Stephen Frink at work
World-renowned underwater photographer Stepehn Frink shooting at Soft Coral Arch, Koror, Repuiblic of Palau.
Divemaster Arne Veimo on dive boat
Divemaster Arne Veimo of Sam's Dive Tours (note T-shirt) on dive boat Tiger (as in Tiger Shark) enroute to diving in Koror, Republic of Palau.
Stephen Frink on a reef hook
Stephen Frink shooting while riding a reef hook at Siaes Corner, Palau. Reef hooks are used in conjunction with high current enabling a diver to stay in one spot.
Stephen Frink shooting at Sias Corner, Palau
Underwater photographer Stephen Frink using his Seacam housing and strobes to shoot a group of Pyramid Butterflyfish at a cleaning station at Siaes Corner, Koror, Republic of Palau.
Stephen Frink photoshoot
Stephen Frink shooting spawning Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) at dawn, Koror, Republic of Palau.
Mass spawning
The underwater photographer at left provides some scale for the size of this Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) spawning population at Koror, Republic of Palau.
Divemaster Arne Veimo at Blue Corner, Palau
Divemaster Arne Veimo of Sam's Dive Tours adjusting his bouyancy while observing his flock at Blue Corner, Koror, Republic of Palau.
Rock Islands Aggressor
Rock Islands Aggressor liveaborad dive boat at anchor in Koror, Republic of Palau.
Surface Marker Bouy
Surface Marker Bouy or SMB used to locate divers' underwater position to enable a safe safety stop at 15' (~4m) depth. Shot from below the surface during a rains squall.
Palau Agressor II dive launch
Palau Agressor II dive launch heading to shore to pick up divers at Koror, Republic pf Palau.
Palau Aggressor II in infraed
Palau Aggressor II liveaborad dive boat at anchor in Koror, Republic of Palau shot with infrared sensitivity.
Palau Aggressor II
Palau Aggressor II liveaborad dive boat at anchor in Koror, Republic of Palau.
RIB with dive flags
Rigid inflatable boat or RIB displaying diver down flags servicing scuba divers off Niihau Island, Hawaii.
Rigid inflatable boat or RIB displaying diver down flags servicing scuba divers at Lehua Rock (in background) of Niihau Island, Hawaii.
Divemaster Josh
Divemaster Josh of Seasport Divers holding an SMB reel towards the end of our dive off Niihau, Hawaii.
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) being observed and photgraphed by scuba divers off Niihau, Hawaii.
Hawaiian Monk Seal and scuba divers
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) being observed and photographed by scuba divers from Seasport Divers (Poipu, Kauai) at the dive site Niihau Arches.
Hawaiian Monk Seal and diver
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) and scuba diver observing each other off Niihau, Hawaii.
Divers and Hawaiian Monk Seal
Scuba divers observe and photograph a Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) near Niihau, Hawaii.
Diver and shark
A diver photographs a Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) at the Lehua Ledge dive site, off Niihau, Hawaii.
Vertical Awareness
A scuba diver observes fishes from a gap between submerged volcanic tuff pinnacles off Niihau. Hawaii.
This dive site off Niihau is named Vertical Awareness for good reason. The divers are about 100 feet (30 meters) below the surface.
Vertical awareness
Scuba divers at the Niihau, Hawaii dive site "Vertical Awareness." The submereged volcanic tuff pinnacles consist of variably eroded bedded tephra.
