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Photos: Night time is amazing for fish photography. In just one dive,I took the first three of these exceptional shots given my camera, as theseare difficult fish to approach by day. I had to maneuver to get the smooth flutemouthagainst a gorgonian and have its eye in the frame, while the other fish waseasier to follow. The coral groupers passing by on the plane wreck were alsounhoped for, as their colour is so nice on a picture. Description: A diver always tries to make original encounters with marinelife, hoping to het closer and closer to species which usually flee or do notleave enough time for observation. One can seek favourable circumstances inwhich fish are not as shy, such as a wreck offering many places of hiding placesor, as I saw with a giant puffer in Flores, in strong current which makes thefish swim slower, but have the possibility to turn around and leave very quickly. And at night, many fish are asleep in the coral, protected bya mucus to conceal their odour, or in holes, or simply floating half asleep.This was the case for the giant puffer in the hands of my divemaster Kris. Althoughsome fish move away slowly when one gets too close, and other wake up and flee,some remain completely immobile. Type | Max size | Habitat - Depth - Rareness - N/D- Comments | N | Freckled porcupinefish | 30-40cm | Swims near coral, 5-35m, not rare, diurnal, will not letdivers too close | J | Smooth flutemouth | 1m | Above coral or just beneaht the surface, 0-30m, frequent,diurnal, not very shy | J | Unindentified fish | 60-70cm ? | Corals, 5-35m, ?, diurnal, ? | J | Coral grouper | 40-50cm | Corals, 5-35m, quite frequent, diurnal, hides in corals | J |
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