101 Comments On Underwater Photography
Can't believe Kuching has such a nice diving area.
I will go there one day
Posted by: overule at 23 August 2007 11:06 PM
Sorry about the comment script. Got it fixed. :)
Posted by: kennysia at 23 August 2007 11:07 PM
just gorgeous. hey kenny i admire the way you lead your life dude.. do whatever you love to do or just want to TRY to do, go wherever you want to explore, but still staying grounded. man, i so want your life la! nice shots btw. live life to the fullest ey!
Posted by: lucy-anna at 23 August 2007 11:11 PM
Wow! nice ... I like snorkeling, yet to try scuba diving. :->
Posted by: TZ at 23 August 2007 11:12 PM
Cool, you found Nemo!
Posted by: Alvin at 23 August 2007 11:13 PM
Looks like Nemo took a wrong turn.
Posted by: Galvin at 23 August 2007 11:14 PM
Aiyah Kenny, how come you never hang out with malays or indians. You must be lacist.
Posted by: Unite Eden at 23 August 2007 11:24 PM
wow... gorgeous!! sadly, i cant scuba dive. T.T im not fit enough. however.. seeing n reading bout it in yr blog makes me feel like im there.. that's good enough. Thanks Kenny.. :)
Posted by: lalala at 23 August 2007 11:28 PM
I dare not dive ... I'll be afraid of the fish! SO BIG!
Posted by: nyx at 23 August 2007 11:32 PM
lalala, not fit enough? Are you kidding me? Most of the guys I went diving with are overweight and can't even lift their own tank without help.
Posted by: kennysia at 23 August 2007 11:37 PM
Maybe you can try to dress like Nemo next time :)
Anyway, nice to know that Kuching provides such a nice place for divers. Good coverage in distinctively Kuching.
古晋万岁，哈哈。。。
Posted by: 思斌 at 23 August 2007 11:41 PM
cool get to scuba dive.
nice pictures.
wonder why you so free always. lol.
Posted by: hOcmun at 23 August 2007 11:42 PM
i've never tried scuba diving, coz i'm afraid of the fish o.O i freak out if they get too close, lol!
Posted by: JuVin at 23 August 2007 11:59 PM
Wow, so envy you.
I had my one and only one diving in Pulau Paya (near Langkawi) last year with a diving coach. An enjoyable one with beautiful fish and the coach caught a nemo and put it in my hand (later perli me to had let it run away so fast)......
I wanna learn scuba diving, but don't have the chance as China Mainland is not famous for such activities. Seems like my alternatives would be to visit more gorgeous mountains, lakes and antique cities...
Missed scuba diving sooooooo much
Posted by: carolinegty at 24 August 2007 12:02 AM
Hi Kenny,
I have been PADI advanced scuba diver for 5 years.
You can be my buddy anything. Anything interesting trips, do email me. I am in KL. Cheers
Posted by: Dax at 24 August 2007 12:06 AM
You only mention about corals in your entries. I'm so delighted to see a clownfish (Nemo)! But you didn't mention about sea anemones because clownfish live mutually with a species of anemone.
Not everything on the seabed are corals.. either way, those are natural heritage we ought to preserve. Oh yea.. any marine biologist reading this entry? Can shed some more light on what the photos are or not =) I'm interested in learning them!
Posted by: Biolovepulse at 24 August 2007 12:12 AM
wow! beautiful shot! imagine if nikon developed a marine case for the SLR... ha ha!
Posted by: ivan at 24 August 2007 12:13 AM
How much is the marine case for Sony T10?
Your pic looks ~chun~ !!
Posted by: Yeti at 24 August 2007 12:20 AM
Peaches baby, I'm your mermaid!(the day I know how to swim *squeaks*)
Posted by: Sammy at 24 August 2007 12:32 AM
some really nice photos you have there... so blue and serene... can´t wait to attempt scuba diving myself one fine day... it´ll come :P
Posted by: sTiTch at 24 August 2007 12:34 AM
nice pics, it would be better if you invest more on strobe light. Cheers.
