NUPG October Meeting Report
October saw Wetpixel owner, Adam Hanlon, come to speak to club members about “Creative Macro”. Initially the talk covered the need to find ways to create pleasing macro images without…
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Pipefish amaze in Mauritius
Mauritius continues to reveal new and exciting macro marine life. I have looked through all my fish books and three of these four pipefish species are not described. It’s all the…
Macro Mauritius
A miracle of minutiae: Nobody comes to Mauritius for macro life photography…. yet! I’ve spent two and a half years diving in Mauritius and although we have whales, dolphins, rays, turtles, massive…
Fantasea Line and AOI introduce new super macro lens
Fantasea and AOI introduce the UCL-900F +15 Super Macro Wet Lens – Available Now The Fantasea-AOI UCL-900F is the finest Super Macro Wet Lens available. With a +15 diopter, the UCL-900F surpasses…
Love Frogfish? Then you will love Atmosphere!
Love Frogfish? Yes? Then you are going to love Atmosphere Resort & Spa! Located in Dauin, on the island of Negros Oriental near Dumaguete, in The Philippines, this is frogfish heaven.…
Magic Critters at Magic Oceans
The warm waters off the cost of Anda, Bohol in The Philippines is a haven for all manner of critters. Even better, there are only a handful of dive operators…
Philippines Diving: A Night to Remember
It can sometimes take a little persuasion to get us to go night diving, but our diving during the day with Magic Oceans had already hinted at how good a…
Scubaverse Underwater Photographer Interview: Mike Bartick
In an ongoing series, Scubaverse’s Underwater Photography Editors Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown talk to underwater photographers from around the world that they admire. In this blog: Mike Bartick… Originally, I’m from…
Meeting Shaun the Sheep
One of our Christmas traditions is to sit down together and watch an Aardman Animations film. Shaun the Sheep has become an instant hit with all of us, and even…
It’s more fun in the Philippines!
We have just returned from an amazing trip to the Philippines that took in three diving destinations and offered a wide variety of marine life and experiences. Out itinerary was…