Photos from Anilao, Philippines

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:00 pm

Just got my photos up from my trip to the Philippines today. It took forever to go through all of them to choose the ones I like the most. I'm thinking that I should start deleting way more photos than I already do while I'm in the water, to avoid dithering over which one of the 3 nearly-identical shots of the Mantis Shrimp clutching its eggs I want to publish.

Click the photo to be taken to the full photo album.

Blaiz · Post by **Blaiz** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:13 pm

whoa calvin... what IS that on the cover there? squid of some sort i presume... is that the natural colors? amazing!

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:39 pm

WoW, Calvin, you must be happy with your trip, the macro stuff is magnificent, but it is the wide angle stuff which blows me away!

Bric Martin · Post by **Bric Martin** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:02 pm

Your site and the photos are great!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:45 pm

Thanks guys!

Blaiz, yes, it is a squid, and yes - those are completely natural colors. The squid can change its colors from deep purplish/brown to iridescent and almost transparent colors. This is actually the same squid:
http://www.atlasomega.com/photography/w ... d=album-16

It tended to be the brownish-purple color when it was close to the bottom and then would go crazy iridescent when it went up into the water column and became more animated. We had a great laugh because the squid seemed to be drunk off of our lights, "ahhhh, the liiiight. So prettyyyyy....."

airsix · Post by **airsix** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:55 pm

Stunning! :luv:

Dashrynn · Post by **Dashrynn** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:02 am

I love the turtle swimming with fish in the background....and then the 3 clown fish picture....hell i could put those on a poster and hang em!

Norris · Post by **Norris** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:17 am

Calvin,
Awesome pictures man!

stunning

Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:22 am

WOW!! How could I comment on just one? They are all AWESOME!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:24 am

Awesome pics Calvin!

Trip Report?

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:32 pm

Tom Nic wrote:Awesome pics Calvin!

Trip Report?

It's a comin'. DEMA has fully occupied at the moment!

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:39 am

Wow. Incredible pics, C. These are like "National Geographic" quality. Seriously.

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:48 am

Amazing pics, Calvin ... lots of stuff looks like what I saw in Indonesia ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:57 am

Thanks fellas! Bob, if you ever get a chance to get over to Anilao I think you'll really like it based on all the macro stuff you like to shoot.

derek b · Post by **derek b** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:17 am

GREAT STUFF!

gutholmj · Post by **gutholmj** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:35 pm

Those are really beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing.

Scubie Doo · Post by **Scubie Doo** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:53 pm

Bravo Calvin. I agree with a previous post. The white anemone with the clown fish... excellent!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:13 am

Thanks Scubie,

It's funny how even the most commonplace subjects can make for a really great photo - and real nice too!

SeattleYates · Post by **SeattleYates** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:31 pm

Beautiful gallery! The mantis shrimp with eggs is great, but I also really like the ball of jacks with the diver! And you got some great reef scenes. Great stuff!

Pez7378 · Post by **Pez7378** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:33 pm

Great show Calvin~! Looks just like the real thing!

Zen Diver · Post by **Zen Diver** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:06 am

You are truly a gifted photographer Calvin. The photos are simply.... stunning.... incredibl... awesome (in the true sense of the word).

Valerie

whatevah · Post by **whatevah** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:00 pm

All very impressive images Calvin - thanks for the link to your gallery. The macro and normal shots of critters motivate me to add Anilao to my list of places to dive, and the wide-angle/fisheye scenes motivate me to keep working on my lighting - simply cannot fathom how you get such broad and even coverage.

Northwest Dive Club