Never got a chance to dive cos gf dunno how to swim, got "attached" with her staying on top of water and snorkeling only. btw, I'm using F31fd with UW housing. took many UW photos by snorkeling.
Posted by: rock at 24 August 2007 12:37 AM
Hello Kenny,
Great Shots.
I see u like diving a lot. Ever thought of becoming a commercial diver? Big Big bucks.. oil n gas.. of course not as fun as recreational diving, but u dont pay to dive, but get paid to instead.
Im a life Support tech, for deep sea Saturation diving. Our divers use a helium oxygen mix, dive down 200-700 feet: saturated at the depth for 28 days at a time, sometimes deeper, breathing less O2 than in normal air; down to even 3% depending on depth. Oh, you'll get to travel a lot too.. :)
Posted by: Russ at 24 August 2007 12:45 AM
i'll go too if i got a t10
Posted by: rockengi at 24 August 2007 1:13 AM
i want to live my life like you too..but i have no money..how?? lol..
Posted by: imyinyin at 24 August 2007 2:06 AM
Too bad the time I went back for industrial training in Kch, it's already Oct... arrgghhh...
Posted by: hao at 24 August 2007 2:09 AM
I love snorkeling and those are some great pictures! You should enter them into the "Fields of the World" photo contest. You just have to send in a picture and write a little background information on it. They're are a couple prizes you could win, and you never know what could happen. Here's the link if your interested: http://1800flowers.eprize.net/fieldsoftheworld/
Posted by: DCGolfer at 24 August 2007 2:33 AM
Hi Kenny,
That fish you were wondering about is a goatfish. It wanders around digging at the sand with its two feelers underwater.
And lucky you, because of global warming. Dive season in Malaysia no longer ends in September like it used to years ago. Now you can dive all the way till November even.
Cheers
The worst day of diving is better than the best day of work
Dan
Posted by: Daniel at 24 August 2007 3:20 AM
Talang Island? Why no turtles? Why no sharks? Good educational pix. Can copy for my kid's school project?
Posted by: water5699 at 24 August 2007 4:14 AM
Wow, sweet pictures you got there.
I love the last picture, it looks as though you are able to lie on the seabed :)
Posted by: didi at 24 August 2007 5:10 AM
wow .. the pictures are lovely :) how i wished that i will learn how to scuba diving in future :)
Posted by: misha at 24 August 2007 6:55 AM
Hi kenny how deep can your marine pack go?
Posted by: Karen at 24 August 2007 8:18 AM
Kenny dear, I love those beautiful underwater photos you have captured. My friend loves diving too and have been to Sipadan, I am sure you will fall in love with Sipadan underwater world which is many times better once you have been there.
Posted by: jane aka kepo at 24 August 2007 9:02 AM
i cant dive... but because of you... i had a peek at the under water world :)
Posted by: evelyn at 24 August 2007 9:18 AM
Fascinating!that is so totally cool. must be feeling like up in heaven when you go diving. can't wait to experience one...
Posted by: Martin at 24 August 2007 9:26 AM
Oh my goodness! That is a striking photo of the sting ray. Diving is the reason I a regret never learning to swim properly. Is there a reason why all the coral you decided to share is green? It all looks so beautiful, but I thought there would be more colour.
Posted by: Dax at 24 August 2007 9:35 AM
Kenny, good effort in creating environmental awareness of our ocean life amongst your readers. This is what we call responsible blogging, right? At the same time can 'action' a bit about your diving skills...hehehe...
Posted by: terence at 24 August 2007 9:48 AM
Nikon does not has their own casing but there's a company do produce the casing for nikon..if u r using nikon p3 or p4 u can use fantasea fp-4. That's the casing i used during my recent trip to dive.
Posted by: kennethnorman at 24 August 2007 10:08 AM
82 minutes is a looooooooooong time.. That's double my time..
BTW, did you use the flash? Your pics are pretty greeny...
Posted by: nemo at 24 August 2007 10:10 AM
fuyoo!..cantik sungguh the deep blue sea... our next trip for scuba diving is KUCHING!!!!!... thanx Kenny..
