Patrick G
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Incorrigible loafer (mainly rye).
A wall of big-eyed trevally aka caranx sexfaciatus. I followed this swirling gyre of life for 40 minutes or so. You can identify these by the black spot above the gills and white tip on the dorsal fin. Males turn black when courting. Sipadan, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A wall of big-eyed trevally aka caranx sexfaciatus. I followed this swirling gyre of life for 40 minutes or so. You can identify these by the black spot above the gills and white tip on the dorsal fin. Males turn black when courting. Sipadan, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
One thing I love about hermit crabs is that they can be left or right-handed. This anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) is left-handed like me! Like beloved pets, it will take its collection of anemones with it when it moves to a new shell. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography 🦀
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
One thing I love about hermit crabs is that they can be left or right-handed. This anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) is left-handed like me! Like beloved pets, it will take its collection of anemones with it when it moves to a new shell. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography 🦀
This was a good find, a harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis). Don't be fooled by the name; they are found almost exclusively under or on anemones. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This was a good find, a harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis). Don't be fooled by the name; they are found almost exclusively under or on anemones. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
A group of big-eyed trevally, aka jacks (caranx sexfaciatus). This was an offshoot of a huge school I spent about 40 minutes cavorting with. To me, jacks always look like a fart they expected to be silent has made a rather loud noise. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A group of big-eyed trevally, aka jacks (caranx sexfaciatus). This was an offshoot of a huge school I spent about 40 minutes cavorting with. To me, jacks always look like a fart they expected to be silent has made a rather loud noise. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
I love how the pre-dawn light dapples the stripes on this giant trevally, caranx ignobilis. It was very early - about 5.30 - and this big guy was slowly cruising the wall, looking for breakfast. The entire world was stained prussian blue. Sipadan, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I love how the pre-dawn light dapples the stripes on this giant trevally, caranx ignobilis. It was very early - about 5.30 - and this big guy was slowly cruising the wall, looking for breakfast. The entire world was stained prussian blue. Sipadan, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
A little chromodoris nudi (colemani I think). I like this photo for two reasons: 1) I got the closest rhinophore in focus - this is harder than it looks! 2) the soft coral on the left (some type of Heteroxenia?) is absolutely crawling with brittle stars. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A little chromodoris nudi (colemani I think). I like this photo for two reasons: 1) I got the closest rhinophore in focus - this is harder than it looks! 2) the soft coral on the left (some type of Heteroxenia?) is absolutely crawling with brittle stars. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
Crocodile flathead, Cymbacephalus beauforti. A long macro necessitates a close up of this rather large fish, but it does highlight some beautiful colours and textures. Bottom-dwelling fish are typically a riot of texture, I especially like the pupils. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
October 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Crocodile flathead, Cymbacephalus beauforti. A long macro necessitates a close up of this rather large fish, but it does highlight some beautiful colours and textures. Bottom-dwelling fish are typically a riot of texture, I especially like the pupils. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
Goniobranchus leopardis, tucked under a rock. I liked the way this caked up nudi's gills are on display; they look like a flower in this photo. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
October 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Goniobranchus leopardis, tucked under a rock. I liked the way this caked up nudi's gills are on display; they look like a flower in this photo. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
A little nembrotha kubaryana, about 4cm/1.5" long. It's so interesting, how much marine life has vivid reds at depths where there is little or no red light. These diminutive nudis live on a diet of equally tiny sea-squirts. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A little nembrotha kubaryana, about 4cm/1.5" long. It's so interesting, how much marine life has vivid reds at depths where there is little or no red light. These diminutive nudis live on a diet of equally tiny sea-squirts. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife
Adorable Ophichtus Bonaparti - Napoleon snake eel. They use their sharp tails as shovels to burrow into the sand. Snake eels often have a perturbed expression like this one; I find it quite endearing. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Adorable Ophichtus Bonaparti - Napoleon snake eel. They use their sharp tails as shovels to burrow into the sand. Snake eels often have a perturbed expression like this one; I find it quite endearing. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
Pteraeolidia semperi, aka a Blue Dragon. Probably the most commonly spotted nudibranch in south east Asian waters, and no less adorable for it. I like the way its rhinophores pop against the darker rock here. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
September 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Pteraeolidia semperi, aka a Blue Dragon. Probably the most commonly spotted nudibranch in south east Asian waters, and no less adorable for it. I like the way its rhinophores pop against the darker rock here. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
A Girdled Glossodoris (Glossodoris Cincta) plows its way into the light from my snoot. I love the combination of textures and colours these medium-sized nudibranch have. #sendnuds #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
September 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A Girdled Glossodoris (Glossodoris Cincta) plows its way into the light from my snoot. I love the combination of textures and colours these medium-sized nudibranch have. #sendnuds #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
I always like seeing lionfish on night dives; it's the only time you will catch them in the open water. For such rapacious predators, I find them quite diffident. At Seaventures' house reef, Mabul, Malaysia. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife
September 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I always like seeing lionfish on night dives; it's the only time you will catch them in the open water. For such rapacious predators, I find them quite diffident. At Seaventures' house reef, Mabul, Malaysia. #scuba #underwaterphotography #marinelife
Orangutan Crab has a good hair day. Mataking Island, Malaysia.
