<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tI will spare you the tricks I had to deploy at the airport to give the impression that my carry-on bag, containing\u00a0all this precious photographic barda<\/a>, weighed nothing at all ...<\/p>\n (This subject deserves a post by itself, I'll come back to it, especially since for the first time in my life as a traveler-diver-photographer, I was caught between two planes, at the stopover in Dubai, by an unexpected scale control establishing that my bag weighed more than 7kg and it cost me the budget of several dives... \ud83d\ude31 )<\/p>\n As for my diving equipment, no problem, he goes on hold in the big bag with wheels<\/a>. (And here I answer the question often asked to me by non-diving friends, a little frightened by my logistics: no, I don't carry any diving tanks or weights with me !!! They are provided on site by the diving centers).<\/p>\n Anyway. With heavy luggage but light heart, I flew (again) to Asia! Heading for the Philippines, this time, with a new toy, that I was very eager to try: a 100mm \"macro\" lens (for \"macro photography\"<\/a>), more powerful and more quilted than my old 60mm ...<\/p>\n Without going into technical details, this lens works a bit like a big magnifying glass and allows you to photograph very small animals, from a few centimeters to a few millimeters. On land, insect lovers use it to immortalize bees or ants. I took it underwater and focused on tiny shrimps, pygmy seahorses and nudibranchs (which also have the less appetizing name of\u00a0sea slugs)<\/a>...<\/p>\n Welcome to the extraordinary world of underwater macro photography! \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n To test this new lens, after much hesitation, I selected two specific spots in the Philippines: Anilao and Romblon.<\/p>\n Anilao<\/strong><\/span> is a village located on a peninsula in the southwestern part of Luzon Island, 3-4 hours drive south of Manila, the capital. This part of the coastline has become popular with divers and the name of Anilao designates today the whole of this coastal region, rich in underwater microfauna and suitable for underwater macro photography, where a lot of hotels and resorts dedicated to this activity have been developed.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Anilao and Romblon<\/h2>\n