Diving the Red Sea, June 2007 Photo Gallery by Serena Bowles at pbase.com

Diving the Red Sea, June 2007

From 13th to 20th June 2007 I spent a week on the Grand Sea Serpent diving the Red Sea.

The diving was great - a five metre manta ray and hammerhead sharks were the highlight, though I didn't get any pictures of the latter, unfortunately.

Those who've read my blogs know that I usually travel on a tight budget; this trip was at the other end of the scale - the most expensive week away I've ever had...but worth every penny. I made some good friends, and had some great diving experiences.

It's going to take me a while to get all the photos sorted, processed and posted, so please consider this a work in progress. I'm trying out some new techniques which I read about in this article by Bob Arlen - processing underwater photographs needs something other than the usual tweaking. If you're an underwater photographer it's well worth a read - thanks Bob.

Some of my photos are now available to buy in a variety of sizes and finishes, or as digital files, at SerenityPhotography.co.uk.

What Are You Looking At?	I Spy The Octopus	Swimming Blue Spotted Ray
Soft Coral	Fire Coral & Christmas Tree Worm	Puffer Fish
Soft Coral Close up	Fire Coral and Antheas	Little Purple Fish
Along the Wall	Dwarfed by the Coral	My Fave Manta Shot after processing
Banner Fish	Soft Coral	At Night
Soft Coral	Puffer Fish	Stripey
Leaf Fish	Octopus on the Move	Soft Coral
Hiding Out	Pretty	Cleaner Shrimp
Gobi	Grouper	Sitting
Sunken Ship	Banner Fish Feeding Frenzy	Sea Fan
Anenome and Fish	Underwater Scene	Yellow Tailed Snapper
Banner Fish	Holding On	School of Snappers
Wriggle	Looking Down on Antheas	Holding On
Near the Surface	Photographing the Manta	Yellow Tailed Snapper
Yellow Tailed Snapper	Yellow Tailed Snapper	Napoleon Wrasse
Hiding	Antheas	Red Soft Coral
Pipe Fish	Octopus	Octopus
Octopus	Antheas	Bright Coral Trout
Stargazer	Hiding Crab	Lionfish
Stargazer	Hunting Lionfish	Hunting Lionfish
Threesome	Hunting Lionfish	Lionfish at Night
Nemo	Grouper in a Cave	Orange Anthea
Posing Trout	Moray Eel	Curled Up
Walking	Butter Fish	Wreck
Titan Trigger Fish	Lion Fish	Staghorn Coral
Hard Coral	Golf Ball	Hiding Octopus
Coral Close Up	Staghorn Coral	Hard Coral
Hiding Fish	Soft and Hard	Butter Fish
Banner Fish	Two Butter Fish	Butter Fish
Hanging With the Fish	Clown Fish Pair	Clown Fish Pair
Nemo Times Two	Hiding Fish	Grouper
Wreck	Feeding Butterfly Fish	Parrot Fish at Night
Clown Fish	Jellyfish on Sand	Follow the Fish
Glass Fish	In Perspective	Fish Everywhere
Soft Coral	Coral	Big Eyes
Curious Fish	Curled Up	Double-Decker Divers
Cat Fish	Antheas and Fire Coral	Blue Clam
Sit A-While	Coral Trout and Coral	Resting Fish
Caves	Swimming Away	Camouflaged Octopus
Napoleon Wrasse	Mast	Sunken Ship
Swim This Way	Fishy	Diver Ahead
Watching	Swimming Away	Wedged in Hard Coral
Gimme Shelter	Suspended	Hiding Lionfish
Metal Work	Banner Fish	Looking Up
Sleeping Lionfish	Glass Shrimps	Hiding Grouper
Damsel Hiding in Staghorn Coral	Feeding Ray plus Catfish and Wrasse	Damsel Hiding in Staghorn Coral
Exploring the Wreck	School of Goatfish	Fish Sleeping in Sponge and Tiny Crab
Feather Star	Hard Coral and Humbugs	Lots of Fish
Octopus on the Move	Yellow Butterfly Fish	Exploring the Wreck
Soft Coral	Hiding in a Cave	Nemo and Friend
Antheas	Lion Fish Hunting	Coral Trout
Sea Slug	Parrot Fish	Brain Coral
Leaf Fish	Staghorn Coral	Bits of Coral
Antheas	DSCF1328_filtered.jpg	Underwater Scene
Swimming Around	Barrel Sponges	Wall of Fish
Feeding Banner Fish	Coral and Sea Squirt	Shrimp
Feather Star	Divers Ahoy	Cleaner Shrimp
Orange Antheas	Jellyfish	Clown Fish
Napoleon Wrasse	Octopus	Rude Rock
Napoleon Wrasse	Down the Hatch	Wrecked Again
Blue Spotted Ray	Swimming Down	Swimming Above
Soft Coral and Antheas	Feeding Blue Spotted Ray	Bright Yellow Fish
Underwater Scene	Octopus	Anenome
Streaming Past	Barracuda Hunting	Moray
Swimming Upwards	Stripy Fish	Parrot Fish being cleaned by two glass shrimps
Octopus	Christmas Tree Worm	Banner Fish
Clown Fish	See the Tiny Clown Fish?	Home for Many
Humbugs	DSCF1424_filtered.jpg	Coral
Curious Coral Trout	Can't See Me	DSCF1350_filtered_filtered.jpg
DSCF1324_filtered.jpg	Traffic Jam	Colourful Wall
Delicate Coral	Resting	At Night
Shrimps	Banner Fish	Jellyfish
Underwater	Octopus	Soft Coral
Blue Spotted Ray	Posse of Yellow Tailed Snapper	Fire Coral and Antheas
School of Banner Fish	Hiding in Coral	Mouthy Moray
Feather Star	A Couple of Banner Fish	Clammy
Hello Nemo	Orange Antheas	Divers Diving
Fish & Coral	Trumpet Fish	Surgeon Fish
Hiding	Moray Being Cleaned	Pair of Clownfish
Shy Lionfish	DSCF1370_filtered.jpg	Cadging a Lift
Underwater Scene	Nice Coral	Fire Coral
Blennie	Feeding Banner Fish	Hard Coral is Home to Little Fishies
Feeding Sea Cucumber	Banner Fish	Li'l Shrimp
Box Fish Swimming Away	Rabbit Fish	Sunken Ship
Curious Trumpet Fish	Jelly Belly	Dinner Time
Inside the Bait Ball	Underwater World	Banner Fish Swim
Fluttering Antheas	Napoleon Wrasse	Blue Clam
Banner Fish	View large for the lionfish	Manta Ray
Basket Star	Clown Fish	Light From Above
Red Snapper	Delicate Coral	Wrecked Again
Coral Trout	Blue Fish	Foraging
Octopussy	Floating	Clown Fish
Feeding Parrot Fish	Clammy	Jellyfish
Swim This Way	Yellow Tailed Snapper	Coral Trout and Staghorn Coral
Down the Hatch	Box Fish	Antheas About
Returning to the Boat	Moray Being Cleaned	Soft Coral and Little Fishies
Feeding Ray	Baitfish	Shepherd
Photographing Fish	Underwater Landscape	Anenome
Swimming Uphill	Mean	One Way
Anenome Fish	Napoleon Wrasse	Swim Through
Silhouetted Trumpet Fish	Fish Everywhere	Russian Spy Ship
Banner Fish	It's an Octopus - see it?	Li'l Fishies
One Fin	Wrecked	Barracuda
original	processed	Yes, It's Nemo!
Eye Eye	Majestic Manta	Lossa - click on it, it looks much better large.
Another Lionfish	Hiding Out	Blue Spotted Ray
Unprocessed	With a bit of work	Banner Fish
Lionfish	Using Mandrake method, plus auto levels & colour	Think this is my favourite manta shot - unprocessed at the moment, but I'll see what I can do with it

