish coastguard patrol boat "B119", just 1 minute after touchdown on its final resting place. It's the very first photo ever of this brand-new shipwreck. Still bubbles and smoke are escaping. Bad visibility, very rough circumstances.

This free climber ( Cratena peregrina ) producing the next generation.
Shortlisted!

Symphodus ocellatus flies carrying seaweed in your mouth.

Cavediver
(another version of the image)

Murène à Portofino

meeting with the mola mola

Santa Marija Caves

family of clown fish

Diver in the Blue Hole, Maltese Islands (on Gozo), with the Azure Window in the Background. One of the last pictures of the Trip... taken first week of June 2011, Nikon D200, Tokina 10-17, Inon Z240s
Shortlisted!

The diver at enter the cove

My Buddy Frédéric in a mirror in the Blue Hole, Gozo, Malta. Dived the Blue Hole a couple of times and saw the mirror the dive before...but had no model.
Shortlisted!

P29, a german Minesweeper Patrol Boat, 52m long, depth is 37meters. It lies near the Ferry-Harbour Cerkewwa
Nikon D200, Tokina 10-17, at the 10mm end

Plongée sur le Mohawk Deer au large de Portofino

Plongée sur le Grec, au large de Porquerolle.

HMS Hellespont in the Mediterranean (Malta). Steamer, built 1910. Depth appr. 38-41m. Photographed in Mai 2011, Gozo Wreck
Nikon D200, Tokina 10-17 at the 10mm end, f13, Iso 400, 1/50th

**