#underwaterphotography #scuba #marinelife
#underwaterphotography #scuba #marinelife
September 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Orangutan Crab has a good hair day. Mataking Island, Malaysia.
#underwaterphotography #scuba #marinelife
#underwaterphotography #scuba #marinelife
A little blenny - possibly a monocled coral blenny - checks to see if I've gone. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife
September 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A little blenny - possibly a monocled coral blenny - checks to see if I've gone. Mabul Island, Malaysia. #scuba #marinelife
A little Chromodoris nudibranch getting a blow dry from the current in this drift dive. Trying to maintain plane of focus on the rhinophores when current is ferocious like this is very challenging! #underwaterphotography #marinelife
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A little Chromodoris nudibranch getting a blow dry from the current in this drift dive. Trying to maintain plane of focus on the rhinophores when current is ferocious like this is very challenging! #underwaterphotography #marinelife
Sipadan, a chevron barracuda greets the dawn. #underwaterphotography, #scuba
September 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Sipadan, a chevron barracuda greets the dawn. #underwaterphotography, #scuba
Sunset on the Seaventures dive rig, Mabul Island, Celebes Sea.
September 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Sunset on the Seaventures dive rig, Mabul Island, Celebes Sea.
I am staying on a repurposed oil rig for diving in the Celebes Sea. I just love the oily steampunk vibes it gives off.
September 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I am staying on a repurposed oil rig for diving in the Celebes Sea. I just love the oily steampunk vibes it gives off.
This is depressingly common and infuriating.
August 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is depressingly common and infuriating.
A typically moribund op-ed in the NYT: "Is the America we know slipping away?" - I feel like a political divide the media can't see is between people who understand the status quo is dead (left and right), and people who think it can be salvaged. It's gone - and why save it? It brought us here.
August 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A typically moribund op-ed in the NYT: "Is the America we know slipping away?" - I feel like a political divide the media can't see is between people who understand the status quo is dead (left and right), and people who think it can be salvaged. It's gone - and why save it? It brought us here.
Aquarium, gotta love it. It turns out I was, in fact, ready for this jelly.
August 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Aquarium, gotta love it. It turns out I was, in fact, ready for this jelly.
The best thing about Kinokuniya is that you can always find something that is *exactly* what you're interested in.
July 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The best thing about Kinokuniya is that you can always find something that is *exactly* what you're interested in.
This is a very interesting paper. It asserts that companies took advantage of COVID/Ukraine supply chain disruptions to raise prices - even when their products weren't impacted. My sobering implication is that we can expect similar behaviour due to tariff uncertainty.
Implicit coordination in sellers’ inflation: How cost shocks facilitate price hikes
Supply shocks are now widely recognized as a driver of the recent inflation bout, but the role of firms’ pricing strategies in propagating input cost …
www.sciencedirect.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is a very interesting paper. It asserts that companies took advantage of COVID/Ukraine supply chain disruptions to raise prices - even when their products weren't impacted. My sobering implication is that we can expect similar behaviour due to tariff uncertainty.
I was captivated by the views of Mt Qilai. A river of clouds was rambling up the valley before spilling over the tree line. Just gorgeous. #taiwan #landscapephotography
May 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I was captivated by the views of Mt Qilai. A river of clouds was rambling up the valley before spilling over the tree line. Just gorgeous. #taiwan #landscapephotography