I've been lucky recently diving the same spot consistently with a couple of other photographers off the east coast of the UAE. The dive op will only go out with a minimum of two customers, which is fine by me, the less divers the better as the visibility is so variable.
Last Tuesday we had about 2m, and yesterday 5m.
The site called "The Blocks" off Fujairah, is an absolute nudi fest at the moment.
Several very large examples of this
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa can be found here at the moment.
And there's a plethora of Pikachu nudis too,
Thecacera pacifica
This
Goniobranchus tinctorius seems to be rather prevalent on several dive sites in the first couple of months this year too
By far my most challenging nudi to photograph has been this
Phestilla melanobrachia, which has rhinophores the same colour as the cerata. It has taken me five dives to obtain this one shot that I am pleased with.
I have also been doing a lot of experimenting with the BackScatter MS1 + Snoot, which can be tricky at times especially when there's a bit of current and the critter is in an awkward position.
Yesterday I was upside down for this shot of a
Flabellina rubrolineata
Ceratosoma trilobatum, which was a bit of a surprise, as I have not seen one of these in the UAE, but have spotted them in Oman, so no reason why they shouldn't be here to be honest.