Posted by: Oya Ashikin at 24 August 2007 11:10 AM
Gorgeous! Is the water very cold?
Posted by: Stargazer at 24 August 2007 11:25 AM
hey kenny, nice shots! Didnt know kuching has such a beautiful diving spot! arghh..i havent dive for almost 2 years now..the last dive was in Pulau Aur, Johor. =p
Posted by: ailing at 24 August 2007 11:36 AM
No video this time?
Posted by: cikgu at 24 August 2007 12:47 PM
some very nice shots and they look quite professional too. keep up the good work on this blog, kenny!
Posted by: MasculinEndings at 24 August 2007 1:03 PM
The white balance settings on your camera is wrong and the pictures turn out so blue-ish... Does your camera has got Underwater scene mode? Quite a waste..:( In fact, I will your underwater pic then.
Posted by: adeleide at 24 August 2007 1:25 PM
COOL... too bad I dun have the guts to try diving.
Posted by: Ida at 24 August 2007 1:35 PM
you should use infrared filter
Posted by: boon at 24 August 2007 1:53 PM
hey! Didnt know you dive! The water is quite clear there ya. Not merky at all
Posted by: maryberry at 24 August 2007 1:54 PM
I want to go also.. so nice...
Posted by: ahlost at 24 August 2007 2:20 PM
some of the corals looks very geli
Posted by: rawpotato at 24 August 2007 2:27 PM
Fantastic! I gotta try soon
Posted by: Penny at 24 August 2007 3:16 PM
Wow...such a terrific experience which I will never be able to do, cos I can't swim...
Posted by: JunkGirl at 24 August 2007 3:20 PM
I just got my PADI, but kinda broke to scuba. Saving money to do go SIpadan!!!
Bro, in terms of blog u have created a good community, maybe is time for u to get ur own logo!
Posted by: kennhyn at 24 August 2007 3:21 PM
Kenny... you found Nemo!!!
Posted by: Mady at 24 August 2007 3:46 PM
82mins? How deep were you on average?
Posted by: Miss Loi at 24 August 2007 3:47 PM
Nemo... very cute.. >.
Posted by: Steven at 24 August 2007 4:41 PM
hmm, did you got my mail kenny? just wondering :)
Posted by: wahlau at 24 August 2007 4:58 PM
You should invest in some HID lamps. That way the pictures you take wont look bluish. You should also use a red filter so that you get more red color for your pictures.
Posted by: Stevo at 24 August 2007 6:10 PM
i love diving too. six batfish followed us once for the full 30 minutes. the waters at redang are unbelievably clear, like a swimming pool. phi phi is not too bad too, saw an octopus. great barrier was a scary experience but a tale worth repeating. pulau payar was awful, don't waste your money. wanna conquer sipadan next!
Posted by: janicebks at 24 August 2007 7:07 PM
82 minutes' awesome!! wonder if i could last that long! :) and great pictures! esp love the one of the stingray!! havent seen that one before..
Posted by: lysh at 24 August 2007 7:32 PM
Errr..no water ghost??
Posted by: chris at 24 August 2007 7:37 PM
haha nice =) would like to try scuba-diving too, one day... i'm from sabah so i guess i'll probably go to sipadan or something lol~
Posted by: -TaMMi- at 24 August 2007 7:54 PM
haha hungry ghost festival comin still go diving? I salute u kenny!
Posted by: voon at 24 August 2007 8:57 PM
Hey..what a beautiful underwater world. Do you know Miri also have scuba diving? It was really BEAUTIFUL, you will feel like living in the water forever with the fishes.
I thought you have a SLD camera? Why dont you buy its case too and go underwater? i am sure the pictures will be better...
Posted by: Christine at 24 August 2007 9:27 PM
You lasted 82 minutes? That's the time spent by Nicole Ritchie in jail for her latest traffic offences. Haha...what a coincidence! But at least you get to see the beauty of the marina life while she? She has to take a mugshot and her fingerprints was taken. Bet it is not as exciting as your 82 minutes!
