Rudy Whitworth has been an active scuba diver since 1978 and has been an avid UW photographer since 1983. He has been a winner in many world wide UW photo contests. As President of Seahorse Productions, LLC, Rudy has been an entertaining speaker at Our World Underwater, Beneath The Sea, SCUBAFEST and at the Great Lakes Shipwreck festival as well as many presentations to scuba clubs, marine organizations and schools. He has taught UW photography classes and his images have been printed in SKIN DIVER, Dive Travel and Dive Chronicles magazines as well as being showcased in 4 of Coral Reef Alliance calendars. He has done extensive Great Lakes diving and has honed his photographic skills in many exotic locations. His images are included in “Fishes of the Caribbean” fish ID CD/DVD marketed by ReefNet. Recently, his image was showcased in a scientific paper on Toadfish and also in Dec/09, a coral reef restoration slide show created by Rudy was shown at the Conference for Global Warming in Denmark.
These are Digital presentations using ProShow Producer utilizing the Ken Burn’s effect to provide an enhancing movement to the images. I will provide an onsite entertaining verbal commentary along with the images.
Bali is a safe and picturesque island in Indonesia. The island’s cultural history is readily apparent to all who visit. As a diving vacation, Bali can be the best of both worlds. This is an area of beautiful blue water, abundant coral and big animals like Mantas, sharks, turtles and Mola Mola. Most of the dives are walls or slopes that contain abundant soft corals, hard corals, sea fans and sponges. One of the dive sites is a WWII Liberty Ship that is festooned with the bountiful growth of the sea.
In the presentation, I will share images of the outstanding wide angle reefs and sea life as well as the following: birthing of a shark, fire urchins with zebra crabs and colemen shrimp, Mantas, clownfish, butterflyfish, angelfish, Mantas, a variety of shrimp, crabs and lobster, numerous nudibranchs and hundreds of species of fish and did I mention Mantas???? On one dive site, a manta cleaning station, we had 10 individual mantas that just kept coming and coming.
Gangga Island is a small island in the Indonesian northern Sulawesi area. Gangga Island is centrally located near to the Lembeh Strait famed muck diving as well as beautiful blue water coral reef diving around any number of small islands north of the Indonesian large island of Sulawesi. The numbers of exotic fish, coral and critter species is truly amazing.
I will share images of the outstanding wide angle reefs and sea life as well as the specialized “once in a lifetime” macro critters. Examples are seahorses, pipefish, pipehorses, sea moths, frogfish, clown frogfish, devil scorpionfish, ambon scorpionfish, dragonettes, mandarinfish, cowreys, cuttlefish, disco clam, flathead fish, and the incredible hundreds of different nudibranchs, flatworms, shrimps, crabs and fish species. I will also talk about the eco-friendly resort with it’s turtle re-introduction program, the coral reclamation program and the abandoned net removal process.
The island of Lombok is located east of Bali. The island offers an array of tropical beaches, a volcano and many cultural and spiritual sites. The diving is actually done around three small islands off the north west tip of the island. Gili Trawangan is the island where the resort is located. Gili Trawangan is an excellent destination for those seeking total relaxation, excellent diving and white sandy beaches. The diving is done from a modified style of traditional fishing boat and they offer good gear storage, a roof over your head and a comfortable ride to the beautiful blue water dive sites. The sites consist of drop-offs, slopes, wrecks and benefit from the tremendously rich bio-diversity that Indonesia is known for.
In the presentation, I will share images of the outstanding wide angle reefs and sea life as well as the specialized fish and critters. Examples are turtles, stingrays, pipefish, pipehorses, frogfish, dragonettes, eggshell cowries with eggs, cuttlefish, giant clams, soapfish, leaffish, squat lobsters, crabs and a multitude of shrimps, crabs and nudibranchs. I will also talk about the eco-friendly resort with it’s turtle re-introduction support, as well as the privacy of the beaches and the quality of the resort facilities.