There are advantages if the sea is calm… strong waves or swell on the surface not only challenges your entry to the water and exit, but make poor natural light bottom down the water. Some creative photographers do miracles with patterns of water swell and waves. This is my humble attempt of capturing such a pattern with a fish eye lens.

School of fish (including Bannerfish and Butterfly fish) on a feast.

This is a school of Doubleline fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma) found swimming across a reef in Great Barrier reef. I was amazed by the sight and by the same time I had a very little time to capture the scene.

When visibility was too poor, you still have little chance of shooting different corals. This is a coral grown on the rocky surface of Kadawara Gala.

This is one of the most venomous fishes found in the world. Usually, injecting of venom occur through their needle like dorsal fins if accidently step on it. Its quite possible, since its camouflage body is very hard to identify by someone walk in the coast or a casual swimmer. This strong venom is produced in a gland located in ...

If you are equipped with a macro and you don’t have any interesting subject nearby, there is another choice always. That is to see if you can find something with abstract flavour.

This is Red and Black Anemone fish (Amphiprion melanopus) captured in world famous Cod Hole of Great Barrier Reef. Cod Hole is famous for its giant potato cod, but I didn’t have much chance of shooting a good photo of them. Since wide lens gives you more range, though the fish is small, it’s best to try capturing some background ...

This got first place in an ‘’armature” competition conducted by Mike Ball Expeditions after four days programme of shooting underwater in north of Great Barrier Reef. There were 21 divers/underwater photographers from many countries.Team and winning photos;Still, I am not fully satisfied about this image. If you see the enlarged version, you can see some white spots which are bitter ...

School of Yellowback fusiliers seen within the ship wreck, The Conch, which is more than 100 years old.

This is Scorpionfish. It’s interesting to know, how cleverly it camouflage itself according to the surrounding. Though it is not an aggressive fish, it is always advised to keep a safe distance because its’ erectile spines of their dorsal, pelvic and anal fins contains poison. Of course this is not a very good shot. Though, this is best captured as ...

I am always thinking of the aesthetic value of an underwater photo. Usually, there is lack of interest in that department because the trend is more towards identifying some scientific value. It’s more into exploring the details of ecosystem, diversity and challenging subjects.Now this is an attempt of shooting something with and artistic arrangements. This was captured in the last ...

This lionfish is posed perfectly. Shot could have been improved by moving closer or using a macro.

When I capture this, I was equipped with a simple point and shoot camera. So I had to shoot everything in the same manner. Obviously, this is a macro opportunity. Anyhow, today very sophisticated point and shoot camera housings are capable of changing lenses underwater, which are called “wet lenses”.I like this dull yellow colour for some reason. Mostly I ...

Sea slugs are simply explained as saltwater snails without a shell (or with an internal shell). There are no many researches done about them. Anyway, they should be playing a significant role in the ecosystem of a coral reef.This bright yellow colored slug (Notodoris minor) was captured in Great Barrier Reef.

This sight reminded me of bird nest plants within the vegetation of a rain forest. If I am equipped with a wide angle lens I could have captured this better. That would have supported me to go closer to capture more details, without restricting the range. This capture is from the outer reef of Great Barrier Reef.

Most of the seascapes we see in magazines with thousands of fish in blue water have been captured using wide angle lenses. This is same kind of attempt I made. Kiralagala in Hikkaduwa is one such site that provides a plenty of opportunity for wide angle photos. It got different rock formations that give many options supported by many kinds of fishes.