Posted by: Aida at 24 August 2007 9:50 PM
NICE PIC! HAVE A NICE DAY!
Posted by: Horny Ang Moh at 24 August 2007 10:09 PM
hey kenny, remember me???
i read that you have a guide, maybe you should get a guide book to corals too. the pic you took which you described as having a surface that look like octopus creatures?? those stuff are not coral - they're zooanthids. :)
nice pics btw. glad you're enjoying diving cos i enjoy them too! :D
Posted by: silveraven at 24 August 2007 10:35 PM
hey kenny, u wore the Bare wetsuit u bought. if u look at the logo another way, u can see a smiley face! anyway, we are doin our advance and are goin out to satang tomolo.
anyway, i followed the link on wikipedia on zooanthids and found this amazingly wonderful collection of photos of these 'animals'. those of u who wans to know wat underwater can look like if kenny use strobe or color filter, check it out http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=15
Posted by: peggy at 24 August 2007 11:16 PM
You're lucky that Kuching is a city with diving and kayak spots within the vicinity. Speaks volumes about how much better the environment around there is than KL.
Posted by: suertes at 24 August 2007 11:29 PM
lovely Nemo.. hihi
Posted by: 杉 at 25 August 2007 12:26 AM
Nice, really nice.
Maybe I should learn try diving... But hate the sun leh!
Posted by: Kierra at 25 August 2007 12:28 AM
Nemo is sOoOo CUTE!!~ =)
Posted by: spookygrace at 25 August 2007 12:32 AM
Such beautiful wonders!
Just hope that the ppl won't turn it into another resort and start destroying all of them.
Now I'm having the urges!
Posted by: dewgem at 25 August 2007 2:56 PM
Never thought of Kuching having dive sites. That's pretty cool. How deep did you go at 82 min of bottom time? Come by Brunei and we can go wreck diving! We got great diving sites you can check out! It'll cost about 75BND for the whole day for equipment and boat the group I'm with. Just gimme a buzz, more then happy to take you around :-)
Posted by: Rozi at 25 August 2007 5:25 PM
what so great about this if you go to kota kinabalu more beautiful than this 20times lol
Posted by: sabahan at 25 August 2007 6:59 PM
Kenny,
If you use Photoshop, there are ways you can improve the bluish colors. Check out http://www.gadling.com/2005/02/11/how-to-editing-underwater-photos/ and let me know if it works for ya.
Sean.
Posted by: Sean at 25 August 2007 7:59 PM
I've tried the method mentioned by Sean to enhance my underwater photos before. You know what? It works great!
Posted by: Daniel at 25 August 2007 9:41 PM
Actually, the post work on the photos is quite necessary as the red'der part of the spectrum are absorded by the water. Treating the photos post is better than correcting it using a filter or using one of the cameras settings. Why not try it and show us the results. Regards.
Posted by: Skates at 26 August 2007 11:56 AM
hey kenny, been visiting your site for quite a while now, but haven't had the urge to comment. haha. have you tried diving in singapore waters? is that even allowed. wait, what am i saying. i guess it's not. we're supposed to have more species of coral than the great barrier reef, but i don't think you can see anything through all the muck. heh.
Posted by: momo at 26 August 2007 12:40 PM
Amazing corals there =]
Posted by: ellokawan at 26 August 2007 3:17 PM
hey..just wanna do some market research cos i was thinking of getting a divers' license too..
where did you get your diving lessons and how much did you pay for it? 'd appreciate it if you reply...thanx ya!
standard diving gear costs how much?
Posted by: ei Mun at 26 August 2007 3:33 PM
the marina pack is not enuf... u need to get the filter to get natural colour.... quite expensive oso
Posted by: hahn at 27 August 2007 7:21 AM
forgot to mention... DO NOT USE FLASH in the marine pack
Posted by: hahn at 27 August 2007 7:23 AM
nice pictures & camera.
Posted by: Just a student at 27 August 2007 7:06 PM
WOw! Great Job! Thanks for sharing these photos.. They are great! I wish I can dive into the sea too..
