Welcome to Richard Witkover's Underwater Photography Page
SCUBA diving has been one of my pleasures for the last 10 years. I have tried to mix my
hobby of photography with diving and found that it greatly enhances the experience. To be
successful in UW photography you must slow down and observe your surroundings. Too many
divers rush by the beauty that exists in the water world. I have tried over the years to
achieve in my underwater pictures the level of satisfaction I have with my surface
photography, but I have far to go. Mostly what I take are fish portraits. I have
identified the species as best as I could. Let me know what you think.
This is a picture of a Blue Tang. I would guess from the coral structure that it was taken
on Bonaire, one of the Netherland Antilles off the coast of South America.
The Queen Angel is one of the most beautiful fish on the reef. You can see the crown on
the forehead of this one. From the name I assume that only the females have these markings
because I've never seen a male Queen, at least not in the water.
Grunts swim in schools as seen here. One of the more interesting sights is to come across
a group of them just hanging in the water near some coral and swaying with the surge.
There are a number of varieties of grunts, but I believe these are blue stripe grunts.
Supposedly they get their name from sounds they make, but I've never heard them make any
noise.
This is an eye-to-eye encounter between a Nassau Grouper and a pretty young diver off one
of the Bay Islands of Hondouras. The diver was a dive master on a live aboard and had been
feeding this fish each week.
Aside from the puffer fish, this is one of the most peculiar looking fish I have seen.
They swim . using a rapid motion of their pectoral fins but move very slowly. The horns
and other boney areas and a toxic secretion give them protection. At first I thought this
was a Trunkfish, but the horns on the head identify it as the less common Honeycomb
Cowfish.
This is clearly a parrot fish but I haven't been able to identify it further. Its markings
look like the Rainbow Parrot Fish but they are usually browns and greens. The blue
coloring and shape of the fins look line the Blue Parrot Fish, but they are usually a
solid color. I would like to get email from anyone
who knows what this fish really is . The little, almost irridescent, blue fish swimming
above the Parrot is a Blue Chromis.
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