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ANGEL	PM reply	28-Dec-2010 18:20
W O W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ian l clowes	PM reply	22-May-2008 19:40
Wonderful to see other underwater images of the red sea and beyond. Just got back from my annual red sea fix three weeks ago and these bring it all back. Great photos and look forward to browsing your other galleries

M. Yarrison		12-Mar-2008 20:38
Very much enjoyed your exceptional photos of sealife. Excellent. Thanks!

enny jameson	PM reply	02-Aug-2007 15:23
have been before but want to say again what a fabulous gallery this is, compliments.

Chet King	PM reply	02-Aug-2007 10:40
Wonderful gallery, amazing range of wide angle and close up work.

Charukesi	PM reply	01-Aug-2007 14:58
there is a whole world out there that you have brought in front of us! lovely collection of images!

Olga Greenslade		31-Jul-2007 13:01
I enjoyed visiting your galleries. Your underwater photos made me feel guilty for not diving enough... Olga

Olga Greenslade		31-Jul-2007 12:59
Enjoyed visiting your galleries. Your photos made me feel guilt for not diving and taking photos enough... Olga

Yiannis Pavlis	PM reply	29-Jul-2007 14:26
Superb collection of beautiful photos.

Scotty Graham	PM reply	29-Jul-2007 10:48
Hi Serena, Nice to see the work of underwater photographers on Pbase. Excellent gallery. You should give Raja Ampat a try for your next trip. Check out my photos from there.... http://www.pbase.com/scottygraham/papua_underwater Cheers, scotty

Kieran Finn	PM reply	26-Jul-2007 20:47
Wonderful Gallery. Voted

pilot371	PM reply	25-Jul-2007 20:33
Stunning images. Makes me want to get out and dive

Kirk Friederich of Eventphotography	PM reply	22-Jul-2007 20:06
Great shots !! Voted

MSunderlin	PM reply	22-Jul-2007 18:26
Very nice work and it looks like it was some great diving.

Noor Khan	PM reply	15-Jul-2007 08:23
Beautiful colourful gallery. Will return when I have time to gaze.

frank		14-Jul-2007 20:59
impressive photo work....

cliff rap	PM reply	12-Jul-2007 22:39
Wonderful Gallery! Nice work-

Les McLean	PM reply	06-Jul-2007 18:42
Different, but oh so appealing, enjoyed them all Well done.

Mike Rix	PM reply	03-Jul-2007 20:25
Scrolling down your gallery is like diving down a wall reef in the red sea! Great impressive work!!!! Mike

Nina Ludwig	PM reply	01-Jul-2007 10:45
Beautiful gallery Serena. V

stuart reid	PM reply	30-Jun-2007 12:32
Cracking gallery Serena! Keep them coming. :) ~v~

Ali Majdfar	PM reply	29-Jun-2007 18:24
Spectacular collecion, stunning shots. GMV

David Hendrey	PM reply	28-Jun-2007 18:46
A beautiful gallery - the subject of each image stands out marvellously from the background - these are suprerb shots!

TJ O'Brien	PM reply	28-Jun-2007 11:22
Great gallery - had forgotten how fantastic the diving is on the Red Sea - much better than most of SE Asia.

enny jameson	PM reply	27-Jun-2007 19:46
wow, is gorgeous, very interesting, great shots, must be exciting to do. compliments.

Mary Bowles	PM reply	27-Jun-2007 09:25
Terrific gallery. It is building beautifully.

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