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Solomons Islands, Floridas at Ghavutu, depth ca. 50'

Shot at Wakaya Pass, Fiji, on December 8, 2000 at 62'. Upscaled from SD-480 to HD-1080 through Topaz Video AI.

This old SD-480 video didn’t upscale to 1080 quite as well as some others but it’s still very interesting. I am not giving the exact location because it’s never a good idea to post locations of fish spawning aggregations, even though this one is probably well-known. I’m also not mentioning who the divers are, since I haven’t asked their permission. The whale sharks visit this area when the snap...

This is an abbreviated version of the one I posted earlier.

An old silent movie shot on Super-8 film 46 years ago by Mike deGruy and me. Packing a Kodak movie camera and an Ikelite housing, we set out to document our first attempt at tagging a Chambered Nautilus with a transmitter. Our trip was sponsored by Nixon Griffis, a patron of the New York Aquarium. In appreciation for his generosity, we later named the angelfish Apolemichthys griffisi, in his ho...

1-minute video, no colorful reef fishes, no sharks or eels, no drama, just a quiet moment on a Rock Island reef in Palau. Canon R5, 4K60, 24mm, Ikelite housing dome port, twin Sola lights, tripod. - schooling cardinal fish, probably Rhabdamia sp. - brown damselfish, Pomacentrus burroughi - orange coral, Lobophyllia sp. - Long Tentacle Plate Coral, Heliofungia actiniformis - Bubble Coral, Plerog...

Sequential hermaphrodite: Rock Beauty Angelfish (Holacanthus tricolor). Rock Beauty angelfish all begin life as females as part of a harem under a single larger male. If the male disappears, one of the females in the harem may change sex becoming the new harem master. Spawning takes place probably every night, with the male spawning with one or more of the females in his harem. This is old 480 ...

Video documentation of the construction of the Barrier Reef exhibit at the Waikiki Aquarium in 2001. Upscaled from 480 to 1080 with Topaz Video AI.

Another fish-gem rescued from the 480 dustbin and upscaled to 1080 with Topaz. In 2003 at Mbili Island in the Solomons, Marj and I found this beautiful blue and orange grouper. This is the juvenile Masked Grouper, Gracila albimaculata. For whatever reason, these colorful juveniles are not often observed, and clearly they are very skittish. At the end of this 2-minute video I added a more recent...

Two beautiful fishes at Saies Tunnel, and like the Pyramid Butterflyfish in my previous video at this location, these two fish were also "lethargic". The other fish under the ledge are the Bignose Unicornfish, Scrawled Filefish, Sabre Squirrelfish, Harlequin Sweetlips. and a Cleaner Wrasse. Palau at Saies Tunnel, April 21, 2024, and thanks again to the Coral Reef Research Foundation. Canon R5. ...

Rabaulichthys cf altipinnis. This isn't the best video (to say the least) but it may be the only video of this fish in the wild. I happened upon it at the bottom of a sandy slope at 87' at Wickham Island in New Georgia, Solomon Islands. This was back in 2003 with the old Sony VX1000 standard def. camera. I upscaled it to 1080 using Topaz which helps a bit. Otherwise, the fish folk in the group ...

It is not often that you see the male Whitley's Boxfish, but on June 24, 2000, I found one hiding in a crevice, and I got an extended video shot of him before he took off. I have included the entire clip since it is so infrequent that you get a chance to see the male. Conversely, the females are often seen while diving. This is an old 480 DV tape converted to 1080 after processing with Topaz Vi...

Compsanthias hawaiiensis, Hawaiian Longfin Anthias Continuing to experiment with Topaz to resurrect old standard def videos. I ran this video through the process and wasn't as impressed with the result- many artifacts. I wasn't going to post it, but this morning I saw Anthony Gill's post revising this group (of 2 species) and placing them in a new genus: Compsanthias. So I will post this video ...

Sunday, June 4, 1972, Fiji at Kadavu, Mike Gawel and I made a dive on the north side of Herald Passage on the Great Astrolabe barrier reef. I spotted a brilliant red hawkfish in shallow water and had no idea what it was. In 1972 this fish was not known in the aquarium world. I contacted Jack Randall who identified it as Neocirrhites armatus, now known as the Flame Hawkfish. I caught one and bro...

Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina, and Sea Grass habitat, Palau April 19 2024

Hypolectrus ecosur Mexico Aug 11, 2004 Isla Contoy

Pyramid Butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis. Palau at Saies Tunnel April 21, 2024

Jack Attack! Jack attacks and eats Redfin Anthias

Cephalopholis polleni, Palau at Saies Tunnel, April 21 2024

Underwater photography using Canon R5 and Ikelite housing, Palau

Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura Palau April 24, 2024

Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis, the Yellowflanked Fairy Wrasse, Palau at Ulong Rock, April 21 2024

Palau, Coral Garden at the Short Drop-Off, April 24, 2024

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, Georgia

Coral Reef Scene, Solomons Islands at Kicha 2015

DV #5 & #6 Bahamas 1996 vicinity of Paradise Island

Nautilus: Solomon Islands, 2023-24

Reef Needlefish, Strongylura incisa, Solomons 2023

Monodactylus argenteus Solomons 2023 (4K)