It has been a long time between posts, in fact the last post I made was when I was in Bali November last year. In the almost 8 months that have passed since then a roll of Fuji Velvia 50 has been  on quite a journey around the world.

With my newly aquired Nikonos V loaded with some Fuji Velvia, my good friend Agung and I had three dives on the USS Liberty wreck in Tulamben, Bali back in November 2010. Only minutes into our second dive whilst exploring the dark volcanic sea floor we were met by thousands of schooling jackfish. They formed a circle around us and continued to put on a show for us and we remained awe struck. At one stage, without realising my regulator had dropped out of my mouth, whilst I sat there wide eyed looking at this amazing event. I then remembered I had a camera and started snapping before remembering to breathe. I took several photos but also made a conscious decision to sit back and enjoy it and not spend all my time fiddling with my camera. I have seen bait balls and schooling fish on documentaries before, particularly on one of my favourites BBC’s “The Blue Planet”. I was always envious of how the photographers managed to not only find schooling fish but also get in the middle of them. Now here I was, experiencing it first hand! Read More