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"Somebody's watching me ...."

Big sky, little sunset

Our friendly Egret (Rockwell) who appeared quite often on our deck when you least expected him. On...

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This was taken early on in our holiday when the weather was unseasonally bad and this was the first,...

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Sandbar silhouette

Fishermen of the Maldives

We were on the jetty one evening at sunset and while everyone else was snapping away from the beach...

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Our visiting egret posing on the deck infront of his Maldivian fishing friends - I wonder who caught...

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More star trails

Rainbow Road

A shorter exposure of only 10 minutes this time but focussing nearer the polar axis - hence the more...

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Taken from the seaplane on the way back to Malé. The angle of the sun as we flew over and through...

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"Pick me, Pick me ! "

"Trust in me ....."

This parrotfish seemed intent on grabbing our attention by flapping wildly at us and showing his...

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I know that Huuuuge Parrotfish looks like he will chomp on the little wrasse but they are best of...

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"Answer the stripe question ..."

Neon fusiliers

We found Nemo ! - well, his Maldivian cousins anyway - hence only one stripe.

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Astounding colour depending on the light and time of day. Neon Fusiliers are pale/bright blue in the...

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Lonesome palm

Can you spot the spider ?

With only a deserted island in the distance for company ! (actually, this was just outside the bar...

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I took this shot in the heat of late morning so just took the shot of leaves and left (there is a...

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Golden Pond

"To see a world in a grain of sand ....

Another early morning dangling my camera as near to the water as I dare to take a close up of the...

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... and heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an...

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Turtle diving

Early one morning .....

One of three turtles we swam with this time - they just ignored us and got on with the daily routine...

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.... just as the sun was rising the light was bizzare on the island. This was when the...

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Starshine over the island

Star trails

With the calmer weather came spectacularly clear night skies where the amount of stars visible is...

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After much experimenting I took this photograph with a 27 minute exposure. The curvature of...

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