Posted by: curryegg at 28 August 2007 12:38 AM
Woow... diving really so interesting, but the underwater casing for the camera is expensive le. Anyway nice photos.
Posted by: Darren at 28 August 2007 1:49 AM
Hi Kenny...new to ur blog...just wana comment abt some nice pictures u got over there...i would have loved to get into diving and do some underwater shoots too but then procrastination has always been a detering factor...till now, i will be doing my shooting without an oxygen tank on my back...nice place u went to in Macau btw...simply marvellous place to be staying in...keep writing my friend...
nice shooting
Posted by: Jeremy at 28 August 2007 2:40 PM
I love scuba diving too. I miss the days in Kuching where I could go diving once per week. Kenny, would you like to go to scuba diving with me once? ^_^
Posted by: fish fish at 29 August 2007 1:56 PM
Looks much better than phuket and krabi in Thailand =)
Posted by: HB at 29 August 2007 8:06 PM
Wow..cool man..is so beautiful..hope that one day i can dive into the sea..i like it!!=)
Posted by: MJ at 29 August 2007 10:32 PM
You should try to dive in Bali - Indonesia. Not bad =)... Just go to a place called Tanjong Benoa.
Posted by: HaR at 30 August 2007 12:45 PM
Cool! Your underwater pictures actually made me crave more for the taste of diving which i have unwillingly put off since 3 months ago! Diving does this to people (enthusiasts especially).. fall in love! Whether to the beach, the underwater life, the white sandy beaches, the island life..whatever. anyways...I do some underwater photography too on my part (my deviantART gallery). just a lil tip you may wanna try to get a better colour saturation in your pics is to auto-level it (with photoshop). Cos at deeper depths, only blue and red wavelengths are around to light your subjects (hence the greenish sort of photos), thus using flash (white light) can be useful but it will scare the fishes off. ANyways.. thanks for featuring the pictures in your blog.. I terribly miss DIVING like anythinG! DIVING ROCKS BIG TIME.
Posted by: evelyn at 04 September 2007 11:21 PM
Kenny, perhaps you can consider coming Sabah for diving, here's some nice spots around like Sipadan, Mabul, Mataking, Manukan, Mamutik, etc etc. Cheers!!
Posted by: Ryna at 08 September 2007 3:42 PM
Hi - you can check out some of mine from Sipadan here...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnshardlow
Posted by: Shardy at 10 September 2007 2:14 PM
I LOVE IT TOO!!!
Posted by: xweing at 02 October 2007 11:47 AM
you need a red filter to take away all that blue.
Posted by: minicloud at 04 October 2007 3:22 PM
you seriously suck at photography, go pick a Vietnamese boy's nose and smell my wet pants...i'm 14 and even i know you suck...sheesh....sucks balls la you kenny....suck balls...
Posted by: darren diewo at 10 October 2007 8:44 PM
Can I have the contact number of your guide? Planning to go diving there in April once the monsoon season ends. Thanks.
Posted by: Sue at 18 October 2007 1:21 PM
We should go diving together sometime :)
Posted by: Aazie at 13 November 2007 11:00 PM
Hi Kenny & his "reader" fansssss
FYI - I av spotted an econimical resort in Sematan where Kenny took the pictures - Sematan Palm Beach Resort. This place is not 5 stars but economical,cozy,comfortable enough and reasonably priced.
Not sure if Kenny knows about this but they provide scuba diving packages to Talang Island and they provide s-diving course as well- PADI.If I'm not mistaken the coach cum guide's name is Nick.
-Have the most cheerful year ahead. May all your dreams come true in 2008. Happy New Year!!!
Posted by: Prince at 31 December 2007 8:30 AM
Hi, thx 4 lettin me know tat there is a dive site in kuching. been hopin 2 divin in kch but dono where 2 go. I'll suggest u take up night diver speciality license. U'll find tat it's a different world during day n nite. Try it! Trust me, i'm a night diver n i'm lovin it! Hehe
Posted by: Li Yee at 16 January 2008 8:41 PM
Very nice the picture.
Posted by: David Chew at 16 January 2008 9:54 PM