AN UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER’S GUIDE TO THE MALDIVES
UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY IN MALDIVES
MACRO SUBJECTS:
The Maldivian reefs have an abundance of small
reef dwellers. Crustaceans and eels, gobies,
blennies, frogfish, pipefish and nudibranchs can
be found on many dives. DSLR users, cross your
fingers that “Mr. Big” doesn’t arrive on the scene
while you’re set up for the small stuff!
The Maldivian reefs
have an abundance of
small reef dwellers
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WIDE-ANGLE SUBJECTS:
The Maldives provides epic opportunities for
wide-angle shooters. Dozens of mantas in a
column, somersaulting backward as they feast
on krill, make for dramatic stills and jaw-dropping
video. Walls of bannerfish, whale sharks, guitar
sharks, spotted eagle rays, mobula rays, dolphin,
turtles and even sailfish are common sights. Reefs
covered with multihued soft corals and teeming
with vividly coloured reef fish are also perfect
subjects for a wide-angle lens.