Bahura
Seldom is anything harder in life than capturing an image of a mandarinfish. These creatures are exquisite -- silver dollar-sized, oval shaped and richly colored in orange, teal, green and royal blue markings -- and elusive. At this site, a short ride south of the resort, along the coral-laden coastline, they hide between spaces in lettuce corals and are only out ands about at dusk.
That meant a 5 p.m. departure from the dock, with a setting sun and having great buoyancy skills to be in the right position for the right amount of time, right lighting and the most important attribute -- patience -- to see these spectacular fish.
I saw plenty of them but wasn't adept at capturing images of them.
Fortunately, my dive buddy Jim Ellliott, founder of the Diveheart Foundation (http://www.diveheart.org/), who is routinely stunning everyone with his photos, managed to get several.
Photos Copyright Jim Elliott 2009.
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